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I swear if I see one more grocery bag lady or man who licks their fingers to separate plastic bags, while bagging grocery, I am going to SCREEAAMM! LOL. Don't they educate them on not to do this in training? I sure do feel like firing off a corporate letter to ask them to please keep this in mind when they train baggers. But I know it would be a tremendous waste of time. I wish they'd stop it.

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Warnings of restaurant bad lemon wedges are spreading all over the Internet, and even showing up on the urban legend pages. Ever since a report by HealthInspections.com which tested 76 lemons and found 25 various types of bacteria or pathogens on 53 lemons was published. WATCH LEMON WEDGE STUDY VIDEO

News stations such as Pittsbugh's Channel 11, are conducting their own non-scientific surveys, and recently found no significant bacteria in the lemons they checked at 10 local restaurants.

I have only used lemon at seafood restaurants in the distant past, but I think I will pass on future wedges, but who is to say what else isn't contaminated? It would be naive to believe that ONLY the lemons in restaurants carry fecal material.

In relation to food, I can’t say that holds true for me, because for starters, I am and always have been a picky eater. I won’t try anything once unless it is a life or death situation. Eating things while they are still alive…well just let’s say, it and anything else I ate before that would be all over the floor, and in a toilet or sink, if I could get to one fast enough. A Florida friend was telling me about a wildlife buffet he went to down there, and there wasn't anything he mentioned that sounded appetizing.

I liked hog maws, chitlins, and liver when I was a young kid. That was before I was about 10 years old and really knew-knew what they were. Once I could fully, comprehend where they came from, and their function in the animal, and developed an opinion on them, those foods never touched my tongue again.

Lately, I have been reading about different foods in other countries, and the “cuisine” or local “staples” in Vietnam, so far repulse me the most. This explains why a Vietnamese study partner I had in college would never confirm whether they dined on snakes.

I won’t spoil the detail, but this article is not for those with weak, stomachs or sensitive feelings towards certain animals. It seems as if it moves, and they can catch it, they eat it. I always thought, if I ever visited a place such as Vietnam, I would stick with vegetables, chicken, and fish, but it seems as if “chicken” won’t ALWAYS be chicken. The cooks tend to stretch the truth at times, because chicken is very expensive. Read this traveler’s detail on the strange foods, he encountered and ate while there. Strange Foods With Another Bald, Fat Guy: ThingsAsian

Hopefully, I will never be put in a position where I would have to chose between eating someone’s pet or staying alive. YUCK! We really are fortunate in America, and blessed with choice, and this should never be taken for granted.

If you have not tried butter chicken, boy oh boy are you missing out. Here is a simple step by step instruction video on how to make it....mm mm mm WATCH VIDEO