So if an incredibly expensive food item accidentally finds it way to a (perceivably) "clean" ...?

Question

... kitchen floor ...does that immediately disqualify it as unsafe to consume?

Here is a list of how expensive food can be ...

http://most-expensive.com/foods

Answer 1

I don't buy expensive food but even cheap food, if dropped on the floor, would be retrieved and washed, if that were possible. It does depend on what the food is and what the state of the floor was. My kitchen has a very easy to clean floor which IS cleaned regularly. I keep no animals and I change from ourdoor shoes to indoor mules when I step off the doormat.



When you see what small children eat (with their delicate immune systems) and see how they don't drop like flies, I think we worry far too much about dropping food.

Answer 2

What an amazing list of expensive foods.

Even if I had money beyond compare, I would not spend that kind of money on something that my body is just going to turn into s*it. I'd give the money to charity instead.



As for food on the floor, even non-expensive food ... if

(1) the food is not sticky or wet

or

(2) I'm not going to be giving that piece of food to anyone else ....



I will eat it.

Most bacteria and viruses do not survive on the surface on a household floor, and it's not like the germs for Bubonic Plague or the HIV AIDS virus are lying there in wait.



I have a degree in science, including biosciences.

You would probably be safe licking the floor itself.

In fact, the more you avoid exposing your body to normal bacteria, the worse your immune system works. We have gone far in trying to keep our life free of all germs .. enough that it is compromising the immune systems of our children.



Certainly, one needs to avoid e.coli and salmonella ... and get your flu shots once a year. Apart from that, unless there is a quarantine put on your house by the Board of Heatlh, it's not likely there are any bacterial dangers there.



I have only had food poisoning once (along with my sister) and I am now 65 We got it from a restaurant hamburger, and my sister and I were the only ones who ordered hamburgers. We didn't have to go to the hospital and were back on solid foods in a few days.

Answer 3

Well now a dog or cat could gobble that answer up real quick. With the filth you see on reports and health scares, my own kitchen might not be so bad, I think it would depend. No amount of food is worth a trip to the doc/hospital, those bill will rival your foods. Amazing what things can cost!

Answer 4

Food that expensive would never see my kitchen, but relatively expensive food would get eaten by whoever gets there first. That would be me or one of the cats. If it can be rinsed or brushed off I can manage.

Roxy, just think of the pet hair as healthy fiber.

I wonder if city workers ever pan for gold?

Answer 5

I've seen some pretty expensive steaks hit the floor and quickly make it back on the plate to be served to customers. I eat out often even though I know what goes on in kitchens. It apparently does not kill you because I am still alive and I have eaten out much more than cooked.

Answer 6

Well, not too many incredibly expensive food items in this house - - but if it is not a particularly sticky or absorbent item, the 3 second exemption prevails - - of course, the allowance goes to 20 seconds now that i am older and slower…



excluding liquids of course - you have to sop them up with a sponge and then squeeze the sponge into a glass - - it just doesn't seem worth it.



happy new year Blu

Answer 7

If anyone worries about eating food which has been dropped on the floor I hope these people NEVER eat out. My daughter used to work in an expensive hotel/restaurant. Enough said!!

Answer 8

Some of this expensive stuff actually looks interesting ,but no danger of any dropping on my kitchen floor !

any less expensive items that find their way to my floor get checked for dog fur.....and used ..the food ,not the dog fur..

Answer 9

No food that has dropped on the floor can ever be perceived as being clean. It has nothing whatsoever to do with whether it was expensive or not. If an ordinary person were to see what germs and dirt was actually on their floors 24/7 they would cringe!

Answer 10

Depends what it was and how clean my floor was. A steak dropped on a freshly mopped floor would be washed then cooked. It the floor is really dirty especially with something like ant poison I wouldn't serve it.

Answer 11

Ha Ha! I have worked in too many restaurants in my lifetime to know, "it's fine." If it's something that's going to be cooked thoroughly anyway, it's not a biggie. We're just a bunch of germ-o-phobes. I laugh at those who are worried about every little bacteria on every surface. We need them to toughen up. I'm never sick.

Answer 12

I just wonder, if ate any of the items shown on this link, would I sh!t gold the next time I sit down on the toilet ?



Spending that kinda money on food, I want a guarantee that I'll be get something out of it in return, or it ' gets something out of me ' of equal value !

Answer 13

If I didn't have pets and it was close to the sink and could be rinsed off, I would rinse it and cook it of if cooked, nuke it for a few minutes. Hey, things happen in fancy restaurants and we pay people to serve it to us. Believe me, I worked in one and I stopped eating out for almost a year.

Answer 14

Surely you know the five-second rule. If you really wanted to eat whatever falls onto the ground (no matter what kind of ground--clean or filthy), it doesn't catch any germs for five seconds. If you don't like or want the food, then you claim it fell to the ground for more than five seconds, even without it needing to fall to the ground.



I don't care if it's the best grade caviar. I've tried the stuff. I'm not eating it twice. lol

Answer 15

Blu,

If it uncooked and fairly dense such as meat, I rinse it off and cook it. Otherwise it goes in the trash.

Answer 16

I know you've heard of the two second rule. if it's down there less then two seconds it's clean! :) In my house at least. Besides if it's down there longer then that somebody else will eat it. ha

Answer 17

I would be afraid of mistaking the $1000.00 bagel for a $10.00 bagel, and order it.

Ahhh, no. That wouldn't happen either.

No way I would pay $10.00 for a bagel.

Answer 18

Doubtful.

Answer 19

I got splinters in my tongue when I spilled my expensive wine on the "clean" kitchen floor.

Answer 20

Let your hunger be your guide