Toxic Lemons
I knew it!
I’ve been complaining for years that I don’t want lemons slices in my drinks at restaurants because I doubted they cleaned the skins to my liking. Turns out I was on to something.
A recent study by healthinspections.com reveals that those innocent lemon slices you get in restaurants are loaded with bacteria, fecal matter, and all sorts of other nasty germs.
“It was like they had dipped it in raw meat or something; it was gross!” exclaimed Anne LaGrange, a microbiologist who tested several lemons from various restaurants and was shocked at the results. “The very first sample that we took was loaded with fecal bacteria.”
Full disclosure, this isn’t really as bad as it sounds, but it is enough for me to continue asking for no lemons with my drinks.
How about you?
(ht: Wisebread)
February 22, 2008 at 10:52 am
what next ? is the cherrys that going into cocktails bad too. I wonder what is safe enough anymore. sure gald I never bought meat out of the back of pick-up before.
February 22, 2008 at 11:36 am
Further proving the health benefits of always having a splash of something alcoholic in every refreshing beverage.
February 22, 2008 at 11:51 am
I heard about this. No more lemons or limes in my beverages. If we knew how many items we touch on a daily basis that had fecal matter on them, we would all become Melvin Udalls.
February 22, 2008 at 12:26 pm
That guy Brandon is funny
February 22, 2008 at 2:43 pm
HA! I have been saying it for years too! Dad’s even teased me! It seemed too tedious for a restaurant to do without getting contaminated from something else. I will also continue my lemon strike.
February 22, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Off the subject, but Tanner and I are playing eye spy and he doesn’t know what an oreo is! Sounds like Aunt Amy needs to teach him the finer things in life… maybe I should get double stuffed!
February 22, 2008 at 4:07 pm
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Were all going to die!