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1. A lot of people make homemade food, so what's up with the health and hygiene standard there? 2. If you think health and hygiene standard in restaurants are

by yeukhon 11y ago

1. A lot of people make homemade food, so what's up with the health and hygiene standard there? 2. If you think health and hygiene standard in restaurants are good, I don't know what else to say but many restaurants receive C or lower grade in NY. Some due to discrimination, some due to misjudgement, but many do reflect serious lack of proper maintenance and cleaning.

stephenr 11y ago
Home made food is explicitly that - for your own home. You are already responsible for the people you're feeding. Once it becomes about making money without regulation, I guaran-fucking-tee you there will be people using it to run a "business" with zero fucks given about food safety. Sure there are restaurants with a low rating. There are also the ones that have been shut down. That's the sort of place you need to be worried about
- andrewfromx 11y ago
  but that's 0.001% of the people cooking. The rest are making nice food I wanna eat!
  - stephenr 11y ago
    > but that's 0.001% of the people cooking What are you basing that number on? Once someone starts using the system to make money, a number of important dynamics change. - they need to start buying more products, with the intent of making a profit, so there is even more incentive for them to buy "discount" items that are marked down due to being close to their use-by date. Risk goes up. - they need to store a lot more products. How many home kitchens do you know of that have different fridges to completely separate raw meat from cooked meat, dairy, etc? - they need to have a way to keep the prepared food ready to 'serve' once it's been prepared/cooked. How many home kitchens do you know that can keep prepared food easy/quick to serve and hygienic at the same time? Your idea is no more about "sharing economy" than Uber is. They're both just saying "who needs accreditation, licences or insurance - any schmoe can do this".

by yeukhon 11y ago

stephenr 11y ago

Home made food is explicitly that - for your own home. You are already responsible for the people you're feeding. Once it becomes about making money without regulation, I guaran-fucking-tee you there will be people using it to run a "business" with zero fucks given about food safety. Sure there are restaurants with a low rating. There are also the ones that have been shut down. That's the sort of place you need to be worried about

andrewfromx 11y ago
but that's 0.001% of the people cooking. The rest are making nice food I wanna eat!
- stephenr 11y ago
  > but that's 0.001% of the people cooking What are you basing that number on? Once someone starts using the system to make money, a number of important dynamics change. - they need to start buying more products, with the intent of making a profit, so there is even more incentive for them to buy "discount" items that are marked down due to being close to their use-by date. Risk goes up. - they need to store a lot more products. How many home kitchens do you know of that have different fridges to completely separate raw meat from cooked meat, dairy, etc? - they need to have a way to keep the prepared food ready to 'serve' once it's been prepared/cooked. How many home kitchens do you know that can keep prepared food easy/quick to serve and hygienic at the same time? Your idea is no more about "sharing economy" than Uber is. They're both just saying "who needs accreditation, licences or insurance - any schmoe can do this".