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[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 116 points 4 days 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 55 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What if it’s honey glazed?

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

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 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 6 points 4 days ago

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

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days 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 3 days ago

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

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

with B-2 steak sauce

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 4 days 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 3 days ago

Bacon, the little known eigth cheese.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days 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 3 days 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.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days 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 3 days 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.

But how do you decorate liquid coffee?

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[–] blug@sh.itjust.works 64 points 4 days 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 48 points 4 days ago

Yeah, bee allergies are serious

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days 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 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

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

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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!)

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

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

[–] kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 days 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.

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days 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 4 days 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?

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Ice cheap, drink expensive?

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days 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 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days 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 3 days ago

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

None steak with left bees

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 4 points 4 days 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.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

That's nuts.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Her, at the funeral: "He needs his glasses! He can't see without his glasses!"

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days 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.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'll have the pasta, no penicillin please

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