The common food item you should never eat at hotel breakfast buffet as people ‘always get their fingers in them’
A COMMON food item most hotels offer guests during breakfast could be riddled with contamination.
Although most Brits wont think twice before tucking into a breakfast buffet – they’re being advised to keep an eye-out for one staple ingrediant.
Eight foods have been blacklisted and should be avoided at all costs or punters could risk a nasty bout of food poisoning, according to foodie outlet Mashed.
Included are things like scrambled eggs, cereal and pancakes, but there’s one offering that might surprise holiday goers.
As reported by the outlet, Alberta-based microbiologist Jay Tetro said that condiments should be avoided – especially if they have a short shelf-life.
Things like jam, peanut butter, marmalade and marmite should stay firmly off your plate – meaning a simple slice of toast with your favourite topping is off-limits if you want to leave the hotel in as good shape as when you first entered.
He said: “If they are just open and there are spoons and things like that, then there’s a very good likelihood that people will get their fingers in there.”
He went on to explain that because of how people generally wash their hands the bottled goodies could be contaminated.
He also said that buffet eaters should be “especially careful” of condiments with a short shelf life like mayonaise, lemon slices and salad dressing, as they’re “breeding grounds” for bacteria.
The best way to be sure your sauces are not covered in germs is to look out for individually wrapped packets, as they will not have had any fingers meddling in them before you’ve squirted them over your hash browns.
But the outlet did provide a list of safer options that hotel guests can safely chomp down with little worry.
The foods they said are best to go for are nuts, local fresh fruit, cheese, avocados, omelet station omelets, quiche, smoked salmon and meat cold cuts.
THE EIGHT WORST FOODS TO EAT AT A BREAKFAST BUFFET
Food experts at Mashed put together a list of foods that should be avoided when seen in a hotel buffet.
- Fried potatos
- Fuit salad
- Pancakes
- Raw oysters
- Cereal
- Condiments
- Scrambled eggs
- Pre-cooked breakfast meats
THE EIGHT BEST FOODS TO EAT AT A BREAKFAST BUFFET
But they also put together a list of the more favourable items that holiday goers can tuck into with little concern.
- Cold cuts (Deli meat)
- Smoked salmon
- Quiche
- Omelet station Omelets
- Avocado
- Cheese
- Fresh local fruit
- Nuts
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