Lex Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 In today's NY Times - "Take a Rat to Dinner." Let the jokes begin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yvonne johnson Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 "Yet home kitchens are not subject to health inspections." Eh? I thought Fat Guy was a libertarian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 The man has found his niche. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rail Paul Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 New Yorkers have a conflicted relationship to food safety. Few cities outside Japan can boast such a widespread love of sushi. Most self-respecting New Yorkers consider a medium-rare steak or hamburger to be a birthright, intrepid gourmets sneak untold amounts of French raw-milk cheeses through customs at Kennedy Airport, and the Grand Central Oyster Bar has been shucking as many as 5,000 oysters a day since 1913. Were rats a delicacy here, as they are in parts of China, we’d demand the right to rat tartare with a raw egg on top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 The man has found his niche. The rat's Roy Cohn? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Johnson Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 wow, he must have a lot of free time these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 In the abstract he makes some good points, but as to the real-world impact of seeing a restaurant carpeted with rodents, I think he's somewhat naive. An attempt to educate people out of their adverse reaction to such sights would be at best charmingly quixotic, at worst a waste of time and money. We all know there will always be pests in restaurants, but out of sight is out of mind, and that does mean out of sight. And I too query the career-wisdom of positioning oneself as a rat advocate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tanabutler Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Rats in restaurants shouldn’t be ignored, but health officials should be prioritizing and educating, rather than making decisions based on which YouTube videos upset people the most. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Eewww. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Johnson Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Rats need love too. Causes like this cry out for acronyms. How about: T.U.R.D.S. (The Urban Rat Defense System) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
g.johnson Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 It may be the case that most food bourne illness is due to contamination by humans but that may be because that is the source hardest to control. It's easy to put down traps, it's not so easy to ensure that employees wash their hands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 It's easy to put down traps, it's not so easy to ensure that employees wash their hands. Well you can require you staff to wash their hands, but it's surely illegal to set traps for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Johnson Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hasn't almost every food borne hepatitis outbreak been traced to a restaurant employee who did not wash hands? Can rats be trained to wash their hands? If so, don't we owe them at least that much? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Rat Advocate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
omnivorette Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Ratvocate Advorat Aborato Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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