labworm
US Veteran
If you grew up in a poor religious background
Then, just bless yourself and it's good to go.
Then, just bless yourself and it's good to go.
Food Dropped on the Floor?
- Thread starter walkinghorse
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Ice cream is always a goner and I've made the mistake of holding the 2 liter bottle of pop in one hand while opening it for the first time.
Back in my backpacking days, I usta carry only what I needed. This included food. Even though instant oatmeal and ramen noodles weighed next to nothing, I still carried only what I needed.
I remember one time, after a breakfast of my last packet of instant oatmeal and a 5 mile hike, I had 'bout 10 more miles to the trail head then back to civilization. I stopped for a quick lunch of my last packet of ramen noodles to get me some carbs.
Then, when I went to take the cook pot offa my tiny backpacking stove, I knocked it over and onto the trail dirt went all my carbs.
Yup, I picked them up, rinsed them off and ate them anyway.
Yeah they were kinda crunchy but that was the last of my food, I was hungry and I needed the carbs.
I remember one time, after a breakfast of my last packet of instant oatmeal and a 5 mile hike, I had 'bout 10 more miles to the trail head then back to civilization. I stopped for a quick lunch of my last packet of ramen noodles to get me some carbs.
Then, when I went to take the cook pot offa my tiny backpacking stove, I knocked it over and onto the trail dirt went all my carbs.
Yup, I picked them up, rinsed them off and ate them anyway.
Yeah they were kinda crunchy but that was the last of my food, I was hungry and I needed the carbs.
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As they say in Spanish "Lo que no mata, engorda"
"What doesn't kill you, fattens you up."
So pick it up, wipe it off, and eat it.
If on a beach let the seagulls or crabs have it.
Steve W
"What doesn't kill you, fattens you up."
So pick it up, wipe it off, and eat it.
If on a beach let the seagulls or crabs have it.
Steve W
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Rattling around in my punkin' is the thought of those folks from antiquity with dirt floors and scarce food pondering whether to eat that cow tongue they just dropped.
Our dogs are too fast. Anything that hits the floor is gone before you even realize its gone.
On another note - I read an article this afternoon that claims your kitchen counter has more germs than your toilet seat. It said you would be better off making your sandwich on the toilet seat than on the counter.
Umm . . . no thanks.
On another note - I read an article this afternoon that claims your kitchen counter has more germs than your toilet seat. It said you would be better off making your sandwich on the toilet seat than on the counter.
Umm . . . no thanks.
Rusty, there was no pondering whatsoever. Maybe rinse it off if they had enough water handy. Wipe it off if they had none. But no way they'd forgo their meal!
Re dirt, I read an article a long time ago about people who occasionally eat small amounts of dirt, baked in an oven, deliberately, for health reasons. Different strokes for different folks, as they say.
Still, I know what dirt tastes like. (Not good!) I think the memory comes from playing football with my neighborhood buddies as a little dude and occasionally winding up on the bottom of the pile...
Re dirt, I read an article a long time ago about people who occasionally eat small amounts of dirt, baked in an oven, deliberately, for health reasons. Different strokes for different folks, as they say.
Still, I know what dirt tastes like. (Not good!) I think the memory comes from playing football with my neighborhood buddies as a little dude and occasionally winding up on the bottom of the pile...
ancient-one
US Veteran
My daughter has one and it looks a lot like that picture.
SC_Mike
Member
The unit consumes lettuce?!!
my sister-in-law's min pin does.
Booger sez: "I'm here to help, Dad! I'll monitor the situation here."
ErnieDeBord
Member
I "try" not to eat off the floor, BUT I have peed in the shower. Regards "Big E"
As you should be!
I was a foster child in a family of 10, if someone dropped some food someone slse would have it before you could pick it up. There were no second helpings.
The moral of that story..... I learned not to drop food if I wanted to eat.
The moral of that story..... I learned not to drop food if I wanted to eat.
Frank46
US Veteran
I have a 90 pound pit bull, to him the 5 second rule does not apply. Frank
RobertJ.
Member
I always thought that rule applied only to food being served to others.
I worked in restaurants for many years, and amazingly enough, I still eat in restaurants, even knowing what goes on back there!
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