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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010 ... ster-squre

KFC fined after cockroach seen eating chip

Fast food chain ordered to pay £19,000 after inspector also found mouse, flies and blood on floor in Leicester Square branch

Nasty

It's KFC, what do you expect?

I know it's not actually true but I like the idea that they changed from "Kentucky Fried Chicken" because they weren't allowed to call it "chicken" any more.

(A more likely version is that they wanted to avoid the negative health connotations of the word "fried".)

Kentucky Fried Cockroach... crunchy!

It's all added protein.

may I enter this (exhibit #1) into the equation m'Lud
http://blog.23x.net/13/what-is-a-deep-fried-pizza.html

and this (exhibit #2)
http://www.cracked.com/blog/fastfood-me ... -failures/

boudicca wrote:Kentucky Fried Cockroach... crunchy!

Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside!

I guess KFC can now correctly claim that there is something nutritious in their meals after all.

James Blast wrote: http://www.cracked.com/blog/fastfood-me ... -failures/

OMFG!

the 'restaurant' in question in exhibit #1 is the local of oor senior designer, he's quite happy to get me wan

I am very, very tempted

That article was great... last time I guffawed that loudly was when I saw the poster that I have as my avatar

The pizza, I could imagine.

The cockroach would trump Mayonnaise.

good that i made dishes/ foods for/by myself.

James Blast wrote:may I enter this (exhibit #1) into the equation m'Lud
http://blog.23x.net/13/what-is-a-deep-fried-pizza.html

half way down the article they wrote this..

These pizzas are the cheap frozen kind from the cash and carry. Much like you don’t get the finest cut of beef in a fancy restaurant if you order it well-done,

not strictly true--honest!

Poor cockroach - how about dried blood sausages from the floor filled with mouse ......

Blood on the floor of a chipper at 3AM is perfectly normal round my way. Be surprised not to see it in fact.

The time I found a syringe in the gents of one establishment did freak me a little though.

mh wrote:The time I found a syringe in the gents of one establishment did freak me a little though.

Reminds me of the time a syringe dropped out of a shoe I was about to try on in Barratt's. No sign of the needle but I wasn't about to check any further

In the early 80s, there was a widely circulated rumour of a dead mouse being found in a fish supper from the Blue Lagoon under Central Bridge in Glasgow. And then there was the one about pus in a McChicken Sandwich from the KFC - also under Central Bridge! Nice to see some things don't change

Oh god.

Looks like I'm never eating KFC again. Even though their boneless chicken strips are THE WORK OF GOD HIMSELF. :<

Ahh, it's worth the risk...

Just found a local kebab shop near me that does three medium doners and three cans of Pepsi for £5.99! Guess what's for supper Friday?

mh wrote: Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside!

I could tell you all dozens of horror stories like the above from my time in Pest Control

It's not all large chains that suffer, they tend to be the best, I kid you not, the worst I ever saw were small independent food outlets, the worse that I ever encountered being vegan/veggie ones .....................don't shoot the messenger

It doesn't surprise me to be honest, the big chains will have "head office" breathing down their necks if something goes to cock; they've got a nationwide reputation to protect.

Little indies... not so much.

I wonder if the veggie ones are worse because they're less willing to kill pests, seeing it as "cruel"?

my guess is that it's more to do with the slightly hippy approach to running veggie shops - especially co-ops. and a reluctance to use pesticides & harsh chemicals.

having said that, i know beanos in leeds and 8th day in manchester was always incredibly clean, so scotty's observations could depend on the type of shop and the area it's in.

(excuse the gross generalisation but) i cant see the lentil & sandal brigade of hebden bridge or somewhere like kendal being overly bleachy

Quiff Boy wrote:my guess is that it's more to do with the slightly hippy approach to running veggie shops - especially co-ops. and a reluctance to use pesticides & harsh chemicals.

having said that, i know beanos in leeds and 8th day in manchester was always incredibly clean, so scotty's observations could depend on the type of shop and the area it's in.

(excuse the gross generalisation but) i cant see the lentil & sandal brigade of hebden bridge or somewhere like kendal being overly bleachy

Good point.

Quiff Boy wrote:my guess is that it's more to do with the slightly hippy approach to running veggie shops - especially co-ops. and a reluctance to use pesticides & harsh chemicals.

having said that, i know beanos in leeds and 8th day in manchester was always incredibly clean, so scotty's observations could depend on the type of shop and the area it's in.

(excuse the gross generalisation but) i cant see the lentil & sandal brigade of hebden bridge or somewhere like kendal being overly bleachy

I seen bad examples of veggie shops UK wide, what Fiendy says is right, big name outlets have huge profits to loose world wide, they have a very high level of pest control, most are on a monthly inspection contract, where pest activity is found, daily visits are carried out until no more activity is found, then weekly visits for 3 weeks, then back to monthly visits, most have 24 hour service, my biggest contract was for £17,000 for the Highland region alone!
Small shops have smaller profits, a lot of them have no pest control at all so problems are often found too late, not all mind, lots are very hygienic.
The biggest problem is restricting access to pests, that cockroach could have been brought in via a supplier in packaging, London is heaving with Mice/Rats/Cockroaches/Bed Bugs ( a huge earner), if your neighbours have pests & your building is not air tight...........you're going to get them.

Quiff Boy wrote:my guess is that it's more to do with the slightly hippy approach to running veggie shops - especially co-ops. and a reluctance to use pesticides & harsh chemicals.

having said that, i know beanos in leeds and 8th day in manchester was always incredibly clean, so scotty's observations could depend on the type of shop and the area it's in.

(excuse the gross generalisation but) i cant see the lentil & sandal brigade of hebden bridge or somewhere like kendal being overly bleachy

have to agree about the sightly hippy approach-There is a wholefood /vegi shop in glasgow and it is disgusting-certain staff walking around in bare feet-No stock rotation regarding the vegetable displays which results in organic veg which have not been treated with anything, going off when new stuff is put onto of them and also reports of mice droppings in the so-called kitchen
I might not contribute to any of the more political or high tech threads in this forum ,but this is a subject that I do know about ,there really is not any excuse for dirty food operations whether they are privately owned or are chains---saying that ,I used to work in a restaurant (in the michelin guide) in London ,and every morning you would find 3 or 4 dead cockroaches on the kitchen floor having been attracted to the heat of the kitchen from the undergroung below!
anyway--glad I got that of my chest..