Cross contamination…

[wildr0se2]

I was getting pasta at my campus dining hall. I asked for plant-based chicken, and she puts some of it and REAL chicken in the pan. I had to ask for the separate pan, and the worker had another worker come over to cook it for me. I’m not sure if she was new so maybe she was getting confused, but I’m worried I came off as high maintenance because I didn’t want my plant-based chicken touching real chicken. Normally I try not to stress about cross-contamination but it just irked me and felt too risky to eat it knowing there was real chicken touching my food.

Any vegans who also worry about cross contamination?

 

[silva]

I was getting pasta at my campus dining hall. I asked for plant-based chicken, and she puts some of it and REAL chicken in the pan. I had to ask for the separate pan, and the worker had another worker come over to cook it for me. I’m not sure if she was new so maybe she was getting confused, but I’m worried I came off as high maintenance because I didn’t want my plant-based chicken touching real chicken. Normally I try not to stress about cross-contamination but it just irked me and felt too risky to eat it knowing there was real chicken touching my food.

Any vegans who also worry about cross contamination?

Was it raw chicken? That would be disgusting! I wouldn't be ok being in the same pan even if it were already cooked and just reheated.
I'm ok with like a shared grill, with it just being heated off and scraped, but there's no reason to use the same pan
For me it's actually more a matter of taste

 

[wildr0se2]

Was it raw chicken? That would be disgusting! I wouldn't be ok being in the same pan even if it were already cooked and just reheated.
I'm ok with like a shared grill, with it just being heated off and scraped, but there's no reason to use the same pan
For me it's actually more a matter of taste

I don’t know actually. I think it’s cooked but they reheat it in a pan. They basically let you choose your protein along with whatever veggies and they cook multiple pans at once out in the open behind the counter.

And yeah, if it’s shared grill, I don’t make a huge deal about it. Same with whether they use a separate pan (if I have the option I like to request it and prefer that but otherwise I get afraid I’ll come off as stuck up).

 

[KLS52]

I don't worry about cross-contamination in general, but I don't think I would want my plant-based chicken cooking in the same pan either. I'm fine as long as it's cooked separately even if the pan or grill has just been wiped and not scrubbed perfectly clean.

 

[shyvas]

I won't eat anything if flesh has been cooked on the same grill or in a frying pan.

It reminds me of when I was in an air BnB and I added some vegan protein to a oven dish where the lady was cooking fish! I ended up eating a tiny bit of fish which was disgusting.

 

[Tom L.]

@wildr0se2 People in the business of serving food should follow the guidelines for food preparation. This includes not contaminating a meal with ingredients which could be unacceptable for the customer. It might be unacceptable for a number of reasons: religious reasons (kosher, halal, etc.); food allergies (some of these can be life-threatening); or other. I don't think your request was unreasonable at all.