I love the MCG, but...

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,137]

I love the MCG, but sometimes it's worth not thinking about what goes on behind the scenes too much. This article is about US sports stadia, but could it be the same here?

Warning: For those with a weak stomach, you might want to avoid opening the article.

[Diamond_Jim 12,779]

nothing like Eden Gardens in Kolkata when India are playing England in a one dayer

 

[Demonland 74,537]

25 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I love the MCG, but sometimes it's worth not thinking about what goes on behind the scenes too much. This article is about US sports stadia, but could it be the same here?

Warning: For those with a weak stomach, you might want to avoid opening the article.

Thanks for that. I know you warned me but now I will never be able to enjoy a pie and hot dog at the footy again.

Semi related but I never send back food at a restaurant for fear of the staff interfering with my food.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,137]

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Thanks for that. I know you warned me but now I will never be able to enjoy a pie and hot dog at the footy again.

Semi related but I never send back food at a restaurant for fear of the staff interfering with my food.

True story related to me just last week. A waiter working in a restaurant (thankfully in Los Angeles) used to send an order to the kitchen for a steak occasionally with the words "step on it" included. She wasn't requesting that the meal be prepared quickly. Rather, she was responding to rudeness or physical harassment (bottom pinching) from the customer and asking the chef to drop the steak on the floor and step on it before cooking it.  

[LADemon 13]

I trust stadium food in Australia more than I do in the US. That goes for restaurant food too. I've worked in kitchens in both countries and Australian cleanliness standards far outweigh the standards and practices in the US. The things I've seen would make you vomit.

[binman 44,892]

2 minutes ago, LADemon said:

 The things I've seen would make you vomit.

The AFL's plan for AFLX?

[dl4e 5,851]

Ah yes to just think about the hefty price of contaminated food at the footy.

[Dee Zephyr 19,332]

Definitely the wrong thread to open when I’m about to hook into some home made hamburgers.

[Bendigo Demon 115]

I have done 2 trips to the USA in the past 14 months, primarily to watch NBA basketball. The food in the stadiums is rubbish. The best food we had were the Mexican hot dogs sold illegally outside the Staples Center after each game. $5 for one with the lot, we loved them.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,137]

23 minutes ago, Bendigo Demon said:

I have done 2 trips to the USA in the past 14 months, primarily to watch NBA basketball. The food in the stadiums is rubbish. The best food we had were the Mexican hot dogs sold illegally outside the Staples Center after each game. $5 for one with the lot, we loved them.

Undocumented food?

[DeeSpencer 26,715]

4 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Undocumented food?

It's actually Chihuahua

[praha 11,271]

35 minutes ago, Bendigo Demon said:

I have done 2 trips to the USA in the past 14 months, primarily to watch NBA basketball. The food in the stadiums is rubbish. The best food we had were the Mexican hot dogs sold illegally outside the Staples Center after each game. $5 for one with the lot, we loved them.

I've been to LA like 10 times for work, to the same area to go to the Convention Centre. The street food around there was amazing. If you ever return, Tom's Urban just outside Staples also has good grub but it can get packed on game day.

[Moonshadow 17,678]

50 minutes ago, Bendigo Demon said:

I have done 2 trips to the USA in the past 14 months, primarily to watch NBA basketball. The food in the stadiums is rubbish. The best food we had were the Mexican hot dogs sold illegally outside the Staples Center after each game. $5 for one with the lot, we loved them.

 

[Diamond_Jim 12,779]

39 minutes ago, praha said:

I've been to LA like 10 times for work, to the same area to go to the Convention Centre. The street food around there was amazing. If you ever return, Tom's Urban just outside Staples also has good grub but it can get packed on game day.

now you're starting to understand Eden Gardens in Kolkata

the chow veg roll sellers are of another world

[Roger Mellie 4,205]

I briefly worked at the G in one of the many food stands many years ago. I was chip fryer extraordinaire and was constantly getting told off for waiting until the chips were golden before pulling out of the fryer. They didn't care how soggy they were - just get 'em out NOW!

Way back then, the food was all packaged and arrived in microwaveable bags (burgers and hot dogs) - inedible!  The pies etc were already in bags as was everything else. In other words, 90% the food could not be touched - apart from me slagging on the chips of course!

[Diamond_Jim 12,779]

In my childhood days I also worked at various football grounds mainly as a purveyor of overpriced lollies and drinks.

At some grounds my employer also had the pie selling franchise... it was "hands on" to say the least.

My favourite memories were of the hot dog selling ladies where the southern stand joined the northern stand.

They had a 44 gallon drum or similar full of water with a gas ring beneath it. Into this marvellous tub went the hot dogs ... soon to emerge as items of culinary delight.

If it was a good earning day which wasn't often we would treat ourselves to a bag of jam donuts after work.

If I think about it the food at the MCG hasn't really come on that much in 40 plus years.

[Dante 2,739]

16 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

In my childhood days I also worked at various football grounds mainly as a purveyor of overpriced lollies and drinks.

At some grounds my employer also had the pie selling franchise... it was "hands on" to say the least.

My favourite memories were of the hot dog selling ladies where the southern stand joined the northern stand.

They had a 44 gallon drum or similar full of water with a gas ring beneath it. Into this marvellous tub went the hot dogs ... soon to emerge as items of culinary delight.

If it was a good earning day which wasn't often we would treat ourselves to a bag of jam donuts after work.

If I think about it the food at the MCG hasn't really come on that much in 40 plus years.

It has a bit, you used to be able to get, i think it was 8 donuts for $2, now they are $2.50 each. Mind you it is probably for the better, you used to get nearly half a kilo of sugar with the 8 donuts.

 

[Deemania since 56 6,811]

23 hours ago, LADemon said:

I trust stadium food in Australia more than I do in the US. That goes for restaurant food too. I've worked in kitchens in both countries and Australian cleanliness standards far outweigh the standards and practices in the US. The things I've seen would make you vomit.

Interesting truth; some of the handling and preparation of food in the US makes you very ill for a few days! Best food preparation, taste and quality I found in Philly, prepared at the market run by the Amish folk in multiple stores in the open air of the market. Never had better tasting food, with generous portions and absolutely A Grade in all regards. As for the MCG, it is good for bulk readiness but sometimes one wonders about the freshness of the products on offer. Some weeks, it is almost a clearance house for accumulated fast food stocks. The hot dogs are now far inferior to what these were a few decades ago - but the beer is far better from the tap.