On Thu, 18 May 2017 03:58:03 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 8:10:49 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> From another thread there is a discussion about dropping food on the
>> floor. In a commercial establishment the rule is to toss it. I'm sure
>> sometimes it is, other times probably not. What do you do at home?
>>
>> The cleanest kitchen has some contamination on the floor as people walk
>> through it possibly barefoot, possibly in shoes that have been outside.
>>
>> Depending on what falls, I'd rinse it and use it. Food that is raw and
>> will be cooked, I see no problem. Cooked food may be a little harder,
>> but I'd not toss a $15 steak if it fell. In my life I know I've
>> ingested a lot of "stuff" and never got sick from it.
>>
>> How about you?

I've never had a hunk of meat walk off the counter and end up on the
floor.

>Pretty much like you. My nemesis is garlic, which I typically
>smash with the side of a knife blade. Sometimes part of it flies
>onto the floor. If I can find it (without stepping on it; my
>kitchen has a beige floor), I pick it up, rinse it off, and proceed.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Last week when washing a bag of six lemons one rolled off the counter,
just gave it another rinse. Last night for dinner I did a dozen over
easys, not one ended up on the floor. It's very difficult for a
burger or a steak to roll onto the floor... I can understand a
beverage getting knocked over but then there's no way to retrieve it.