Diary of The Food Whore: Double-Dipping

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Double-Dipping

May 06, 2005

No Soup For You! Come back, one year! ~ The Soup Nazi.

So I was in the grocery store.

And over in the hot deli they have a soup bar with a selection of about 5 different soups. And on this soup bar was a sign that said, "Please feel free to sample the soups" and under that was a basket with spoons and little portion cups. Any reasonable person would understand that you put a little soup in the portion cup to get yourself a sample, right?

Hold that thought.

Even though the soup bar resembeled a buffet atmosphere - and we all know how I feel about buffets - I thought I would be open-minded enough to try a few samples for the sake of research. So I approached the bar when woman pulls up her cart, reads the "please feel free to sample" sign, grabs a spoon, and plunges it into one of the soup pots. She then took the very same spoon and put it into another pot. And then again in the third pot. Each time smacking her lips and saying, "That was ok... not bad."

Each time she plunged her spoon into the pot I looked for an employee of the deli to make eye contact with, praying they would see what she was doing and tell her to stop. By the time she plunged her spoon into the fourth pot I gave a little cough so she would turn around and see me.

"Oh, hi. Aren't these soups great?"

"I've actually never had them."

"Oh they are wonderful. You can have samples, just no double-dipping!", said with a giggle.

"Right. But you are double-dipping."

"No. I take a spoon full from one and I don't put the same spoon back in the same pot."

"Right. But you are taking that same spoon - the spoon you just had in your mouth - and are putting it into a different pot."

"But that's not double-dipping."

"Well, yeah. It really is."

"No it's not. It's only double-dipping if you put it back in the same pot."

"No... it's. Nevermind."

"It's not double-dipping. I am not double-dipping!"

"That's fine. If that's what you think - ok."

"Are you going to get some soup?"

"Well, I was. But not anymore."

"Oh, please. You're being dramatic."

I so wanted to say, "You idiot!", but instead I smiled, chuckled a little, and walked away. About the time I got to the end of the deli counter, one of the workers came out to speak to the lady. I didn't stick around to hear what was said. I am hoping The Food Contamination Police gave her a permanent ban from the soup bar and revoked her priveledges to shop there. (I have a very vivid imagination)

No soup for me. Ever.

Posted by Foodwhore at May 6, 2005 10:52 AM

no. she. didn't!

Posted by: sandy at May 6, 2005 11:48 AM

uh-uh....some people. damn, that's just nasty. No soup for me. (or buffets)

Posted by: Nerwen at May 6, 2005 11:58 AM

Dude, you're SUCH a drama queen!

{sorry, kidding. it's friday and i couldn't help it}

Posted by: Fatemeh at May 6, 2005 02:48 PM

YUCK!

No soup for me either!

Posted by: ChefCDL at May 6, 2005 05:49 PM

EEEWWWWW, I am taking my re-certification class for food saftey right now too. I just threw up a little in my mouth right now. I'm ok. But Eeewww

Posted by: Paul at May 7, 2005 05:16 AM

Oh my God! Thank you for the warning - NEVER will I have soup from a buffet again!

Posted by: Victoria Winters at May 7, 2005 12:04 PM

YUCK

I once watched someone preparing five layer dip for a party we were attending. He spread the bean dip with his finger and kept licking it and putting it back in the dip. He spread five layers that way.

It was sobering to watch guests eat it.

Posted by: Damomma at May 7, 2005 03:04 PM

egads.... that's horrible. But I'm sure it happens SO much more than we care to think about!

Posted by: Carly at May 7, 2005 07:18 PM

People are Asses!

Posted by: Gail at May 8, 2005 02:43 PM

oh god. I forgot what it was like living with jews.

Posted by: Eugene Oswalt at May 8, 2005 02:55 PM

eeeew!!!!

Posted by: z. at May 8, 2005 04:15 PM

mmmmm...bacteria soup

Posted by: molly at May 9, 2005 11:35 AM

That's just sick.

Posted by: Lina at May 9, 2005 01:59 PM