Foods Not to Eat at the Buffet

[perditax]

Why don't you start a thread with that subject? :confused:

 

 

Tom

 

Seems redundant?

[Pierlesscruisers]

Seems redundant?

 

Not to me. The subject of this thread is "foods not to eat at the buffet" while your suggestion seems to concentrate on not what foods to eat on any cruise line but instead "the good points versus the bad points of buffet dining on Royal Caribbean cruise line." At least that's the way it appears to me. Maybe I misunderstood.

 

Tom

[mochas8]

ROFL, you are clueless. Food standards are very strict even more so on ships with the possible spread of norovirus. All food are labeled, dated and discarded. If they got caught doing as your accusing them the inspectors would shut them down or receive hefty fines or both.

 

Expiration dates must be checked before each cruise. I can tell you that chance of left over eggs even making it to the expiration date is slim to none, all stock are used based on the dates they came on board or expiration.

 

Any eggs that has been previous deshelled have a very short life hours not days.

Wrong!! I have found expired milk, juice boxes, even moldy cheese on buffets.

Most of this food is mass produced and we had the same menu everyday on our last ship.

[lbjen]

On both of my RC cruises, all the milk expired on the last day of the cruise.

[whogo]

Where can we find the article, Ashley?

[hagelbagel]

Hi there. I'm working on an article for Cruise Critic about foods to avoid at the buffet, and I figured I'd ask our awesome members for some input. Are there items you avoid? If so, what are they, and why do you avoid them? Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

Nope !!!

 

 

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[ldubs]

If not too late and purely for the sake of the article, I would offer the following as foods to avoid from a healthy living perspective (sigh):

 

Processed meat, processed cheese, processed anything

Tilapia and other farmed fish

Shrimp

Many “low fat” & “fat free” foods (like yogurts)

Pizza

White bread

Fruit juices

Pastries, cookies, cakes

French fries

Ice cream

Bacon

Drinks with a lot of sugar

Any food taken in gargantuan portions

[navybankerteacher]

If not too late and purely for the sake of the article, I would offer the following as foods to avoid from a healthy living perspective (sigh):

 

Processed meat, processed cheese, processed anything

Tilapia and other farmed fish

Shrimp

Many “low fat” & “fat free” foods (like yogurts)

Pizza

White bread

Fruit juices

Pastries, cookies, cakes

French fries

Ice cream

Bacon

Drinks with a lot of sugar

Any food taken in gargantuan portions

 

Agreed - with respect to most items - but fruit juices?

 

Also, "low fat" foods are not generally seen as unhealthy - nor is ice cream, taken in reasonable amounts.

[Itchy&Scratchy]

Agreed - with respect to most items - but fruit juices?

they contain nothing but sugar. Not even fiber. So, from a health perspective, they are pretty useless.

 

those with diabetes and prediabetes would probably be just fine without juice unless they need to raise the blood sugar asap. I haven't had juice in years, even though I dearly love orange juice. But on the cruise, I'd rather have a Chocolate Journey dessert instead of juice. I am saving up my carb allowance!

[$hip$hape]

Hi there

I'm working on an article for Cruise Critic about foods to avoid at the buffet,

and I figured I'd ask our awesome members for some input. Are there items you avoid?

If so, what are they, and why do you avoid them?

Thanks in advance![/quote

 

Just wondering about the when and where of your article...

did I miss it?

[SRF]

If not too late and purely for the sake of the article, I would offer the following as foods to avoid from a healthy living perspective (sigh):

 

Processed meat, processed cheese, processed anything

Tilapia and other farmed fish

Shrimp

Many “low fat” & “fat free” foods (like yogurts)

Pizza

White bread

Fruit juices

Pastries, cookies, cakes

French fries

Ice cream

Bacon

Drinks with a lot of sugar

Any food taken in gargantuan portions

 

So these foods are only bad if you eat them off the buffet?

