When it comes to safe food handling for parties and other gatherings, Americans motto seems to be: Do as I say, not as I do. A new Kitchen Pet Peeve Survey by NSF International finds a double standard in attitudes about food for a crowd, with 82% admitting to food-safety mistakes when preparing for others but 96% offended when others make the same slips. Were turned off by others double dipping chips, serving food thats fallen on the floor, forgetting to wash hands and leaving perishables unrefrigerated-even though we do all those things ourselves. And such errors have consequences: 43% said theyd gotten sick after a dinner party or other food gathering away from home.
