OMG TV moment

[figmo]

My TV turned on to "Sara's Secrets" on the Food Network. She was making a meal that was supposed to be for "both vegetarians and carnivores." One of the items she made was two versions of a savory strada. When she went to plate it, she first stuck her spatula in the sausage-laden strada, then, without cleaning the spatula, stuck it into the vegetarian strada.

I blurted out "Oh my gawd!" so loudly I awoke Warren, who was sound asleep two rooms down with the door closed.

For those of you who aren't chefs, if you're feeding a vegetarian, that's like dipping your spatula in poison before serving your guests.

Comments

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

The issue is avoidability. As noted in OP, the meat dish contained sausages. I'd expert a person keeping Kosher to have exactly the same reaction.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I kept thinking "if that sausage had been mushrooms, I'd have been in the hospital."

She could have at least dished the vegetarian entree first (the only difference between the two, AFAIK, was the inclusion of sausage in the carnivore version).

Better yet, the show could have budgeted for a second spatula so each version of the strada could have its own uncontaminated plating utensil.

[howeird]

I kept thinking "if that sausage had been mushrooms, I'd have been in the hospital."
Meat won't kill a vegetarian, and vice versa.

She could have at least dished the vegetarian entree first
It's the same as milchig vs fleishig - you use a different spatula.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Meat won't kill a vegetarian, and vice versa.

Depends upon the carnivore and the vegetarian. I can think of at least one carnivore who'd have been in the hospital from the sausage-laden strada, and if someone were to flip a Gardenburger_TM with a spatula and then use it on my burger, I'd be in the hospital, fighting for my life.

[madfilkentist]

In fact, I was thinking that two, which is why I consider the "poison" comparison to be overblown. Getting a small amount of mushrooms into your food means major trouble; a trace amount of meat in a vegetarian's food isn't going to do anything.

Was it discourteous to use the same spatula? Yes. Was it over-the-top, screaming AAARGGGHHH, I've been poisoned? That's silly.