Originally Posted By mele I don't believe that burger was so overly salted that a bite or two made him sick. That thing would have to have been THICK with salt to make him that sick.
Originally Posted By jonvn Try my experiment! Start with only 1 tablespoon worth of salt though. It can happen. I agree with post 20, though. It was an overreaction, and the cop was out of line.
Originally Posted By mele I know about the salt rinse, okay? I don't really have time for it today. If there was enough salt to make a person sick, I think you'd be able to SEE the tablespoons of salt and the burger would be very gritty. That much salt wouldn't completely dissolve. The cook said she tapped the burgers off. I just don't think there could have been that much salt on the burger. And if the cop was THAT sensitive to salt then he shouldn't have been eating there at all.
Originally Posted By mele I'm not sure if it's true or not but one article I read said that the cops in the area come to that restaurant and get their meals for free.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I"m not so certain. If you look at the police report ( part of the last article I posted ), you will see that he was dispatched back to the McDonalds because there was an "injury" ( his own ). So when he returned to the McDonalds he was there on official business. He questioned the witnesses, found the cook to be in his opinion inconsistant and placed her under arrest. As for the rest, the remains of the burger are ( according the the stories) being tested. I am willing to give the cook the benefit of the doubt that perhaps it was an accident and all that he consumed was just a lot of salt and pepper... but I honestly don't know and if I was the police officer I wouldn't stake my health on it. So again the testing is necessary.
Originally Posted By mele Also, just because he threw up doesn't mean he was actually ill from the salt. I found a hair in a burger once and threw up all night long but only because I was really grossed out.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom "The cop clearly wasn't worth his salt..." Would you quit with the briny jokes already.
Originally Posted By mele I'm curious of the she really did tell the manager about the salt. If she did, and the manager forced her to still use the meat, then it should be the manager who is in this trouble, not her. Managers at resaurants are notorious for using damaged or older foods if they can get away with it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Would you quit with the briny jokes already.>> <<"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.">> --Oliver Goldsmith
Originally Posted By DAR Hey the cook got off easy. If the cop was like Johnny Depp in Once Upon A Time In Mexico he would have shot the cook.
Originally Posted By jonvn OK, and now this. A guy coughs in the direction of a cop, and gets arrested. Faces 60 days in jail. I guess this is nothing compared to selling some inert powder and getting 15 years...
Originally Posted By jonvn Here is the story: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/09/27/national/a131405D19.DTL&type=bondage" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/09/27/national/a131405D19.DTL&type=bondage</a>
Originally Posted By jonvn We're entering a police state. Don't even get near these guys, and don't let them near you, even if your child is drowning. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/11/petersen.fl.officer.sues.family.wftv" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/vid eo/us/2007/10/11/petersen.fl.officer.sues.family.wftv</a>
