Maybe that's how they did it in colonial times

Alicia was fairly revolted at lunchtime today when she noticed the way one of those colonial-garbed tour guides interacted with the nut guy outside the State Street T stop:

... One of the guides dips his hand into the copper bowl that holds the roasted nuts, scoops out a handful and keeps on walking. The vendor didn't even blink an eye, which made me think that this is a reoccuring event. If you're friends with the nut guy, do you get a complimentary handful of nuts each time you pass by?

When you're buying food off the street, I realize that you're sacrificing a bit of cleanliness; however, this is pretty disgusting. ...

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Dear Alicia Don't ever go

By anon (not verified) | Mon, 05/05/2008 - 4:35pm

Dear Alicia

Don't ever go into a restaurant kitchen - you'll never eat out again.

The grodiness is part and

By stephencaldwell | Mon, 05/05/2008 - 4:38pm

The grodiness is part and parcel of buying things from street vendors.

I know...

By got2trotlibrarian | Mon, 05/05/2008 - 4:41pm

Yeah, I guess I shouldn't be so surprised.

Cooks test meat for

By anon (not verified) | Mon, 05/05/2008 - 7:57pm

Cooks test meat for done-ness by pressing down on it with a finger. It doesn't make it any better, but it's done all the time by pros. You just need to pretend you don't know it's true and pray your cook isn't a scratcher.

your 2 best conversational topics

By Anonymous | Mon, 05/05/2008 - 9:29pm

1. "pray your cook isn't a scratcher"
2. swirrly's costco underwear is hot

cute.

Clearly, the guide is

By replica (not verified) | Tue, 05/06/2008 - 12:35am

Clearly, the guide is providing the shop keeper with plenty of customers, there for he is entitled for his free nuts.

This reminds me of people who taste the olives in the shop (about 15 of them) before they decide to buy).

Regarding the words clean and food, they usually do not have anything in common, even when you make food at your own kitchen, the products had suffered severe conditions until they got to your sparkling kitchen table. =)

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