People who lick their fingers

[MarkRae]

On my way home this evening, I called in to a local kebab shop to order some food to take home. The man behind the counter who served me licked his finger before doing everything, including picking up the paper in which to wrap my food, the plastic bag to put it in etc.

When I complained, he became very abusive, eventually telling me to f** off out of the shop.

Why on earth do people do this? Why is it necessary for people to put their saliva on their fingers before picking things up? Am I being unreasonable in reporting the kebab shop to the Food Standards Agency...?

[BertiWooster]

As as been said what you dont see probably hasn't done you any harm
You are repulsed by his actions , because you saw him do it - if you hadn't you'd be non the wiser .

A former work colleague never washed his hands when he went to the toilet - whether he done a number one or two .
I would watch make tea for people , handling the tea bags etc .

Needless to say i would have politely declined if he had offered to make me a cup .

[snags]

So the moral of this thread is: ignorance is bliss...

(^ I licked my fingers before I typed that).

[Captin Kirk]

I could tell ...

[snags]

Damn... I thought no one was looking...

[Captin Kirk]

"finges"???

[ayabrea38]

I agree ignorance is bliss.I do wonder though,why in a chippie if you order a fried rice dish,for example,it is always prepared behind closed doors and popped through the little hatch.
I have been wanting to make my own chicken fried rice that taste just like the chippie does,and despite many tries,it always lacks that certain something.
Any ideas(apart from MSG)
One thought was do they wash/clean the wok between orders or is that taste an accumulation of many yummy dishes,I dont mean a seasoned wok,just a well used one.

[snags]

For better or worse I can 'see' through the hatch at my local Chinese takeaway. Egg fried rice seems to be cold precooked rice quickly stir-fried in a little hot oil with various 'dips' of the spatula in to 2 or 3 small pots of 'something' on the shelf above the cooker!

[snags]

^ Maybe they lick the spatula which adds a certain something :-/

[ayabrea38]

Someone here MUST know what the something is.Please, I need to know or I will make the kids get a job in a chippie when they are old enough and I cannot wait that long!

[Captin Kirk]

you don't really want to know ...

[ayabrea38]

I do,I so do.I wont tell health and safety honest!

[cherrychapstick]

yes snags ,egg fried rice is boiled rice cooled and then fried with whisked egg(years of working in a Chinese take away )

[snags]

Just found this on the web:

''you can't recreate authentic egg fried rice in your home, you don't have the heat to do it, simple as that. But i'll tell you how to do it anyway and you should be able to get ok-ish rice.

Wash the rice a little to remove some of the starch. Boil it.

Put in a bowl or something overnight and cover with paper, do not refrigerate! the rice must be kept absolutely dry.

Now with your cold, dry rice: heat your wok with a generous amount of vegetable oil.
add your egg (pre-whisked), fry till it's cooked-ish then break up a little. Add your rice and mix it up with your egg.

Season with salt and !!MSG!! (if you eat chinese a lot chances are you aren't allergic to it etc. since pretty much everywhere uses it).

Add a little soy sauce to the middle of the rice then mix up till it spreads to all the rice.

Voila!

(btw, yes i'm chinese, yes i work in a takeaway)''

[ayabrea38]

Running out to buy some MSG tomorrow(today?)
Dunno where our nearest Waitrose is but I will find MSG somewhere!!!
Thanks snags
You are soy brilliant!