Stomp garlic with shoes

[Lady DeWinters]

Not that I would do it but apparently an employee from the Great China Buffet in NYC thought it was a good idea at the time. Ugh... I don't really want to think what goes on in the kitchen....



NANUET, N.Y. (AP) - Stomping on garlic with your shoes on is apparently not the correct way to prepare food. The Rockland County health department hit the Great China Buffet restaurant with two violations after someone took pictures of an employee stomping on a bowl of garlic with his boots in an alley. The man alerted health inspectors.

"I go back there, and the guy's stepping on garlic," said Dan Barreto, who used to eat at the restaurant. "There he was just jumping up and down on it, smashing it up, having a good time."

The health department does not consider a person's shoe or boot a proper instrument to use in food preparation, senior public health sanitarian John Stoughton said Tuesday.

"It was a novel way to prepare food," he acknowledged.
Great China Buffet owner Jiang Shu said the worker has been fired over the incident.
The health department said it would inspect the restaurant again.

Source: My Way News - Buffet Worker Stomps Garlic With Boots

 

[strawberry]

The health department does not consider a person's shoe or boot a proper instrument to use in food preparation, senior public health sanitarian John Stoughton said Tuesday.

Darn!

*throws out garlic stomping boot*

 

[David Cottrell]

Not that I would do it but apparently an employee from the Great China Buffet in NYC thought it was a good idea at the time. Ugh... I don't really want to think what goes on in the kitchen....

Wasn't that disgusting? Makes me wonder. Gross.

 

[Caine]

Poor guy didn't know no better. He used to work at North Fork Wineries on Lung Eyeland!

 

[Rock LaRue]

Pretty common in NYC. Health codes are pretty much an afterthought.

 

[bowlingshirt]

That's not really a problem, as long as the boots are MSG free.

 

[David Cottrell]

Pretty common in NYC. Health codes are pretty much an afterthought.

Double gross!

 

[Dina]

Having garlic with shoe cooties in my food isn't very appetizing. Yuck!

 

[Caine]

WHAT A BUNCH OF SISSIES!

Haven't you ever heard that old saying "whatever doesn't make you stronger, kills you", or something like that?

 

[keltin]

They stomp grapes for wine, so why not stomp a little garlic!

 

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

They stomp grapes for wine, so why not stomp a little garlic!

My thoughts exactly. But with wine, you get the subtle nuance of toe-jam.

And you wonder why I don't drink wine.

Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North

 

[Caine]

Blame it on the I Love Lucy marathon the guy had watched on Nickelodeon over the weekend!

 

[keltin]

Blame it on the I Love Lucy marathon the guy had watched on Nickelodeon over the weekend!

That was a great episode. I love that show!!!

 

[auntdot]

Used to work a number of jobs in NYC many years ago as a kid.

The health inspectors at that time were the best money could buy.

Unfortunately the money came from those who were inspected.

Wonder if things have changed?

 

[expatgirl]

Question: How many dogs are walked daily in NY?

 

[buckytom]

i can guarantee that almost all of them are walked daily.

i normally would agree with caine's nietzschean theory, but my experience is that you get enough "stuff" in your food when they're TRYING to stay clean to be healthy.

if you've ever walked thru chinatown at 3am, you'll smell what i mean.

rock, i know a coupla restaurant and pub owners who would disagree with you, and would like to spit in your food the next time you visit.

 

[CharlieD]

I bet this was nothing compare to some other stuff going on in some restaurants.

 

[AllenOK]

They stomp grapes for wine, so why not stomp a little garlic!

I'm sure those folks wash their feet first. Of course, the alcohol in the wine would surely kill any bugs from toe-jam.

 

[Benni]

I guess the guy missed the class on garlic crushing and improvised.
Takes all kinds. When you think of it we would probably never eat out if we knew what goes on in a lot of restaurants.