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[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 117 points 1 week ago (5 children)

This makes no sense. Salads really do have nuts sometimes, whilst I've never heard of bees having steak.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if it’s honey glazed?

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dammit! I keep losing at chess without even playing!

Oh well, it could be worse: I could be playing chess 🤷

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No this is the Pinnacle of humor. Nothing could possibly be funnier than this....

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What about, hear me out here, what about if a man, like an old man, and not just any old man, a scientist, a old man scientist in a labcoat, what about, wait for it, what about if he were to, hold on, if he were to, here it comes, turn himself into a pickle?! Funniest shit I've ever seen.

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I call them Meat Bees, but they are a species of Yellowjacket -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket?wprov=sfti1

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Fun fact: They're not eating it, they just chop bits off for their little siblings.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago

Yes, that is the subversion of expectations that makes this a joke.

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You never had bee steak? You've been missing out!

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

with B-2 steak sauce

[–] blug@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Some people are so allergic that they need different cooking stations to prepare their food and this also tells the person preparing to wear different gloves

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 week ago

Yeah, bee allergies are serious

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bingo. My coworker needed this almost everywhere that served baked goods because she had a serious cinnamon allergy. Depending on what was being made, it could be bad enough that just the scent of something baking that contained a decent amount of cinnamon, like pies, would be enough to need a couple Benadryl.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Also sounds non fatal, so not the kind of thing they worry about on packaging.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Presumably you do need to tell them "no nuts because I'm allergic".

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

"Not nuts bee 'cause I'm allergic"

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

I don't know, as someone with a nut allergy I don't get why this is supposed to be funny. This is just my everyday life. Especially salad often has nuts like walnuts or almonds as decoration so it's one of the foods where I have to be extra careful. Just like I always have to follow a coffee order with "no nuts, please", because coffee is often decorated with almonds. The tweet makes it sound like asking for no nuts on a salad is as outlandish as thinking there might be a bee in the steak, but walnuts, cashews or almonds are pretty common decorations on salads.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

I dont think its really making fun of anyone, its just some semi-grounded absurdity.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The joke can also be read as the pointe being the stupidity of the second person for exactly the reason you gave.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ever since I ordered a 7-cheese macaroni and cheese side dish that lovingly named each cheese and didn't mention it had chunks of bacon mixed in, I ask to be sure.

Fuck you, Applebee's.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Bacon, the little known eigth cheese.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would assume a lot of fear isn't just from the Sallad having nuts, but that it would be cross contaminated.

I don't know where you get coffee where they decorate it with nuts, but I need to know. So I can avoid them. Not that I'm allergic. I just think that's sacrilegious.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most cafés don't, but I like to go to the smaller ones, not the big chains, and they can sometimes get very creative with almonds or hazelnut deco. It's not the majority, but I don't like to waste food so I always ask.

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what kind of crazy person decorates a coffee with nuts?!

also side note: it should be illegal to put known allergens in anything without mentioning it…

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Broadly classifies as gross negligence and any business that wants to stay in business will be wise to make that info public.

But I'd rather just not end up in an ER to begin with.

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[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Restaurants want people to always tell their server if they have any allergies regardless if it's in the thing is they are ordering. Not all menu items may list every single ingredient in the description and people have some uncommon allergies. Garlic is ubiquitous and it might in your salad dressing. Tell your server if you are allergic. Plus, cross contamination is a thing and chefs need to know to be mindful. Did nuts come anywhere near that salad? Let's make sure that doesn't happen.

Always say something just to be safe.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you’re not gluten-intolerant, you’ll be surprised to know how many things they put flour into. It’s so ubiquitous to the human diet you can find it in virtually everything across all kinds of cuisine.

This scenario was basically my life’s story and I had to do this every time I went to restaurant back then. Thankfully I’m no longer gluten-sensitive.

P.S. Even factory-made plain potato chips aren’t safe. (Check the labels very carefully!)

[–] kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago

And then they bring you steak with bees because the server's new and she doesn't quite understand the kitchen shorthand yet.

Hate when that happens.

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

You forgot to include nuclear waste and finger nails. Rookie mistake.

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How do I get a drink with no ice in it? Every time I say "no ice", I get ice. I even tried asking for no ice, the drink, no ice, in a glass with no ice, and STILL GOT ICE WITH IT.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You probably said "ice" so many times that they couldn't stop thinking about ice.

As an analogy, if I tell you not to think about an elephant, what's the first thing you think about?

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago
[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Ice cheap, drink expensive?

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Adding ice is just filling your cup with 60% water. Filling the same cup with the same drink and no ice would be less profitable because you'd wait longer to order another.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Except I get water. I just want water, with no ice

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

My wife has the same problem, something we do if we havent been to a place before (our regular places are goos about no ice) she will order "water no ice" and Ill get something that is not water. If her water comes with ice she tell the server "sorry I asked for not ice", Ill chime in with "Ill take this glass then" and smile at the server. Next glass is always no ice and the server doesnt feel like they wasted effort because the water they did bring is going to be drunk.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Yes but that's the reason why adding ice is the standard, if not policy.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

I don't know how things are in different parts of the US/world, but I have so little confidence in food workers now that if I had a food allergy, I'd never eat at restaurants again.

None steak with left bees

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I get it, I say that about onions, because lots of things come with onions without announcing it. Want a loaded baked potato, or baked potato soup? Don't forget to tell them No Onions, even the little green ones, or I'll be picking them out with my fork.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

That's nuts.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'll have the pasta, no penicillin please

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