Would you eat food if you dropped it on the floor?

[Prokofy Neva]

In Soviet labor camps, and in Russian labor camps today as well, when food drops on the floor, the zek, which is the nickname for the prisoner, cries "It fell on a newspaper!". He does that because they short the food rations, prisoners are undernourished, and no one is going to let food go to waste just because it fell on the floor.

[Luna Bliss]

23 hours ago, Rat Luv said:

I've done it. Would you? 

Oh, Rat...I could bring in some photos showing just what is on our floors...and you would never eat anything from the floor again.

However, I do rinse off my vitamins and take them anyway when they hit the floor from time to time..

[Rat Luv]

9 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said:

However, I do rinse off my vitamins and take them anyway when they hit the floor from time to time..

Oh, I've dropped vitamins on the carpet too, and swallowed those. But I always thought, because they were filled with Vitamin C and D, that they'd cancel out any floor germs before they entered my system  

[Eddy Vortex]

In my own home, it's not a big deal.  I live alone. I know how often the floors are cleaned, and shoes are always removed at the door.

In public space, no way I'd pick the morsel back up. It's a goner once it hits the floor.

Edited January 7, 2021 by Eddy Vortex

[backtoback2]

Depends on what I dropped.  If it was cookies, crackers or chips.  Sure,  but not the butter side down on the carpet.  Sure the hell not anyplace but home

[Gabriele Graves]

For wasabi peas...never!  I wouldn't even eat those from the packet.

Anyway it isn't a fair question, small hard objects are not particularly risky in a high hygiene environment.

It's much more interesting to ask who would eat this from the floor:

[Rat Luv]

4 hours ago, Gabriele Graves said:

It's much more interesting to ask who would eat this from the floor:

The floor looks clean, so I would probably pick from the top layer of the cake and maybe run the strawberry under the tap. But I live on the edge like that 

[Love Zhaoying]

How about the walls or ceiling? Walls: backsplash debris; ceiling: pancake-flipping accidents, etc.

[Rat Luv]

25 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

How about the walls or ceiling? Walls: backsplash debris; ceiling: pancake-flipping accidents, etc.

I suppose if a pancake sticks to the ceiling you could get on a ladder and eat it...but you might get a sore neck...

[Love Zhaoying]

40 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

I suppose if a pancake sticks to the ceiling you could get on a ladder and eat it...but you might get a sore neck...

In old silent movies (OLD sitcoms), often the pancake would slowly unpeel itself (via gravity) and fall from the ceiling, into the waiting frying pan / plate / dog's mouth.  You mean that doesn't happen in RL?

[Rat Luv]

8 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

In old silent movies (OLD sitcoms), often the pancake would slowly unpeel itself (via gravity) and fall from the ceiling, into the waiting frying pan / plate / dog's mouth.  You mean that doesn't happen in RL?

I don't know, I've never tried  But Pancake Day is coming soon...could be a chance to find out!

[Love Zhaoying]

9 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

I don't know, I've never tried  But Pancake Day is coming soon...could be a chance to find out!

How about: it only needs to touch the ceiling (during flip), not "stick".

[Rat Luv]

1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said:

How about: it only needs to touch the ceiling (during flip), not "stick".

Knowing my luck, it will ricochet off the ceiling past my pan and onto the floor 

[Orwar]

1 hour ago, Rat Luv said:

Knowing my luck, it will ricochet off the ceiling past my pan and onto the floor 

   I think that you may be putting a little too much flour in your pancakes if they're ricochet-able ..

[Lindal Kidd]

I probably would eat food that fell on the floor, but I never get a chance. The dogs get to it first. And if they don't, the Resident Geek does.

As the saying goes, "The five second rule doesn't apply when you have a three second puppy".

Edited January 7, 2021 by Lindal Kidd

[BelindaN]

Ten second rule here. Home only.

Exception being when newly moved in with old carpets.

We got a maroon shagpile IN THE BATHROOM. First thing we got rid of.

Edited January 7, 2021 by BelindaN

[Lindal Kidd]

My shagpiles are black and gray and self-propelled.

[Garnet Psaltery]

No.  Food is contaminated instantly.  There is no 5-6-7-n second rule.

[Rat Luv]

4 hours ago, Garnet Psaltery said:

No.  Food is contaminated instantly.  There is no 5-6-7-n second rule.

!!

 

[Orwar]

30 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

!!

   We have a saying in Swedish though; 'a bit of dirt keeps the stomach clean'. 

[Rat Luv]

3 minutes ago, Orwar said:

   We have a saying in Swedish though; 'a bit of dirt keeps the stomach clean'. 

Yes, I think it keeps your immune system active so it's prepared when the bigger germs come along 

[Orwar]

3 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

Yes, I think it keeps your immune system active so it's prepared when the bigger germs come along 

   Very much so.

   It was discussed extensively a few years ago, the Swedish agency for national health had a spokesperson say that people should make sure their kids don't just wash their hands but clean them with alcohol and never stick their fingers in their faces, as that would hopefully make them 'more responsible adults'.

   They were lashed back against, as the increased rate of allergies and diminishing immune systems (and why everyone and their uncle now think it's hip to pretend they have celiac disease and be glutenophobes) is due to how our society has gone more sterile in the past 30-40 years, children no longer playing outdoors as they used to, fewer people having animals - those things are imperative for building up an immune system that prepares us to live in, you know, 'the real world' that we're meant to be in.

[Garnet Psaltery]

1 hour ago, Rat Luv said:

Yes, I think it keeps your immune system active so it's prepared when the bigger germs come along 

It is true that some exposure to contaminants is an education to the immune system but considering what other nasties are in the environment now why add to them?  I don't add to the stress by such risks nor by the use of more than simple old-fashioned cleaning methods.  It is, of course, your choice.

[FairreLilette]

Would I?  Maybe.  I'd say it depends but most likely I'd pick it up and throw it in the trash so the cats wouldn't eat it because most human food needs to be kept away from cats or they could choke.  I'd give them treats like meat I personally shredded just for them from a whole chicken I would use for chicken soup for example.  But, food needs to be in small sizes for a cat.  So, food on the floor is a danger with cats.  I've had to pull things out of a cats mouth becuz ex hubby was not so mindful of that.  

Edited January 8, 2021 by FairreLilette

[rasterscan]

The '5 second rule'  will keep one safe my Mum said. If you can scoop it up off the floor within 5 seconds you can eat it safely. She said.