last week's TV news (aka don't eat that)
well, it was actually A Current Affair I heard this on. An article on being aware of food poisoning from fast food outlets. They run these stories a few times a year, inspectors going around with thermometers finding places where hot chicken is 19 degrees instead of the recommended over 60, sushi is 16 degrees instead of the recommended under 5 degrees, that sort of thing. Featured within the story was an interview with a woman who had eaten something and spent nine days in hospital severely ill. It happens...but here's the part that stunned me. She told the interviewer she'd noticed (tasted?) something wrong with the first bite, but continued eating at least half of her kebab before ditching the rest in the bin. What?? Something seems off and you keep eating?? Wouldn't you spit out that first off mouthful and take the kebab back to the vendor? Inform him the meat is off? (or something else in the kebab isn't right) If something doesn't taste w...