Poll: 5 sec rule

[JTsyo]

For those that don't know the 5-sec rule is that any food that's on the floor (indoors) for less than 5 sec is still good enough to eat.

 

[rivan]

The rule is totally subject to the type of food. Hard, non-sticky stuff that lands on clean floor... you're good to go.

Otherwise, well... it depends

 

[Jhill]

It depends. If It's a fillet mignon there is a 15 minute rule. If it's bread I toss it.

 

[compuwiz1]

unless it's uncooked meat or a can of beer, it goes in the trash.

 

[Saint Michael]

I observe it and decide whether it can be eaten or not, no matter how long it takes. Somehow I doubt a dry, cold floor is a place where bacteria congregate.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: rivan
The rule is totally subject to the type of food. Hard, non-sticky stuff that lands on clean floor... you're good to go.

Precisely.

5 second rule doesn't make sense anyway. Once it makes contact, and you pick it up, it's going to pull up some dirt, regardless of how long it's been there. (Regardless - that's assuming 5 seconds versus 5 minutes, not 5 seconds versus 5 days.)

 

[hypn0tik]

5 second rule is golden.

 

[Jhill]

Eddie Murphy explains it here.

Skip to the 3:00 mark.

 

[Brainonska511]

It depends on the type of food and the type of floor that it falls on.

 

[ranmaniac]

Depends on the "floor" and what falls on it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: rivan
The rule is totally subject to the type of food. Hard, non-sticky stuff that lands on clean floor... you're good to go.

Precisely.

5 second rule doesn't make sense anyway. Once it makes contact, and you pick it up, it's going to pull up some dirt, regardless of how long it's been there. (Regardless - that's assuming 5 seconds versus 5 minutes, not 5 seconds versus 5 days.)

There's nothing wrong with dirt on your food. Food sitting at a buffet probably has more skin cells from everybody else on it than if you dropped food on the floor. At least on your own floor you know what kind of dirt is on it - your dirt. That means it's good to eat.

 

[Eeezee]

I follow the 5 week rule

 

[Squisher]

The FDA has determined what is an acceptable level of rodent hair and feces that are allowed in different food products.

What's a little fuzz?

 

[fatpat268]

Depends... If it falls on the carpet, I'll usually throw it away.

On the kitchen floor, it depends.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: rivan
The rule is totally subject to the type of food. Hard, non-sticky stuff that lands on clean floor... you're good to go.

Otherwise, well... it depends

 

[Ns1]

depends on the floor

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Depends on the food and the floor. Hell, the average computer keyboard is supposed to be a lot filthier than your toilet seat. Think about that for a minute.

 

[Ricemarine]

Didn't Mythbusters prove that once any food hit the floor it would already have bacteria that would multiply faster rather than never hitting the floor?

 

[Mansooj]

If I recall, they went on (in another episode, if not the same one) to show that the bacterial cultures that resulted from a brief contact with a typical kitchen floor was more diverse and robust than that found on a typical toilet seat.

Yum.

I, however, follow the "if it looks clean, isn't wet and isn't sticky" rule. Peanuts, cheese puffs, etc. Ok. Pork chop, lasagna, etc. Nup. I remain alive, so there must be something to it.

 

[imported_Baloo]

The dog is not willing to wait 5 seconds before he gobbles it up. Once she's got it, I don't care to retrieve it.

 

[Juno]

where is snopes?

if you drop food on a dirty floor, will you eat it?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Depends entirely on the floor.

 

[Ultralight]

Men live by this rule!

 

[DrPizza]

At my own house where I have some vague idea of what's been across the floor, no problem. Heck, I've wiped goat poo out of the feed trough with my bare hand, then came inside to eat a sandwich. Things like that really don't phase me too much.

 

[Excelsior]

I don't necessarily follow a 5 second rule, but I've eaten food that has fallen on the floor hundreds of time. Still doing fine.