The Dirty Dozen – Foods to be extra careful around
Because it’s just not cool to use your napkin as a bib. But sometimes some of us wish it was.
1. Frozen Fruit – Especially blueberries. They’re delicious, but they’re sneaky little assassins.
2. Pasta Sauce – Clorox must love Italian Restaurants. You’d think the napkins would be red.
3. Olive Oil – Looks like water at first. Just a drop, it’s dark. And then later on you realize… it’s not water.
4. Red Wine – swirl swirl swirl SWIRL… *splash* … Godd#mn it.
5. Salsa – Especially the good stuff that’s not all one mucky texture. Chunks fall, they plop, it’s everywhere.
6. Beer- Usually doesn’t do too much damage. Unless you’re three beers in, believe the can is empty, crush it down at your hip and spill the last two swills on your suede shoes.
7. Coffee – When the hole in the lid lines up with that seam on the side of the cup? You’re screwed.
8. Soy Sauce – Not all of us are experts with chopsticks, so by the time we’ve eaten the boat, there could be damage.
9. Rice Cakes / Crackers – As men, we like to stand and eat. Do that with a rice cake and you’re left with a nice dusting of what looks like dandruff. Not a stain, but you’ll be reaching for the roller if you’re in a sweater.
10. BBQ Smoke – More of a food byproduct, but it permeates. Nobody wants to smell like a rib-eye.
11. Toothpaste – Not a food, but close enough. Use whitening toothpaste and you’re twice as likely to somehow manage to drip on your navy blazer. Use a Sonicare
12. Pen Ink – Also not a food. But pens can end up temporarily between our teeth. Fumble the jaw to hand exchange while staring at a computer, the pen lands on your just tailored this week sport coat, and there will be swearing.
Your turn. Know of any other foods that are dangerous to consume while wearing good clothes? Leave those below…
I disagree with #10.
I, in fact, do want to smell like a rib-eye.
Add mustard to the list…
Every barista should be trained to properly align the lids on coffee cups. The seam should always be opposite the drinking side of the lid to prevent leaking. That’s the first thing I check when I buy a coffee, and I rarely see it done right.I don’t know how to politely suggest this attention to detail, but it does influence how much I tip.
Why, hot fudge/chocolate of course!
Well played…
Nice article, but tips on getting rid of said stains would be better. I’d also say blood is a bad one for me, I’m horrible for cutting myself and not noticing until it’s everywhere.
Agreed.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” And who am I, Billy Mays? (RIP Billy)
Am I the only one who has no clue what a popcorn cake is?
My thoughts exactly! Never heard of this newfangled popcorn treat
Oops… yeah, that’s confusing and a term that probably I only use for these: http://www.quakeroats.com/products/rice-snacks/rice-cakes/caramel-corn.aspx Carmel Corn Cakes (which are in fact, rice cakes). But I’m off those. These are where it’s at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FDDJ1E/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000FDOPTE&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1DDBW95EWHRY9VKZZ9RZ
Yes and just about anything that squirts off a bottle
I think your own saliva will prevent blood from staining. Anyone else tried this?
It has taken me a long time to become semi-competent at stain removal. All I’ve learned is never under-estimate the power of dish soap, oxyclean (no joke), and aerosol hairspray. Dish soap for any fat/oil based stain. Hairspray on ink. Oxyclean on everything else. I have yet to encounter a stain that one of those will not remove (including dark chocolate from a knit wool cream sweater and blood from thick white carpet)
+1
completely agree with #11… Seeing the little white dot on a dark colored shirt is quite an unpleasant surprise as I’m getting ready to head to work.
Yeah, they do make a lot of mess, and you need to remove those stains
before they become a bigger mess. If it sticks in your furniture, or
carpet, you really need to do some cleaning for it. There might be dust
before the stains, and it might ruin your stuff.
Great post. One should really be careful with the mentioned above products. I personally hate dealing with blueberry stains and BBQ smoke odors.
Even if how much we should be trying to avoid these
stain-causing foods, there will always be chances that we are caught off guard.
There will always be times that we are not aware and we are fell victim to
these devastating stains. But no worries because innovation has produced very powerful
and very effective stain removal substances that could be eradicating these
stain in no time.
Miele vacuum
Leave any tomato based stain in the sun and it will turn to a powder that you can pat away, or at worst wash again to get it out after. It works with most tomato products including ketchup and tomato sauce in my experience.