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I recently spent four days in hospital on IV fluids after a bad restaurant meal. Here's what I learned. 1) Most restaurants are primarily in business to make m
by ackfoo 13y ago
I recently spent four days in hospital on IV fluids after a bad restaurant meal. Here's what I learned.
1) Most restaurants are primarily in business to make money, not to provide high-quality healthy food.
2) Much of the food served in restaurants is not made there. There may be a chain of 3-4 intermediary suppliers between the raw ingredients and what you are served.
3) Most restaurateurs don't know what is in the food; not because they don't care but because it is impossible to monitor the supply chain.
Having nearly died as a result, I will never again trust my food to someone whose primary motivation is financial gain. Now, if I eat it, I made it.
- e2e8 13y agoThis "primary motivation is financial gain" describes capitalism in general does it not. So you could extend your distrust to all those business that produce the raw ingredients too. You probably do not grow or raise all the food you consume. Also there may be financial gain in rarely making your customers ill so that does not automatically make food businesses untrustworthy.