Essay About Veggie Sandwich And Cross Contamination

Vegetarian Food
Vegetarian Food
I have been living in US since last eight years and like some of you
have mentioned in their comments, I have closely checked for food
ingredients to avoid accidental consuming of eggs or any meat.
I would like to know if any of you have ever considered the amount of
cross contamination that is prevalent in the kitchens of restaurants
serving dishes containing meat and eggs. For example, I have seen
people go to a Subway or Quiznos or Scholetzkys Deli and order a
Veggie sandwich and asking the server to change his gloves since
he/she could have prepared a meat sandwich with those. Even if the
person preparing your sandwich changes gloves before doing so, he/she
might have already touched the vegetables with the same glove that
touched meat while preparing a meat sandwich. So the veggies are
already contaminated due to such a contact with meat.
Same is the case with Pizzas, most of the veggie ingredients used in
pizza toppings have been touched by gloves that could have touched
pepperoni, sausage or ham – thus even if you order a veggie pizza,
you are essentially going to be consuming some meat since the veggies
are contaminated. I have also noticed that when cutting sandwiches,
the restaurants use the same knife that was used to cut a meat
sandwich and likewise for pizza. And I am only talking about places
where you can see your food while it is being prepared. In many of
the full service restaurants where you cant see the kitchen, one can
only imagine the amount of cross-contamination that could be
happening in their kitchens (same utensils, same cutting equipments,
same storage, etc.).
Having realized this, I find it very difficult to admit that it is
possible for a Vegetarian person to be eating at any restaurant that
also serves meat and completely avoid intaking any meat particles.
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