 

Which was the question of this thread.

[navybankerteacher]

they contain nothing but sugar. Not even fiber. So, from a health perspective, they are pretty useless.

 

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I do not know what line you sail, but HAL, Celebrity and Cunard all offer orange juice and grapefruit juice at breakfast

[n8botting]

If Canadian and English bacon are the same thing why the different names?

We dont call it Canadian bacon here, what is refered to Canadian bacon we call either "back" bacon or if its rolled in cornmeal "peameal" bacon...when Canadians refer to bacon most of mean the strips like everyone else

 

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[dolffan]

Then I will just have water.

 

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[stinsonm]

On Princess, we avoid buffet eggs sitting in pans. Cooked-to-order omelets are usually fine, but most of the other eggs are way undercooked.

 

 

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[davekathy]

Anything you saw someone pick up and put back. ;)

[UPNYGuy]

It's usually greasy and limp.

. I’m REALLY trying to behave. [emoji23]

 

 

 

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[Itchy&Scratchy]

I do not know what line you sail, but HAL, Celebrity and Cunard all offer orange juice and grapefruit juice at breakfast

how does that help me? I can't have juice. I thought I sort of made it clear.

[Love1jill]

I'm pretty sure they were kidding.

Are you saying that "Turkey cured pig side or back meat " is real? Sure, you can make sausage out of anything - people have been doing that for years --- but for something to be bacon it comes from a pig.

 

Just because some glib advertising copy writer comes up with a way to scam the public you do not have to go along with a melting down of our language. Call the damn stuff what it is: artificially flavored chopped turkey remnants molded, artificially colored, and shaped into strips which resemble bacon.

 

If it is illegal to call carbonated white wine "champagne" just because it looks a bit like champagne, bacon should surely be given the same protection.

[navybankerteacher]

how does that help me? I can't have juice. I thought I sort of made it clear.

 

Not really - what you did make "clear" was your view that fruit juices contained "nothing but sugar" - to which I responded.

[Billsueb]

Scrambled eggs at breakfast - I suppose the carton-eggs are just as healthy - but there is something about seeing your egg come out of its shell ... And then, of course, there are those incredible Brewers' yeast extracts which Brits and Aussies seem to go for ...... wow!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Beachdude]

Are the passengers who skip the buffet for health reasons the same ones running to get the nice juicy hamburgers and super cheezy pizzas for lunch and midnight snacks?

 

Not to hijack the thread, but I find it ironic the workout area is always more crowded at the beginning of the cruise?

 

As for me, the food I stay away from in the buffet is the coffee. I'm told it is a Moheassian brew, but for me it's worth getting the drink package to get a café blend.

 

I'm a people watcher, but I find pajamas don't complement anybody in the buffet. Could drive more passengers to get room service.

 

Burt

[whogo]

Hi there

I'm working on an article for Cruise Critic about foods to avoid at the buffet,

and I figured I'd ask our awesome members for some input. Are there items you avoid?

If so, what are they, and why do you avoid them?

Thanks in advance![/quote

 

Just wondering about the when and where of your article...

did I miss it?

I am guessing that this was not an article worthy subject after all or that the topic would just annoy Cruise Critic's advertisers.

[elganpat]

We eat almost all our meals at the buffet. Have never had a problem. We prefer the more casual setting

 

 

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[ldubs]

Agreed - with respect to most items - but fruit juices?

 

Also, "low fat" foods are not generally seen as unhealthy - nor is ice cream, taken in reasonable amounts.

 

Many (most?) fruit juices are flavored sugar water.

 

Many low fat foods are loaded with sugar to make them taste better. Don't confuse low fat with sugar free. A good example is low fat yogurt. Most if not all is loaded with sugar to make it taste good.

 

Ice cream is probably the second best thing in life. Sadly it is also among the worst things you can eat. Diets might allow it in small amounts but that doesn't mean it is a good food to eat. It simply isn't.