You can find the same problems with any fast food chain. And neither of those things affect your anus specifically, so they can’t be what OP is referring to.
Two major outbreaks are still two too many. Stop simping for a megacorp that doesn’t respect it’s employees or customers enough to pay enough to care about hygiene.
They’re not isolated events unrelated to how they run things, though.
One might be a fluke, but two or more (and there’s probably more, those were just the first results of a couple quick searches) is indicative of a more systemic problem of Taco Bell not taking food hygiene seriously.
I wonder if the reason I don’t have any issues with Taco Bell food (and yet I do with many other kinds, as an IBS sufferer) is because, I order all of it without lettuce (due to allergies). So my tacos have no lettuce, but all the other stuff is still on them. Could it be the lettuce that’s really causing the salmonella and/or e. coli issues??
I think that must be true, because I’ve never had an issue or flair up with Taco Bell food. And my stomach gets upset over almost ANTYHING, so that’s really unusual for me. The only time I really got horribly sick was from eating undercooked chicken from a regular restaurant - and that kept me in bed for about a week.
If you add to that conditions like IBS, IBD, Chrone’s, etc, you’ve got a recipe for blowouts.
Mind you, Taco Bell has nothing on places like chipotle with even higher spice levels. But it’s the grease that fucks with most people. Since there’s also far less in the way of soluble fiber and/or things that can hold onto the grease in the bowel, even someone without an unusual sensitive gut can have trouble if they aren’t used to it.
I’ve got terrible digestive problems myself and Taco Bell is something that doesn’t set me off, so I’ll never get it. It’s not spicy, it’s not super greasy… But I guess I tend to get the less un-food-like options (such as a regular bean burrito, which has nothing particularly bad in it unless you’re sensitive to beans).
Gotcha. Their standard ground beef is maybe a 3 or 4/10 on the grease scale, with the steak notching up to maybe a 7.
The spices aren’t so much hot, really. They don’t add much that carries a lot of capsaicin afaik. But they do use chili powder and cumin in there, both of which are hit-or-miss in terms of being IBS triggers. I can handle both fine, but I know folks that can’t. It’s the grease that gets me, because I can use similar spices at home with no issues.
Then again, not every store is the same grease level. The one in my town is greasy as hell, to the point that the wrappers around the tacos are falling apart sometimes. But the one in the nearest city is nowhere near as bad.
I’ll never understand all these people with such sensitive digestive systems that they can’t eat Taco Bell.
I don’t know about yours, but my digestive system isn’t a big fan of salmonella and e coli.
skill issue
True, I didn’t go for the Iron Stomach skill. Will in the next playthrough, though.
You can find the same problems with any fast food chain. And neither of those things affect your anus specifically, so they can’t be what OP is referring to.
Other fast food chains having unacceptably lax hygiene doesn’t make it acceptable for Taco Bell.
Both give you diarrhea, which necessitates a lot of wiping, which affects the anus specifically.
Have you never had diarrhea, have you always used a bidet or are you just full of shit (pun intended)?
Which are not common problems at Taco Bell.
Those two links are both to descriptions of major outbreaks originating at Taco Bell…
Two instances does not make something common.
Two major outbreaks are still two too many. Stop simping for a megacorp that doesn’t respect it’s employees or customers enough to pay enough to care about hygiene.
Stating factual information is not simping. Two outbreaks does not make it a common problem, no matter how you feel about the corporation.
They’re not isolated events unrelated to how they run things, though.
One might be a fluke, but two or more (and there’s probably more, those were just the first results of a couple quick searches) is indicative of a more systemic problem of Taco Bell not taking food hygiene seriously.
I wonder if the reason I don’t have any issues with Taco Bell food (and yet I do with many other kinds, as an IBS sufferer) is because, I order all of it without lettuce (due to allergies). So my tacos have no lettuce, but all the other stuff is still on them. Could it be the lettuce that’s really causing the salmonella and/or e. coli issues??
Not the salmonella but yeah, the e coli outbreak(s) started with improperly handled Taco Bell lettuce so that makes sense.
And afaik you only get salmonella from undercooked poultry and eggs, so a beef thing with no lettuce should be relatively safe!
Common misconception! I don’t know the full extent of what does carry salmonella risk, but here’s an fda piece about raw flour warning of salmonella exposure https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/handling-flour-safely-what-you-need-know
Anecdotally I’ve heard that the raw flour in cookie dough is much more likely to make you sick than the raw eggs
Good to know, thanks!
I think that must be true, because I’ve never had an issue or flair up with Taco Bell food. And my stomach gets upset over almost ANTYHING, so that’s really unusual for me. The only time I really got horribly sick was from eating undercooked chicken from a regular restaurant - and that kept me in bed for about a week.
Grease + spices = increased bowel motility.
If you add to that conditions like IBS, IBD, Chrone’s, etc, you’ve got a recipe for blowouts.
Mind you, Taco Bell has nothing on places like chipotle with even higher spice levels. But it’s the grease that fucks with most people. Since there’s also far less in the way of soluble fiber and/or things that can hold onto the grease in the bowel, even someone without an unusual sensitive gut can have trouble if they aren’t used to it.
I’ve got terrible digestive problems myself and Taco Bell is something that doesn’t set me off, so I’ll never get it. It’s not spicy, it’s not super greasy… But I guess I tend to get the less un-food-like options (such as a regular bean burrito, which has nothing particularly bad in it unless you’re sensitive to beans).
Gotcha. Their standard ground beef is maybe a 3 or 4/10 on the grease scale, with the steak notching up to maybe a 7.
The spices aren’t so much hot, really. They don’t add much that carries a lot of capsaicin afaik. But they do use chili powder and cumin in there, both of which are hit-or-miss in terms of being IBS triggers. I can handle both fine, but I know folks that can’t. It’s the grease that gets me, because I can use similar spices at home with no issues.
Then again, not every store is the same grease level. The one in my town is greasy as hell, to the point that the wrappers around the tacos are falling apart sometimes. But the one in the nearest city is nowhere near as bad.