Why are people frightened of food ?

carolt

Re previous posts about small children eating worms, stuff out of bin, etc and if not benefitting from it, certainly not getting ill, my 4 year old dd is a case in point. Aged 8 months, at a friend's garden party, she managed to crawl and semi-chew (before removal) a cigarette butt (in a house of non-smokers, she managed to find one!), some mud and a mouthful of grass. At about 3, she disgusted us all by using the (not v clean) plug in the bathroom sink as a little cup! to drink water from...

That said, she has not (yet) inherited family excema/asthma, so maybe a bit of good old fashioned dirt works..

When it comes to sharing cutlery/cups etc at home, my mum always used to say 'They're all family germs!' Now I catch myself saying the same thing, to prevent squabbling or having to buy more drinks etc when out.:o

nicki_2

carolt wrote:

At about 3, she disgusted us all by using the (not v clean) plug in the bathroom sink as a little cup! to drink water from...

I did this as a child :rotfl:Plus I licked the bowl (and still have to fight OH for it) when my mum (now me) baked...but I won't let DD do it just yet, maybe when she's a bit older and has a less sensitive stomach. Honest

mookybargirl

gargoyle wrote:

and anyway biscuits taste far nicer with a bit of dirt on once you've droppped it. .

:rotfl: ..........

And OH who is 30 waits to lick the bowl when I'm baking. There must have been some OS instints when I was little as my mum reminds me that when I was 3 or 4, I decided to go downstairs into the kitchen before she was up and tipped flour all over the counter to bake a cake! Dad decided to put a high level latch on the door :rolleyes: Can't keep me out of the kitchen now

Thriftylady

nearlyrich wrote:

Some of the kitchens on How Clean is your house are really gross, I am sure they are made worse for the cameras, I don't know anyone who lives in such squalour fortunately.

sadly,I do know someone whose house is as bad, or perhaps even worse, than some of the kitchens on How Clean is your House. Her kids are constantly sick with vomiting and diarhoea (sorry, don't know the correct spelling!) and yet she reacted with utter horror when I suggested that possibly her kitchen might be contributing to it. 'A bit of dirt does no harm' she said. Well, I agree totally with that, but theres a bit of dirt, and then theres disgusting......

daphne_descends

Mmm, raw cake mix! I loved getting to lick the bowl/spoon as a child, and now when I make a cake I have to admit to putting a bit extra in 'for luck' that never makes it to the oven. My cakes keep getting smaller

V_Chic_Chick

I finally managed to quit food tech last year, and the teacher was absolutely obsessed with food safety. It was terrible - just teaching people that any germs are dangerous, and so weakening the immune system IMHO.

Mr_Proctalgia

Thriftylady wrote:

sadly,I do know someone whose house is as bad, or perhaps even worse, than some of the kitchens on How Clean is your House. Her kids are constantly sick with vomiting and diarhoea (sorry, don't know the correct spelling!) and yet she reacted with utter horror when I suggested that possibly her kitchen might be contributing to it. 'A bit of dirt does no harm' she said. Well, I agree totally with that, but theres a bit of dirt, and then theres disgusting......

In my last job (Home delivery for Hillarys Blinds - 14 years) and now Home Delivery for IKEA ( Newby) I can tell you I have seen some sights and generally it SEEMED to be cat owners houses that were the worst. We decided that they must get immune to the smell of food, poo and pee. I have been in places where rancid take away cartons were thrown into the corner of a room and just left as a HUGE festering pile and others where the kitchens were simply gross. Others were cases where the inhabitants simply hadn't a clue and really did need help, but apart from generally nice houses (and I do know the difference between mess and dirt) some cat owners seem to not realise how bad their homes were.

We called them WYFWYL Drops!

Perhaps a lot of "Miss Havershams" own cats and have lost the will!!!!!


No offence meant to Cat Owners in general BTW - Just an observation on life as I have found it.