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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one grossed out by block party food, and it's sitting outside in the sun for hours with tons of people touching it? I just open a drink and sip from that while chatting for an hour, then leave. I don't eat. [/quote]

Ha! I only eat what I bring and that’s it. Unless I’m going to a sit down dinner or lunch and or a catered/restaurant meal, I’m pretty much doing “stage eating” and putting a few things on my plate, pushing the food around then into the trash it goes. My expectation is never to have a full meal at office parties, block parties, birthday parties and most especially block parties.

I recognize I have food hang ups and yes, I will eat at restaurants.

Fun fact: I work for the health department.[/quote]

A question for Health Department Lady: what are 3 foods you would never eat, from a food safety standpoint?[/quote]

1. Anything communal, like dipping chips into communal salsa or any dish that uses one serving utensil; watch where the utensil ends up + how many people handle it

2. Most meat dishes, but especially pork and chicken - most home cooks aren’t routinely checking the interior temperature to make certain

3. And only because I’m limited to 3, I’ll say that you should NEVER take home block party (or really any party leftovers) with the intention of reheating and eating later. Trash it all. Exception would be cookies and cakes and maybe something like muffins (but are those ever left over) but I’m talking about the potato salad or casserole or dip that someone made and insists you take it home. Take it to be polite but toss. You never want to re heat something that has been outside at room temperature, then return to a fridge and then microwave.

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