Do you eat food that you drop on the floor? Do you go by the 5-second rule? I eat some stuff I drop as long as it doesn't fall in something or has anything on it.
Unless it falls into something that will ruin it's taste or texture, I have no problem with eating things off the floor. It is just as "dirty" as the hand you are touching it with. I really don't get people's obsession with "dirt." The only things that are truly "dirty" are things that contain harmful bacteria or are poisonous... like feces or gasoline.
Mostly not. But if the food is in short supply and deadly delicious and falls on a clean surface, I will just cut off the part that touched the ground.
It depends on the food more than anything, if it's a pretzel sure. If it's a french fry no way.
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I agree completely. It all depends on the texture of the food for me. If it's something dry like a potato chip or a pretzel, no problem. If it's something wetish like a piece of apple or maybe mac'n cheese, hell no. It's all about how much better it will stick to the surface of whatever I'm eating.
Well, they busted the "Five Second Rule" on MythBusters (time has no effect on how much bacteria gathers on food from the floor), but what I really pulled from that episode was that food which has been on the floor for 20 seconds is no different from food which has been on the floor for 3 seconds, so I'm okay with either.
If it falls on a floor that looks clean, like the kitchen floor, yeah I guess, if I really want it. If it falls on like, the sidewalk, no. :P Whenever my dad lights a cigarette, then we decide to go into a store, he puts it on the ground outside the door, still burning, then continues to smoke it when we leave. :P
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