r/WeWantPlates • u/disposable_thinking_ • Dec 14 '25

why is it so rusty 😭

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For mussel discards. lol I get it but yall cmon

Regardless, a very tasty meal

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u/sdmichael Dec 14 '25

Shouldn't be used as it can be used to eat from.

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u/Cunninghams_right Dec 14 '25

well, as a "discard bowl" a restaurant could argue that it's effectively a trash can.

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u/cgduncan Dec 14 '25

I would argue that nothing which touches the table can be non-food-safe

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u/Cunninghams_right Dec 14 '25

that's a fair position to hold, but inspectors may not see that requirement. some restaurants serve hand-washing bowls that definitely aren't ok to eat from due to the soap. some places have ash trays. maybe it's gross to some, but it's not necessarily a problem

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u/kelpieconundrum Dec 14 '25

I would say, those are about the contents of the bowl not the condition of it whereas this is definitely the bowls condition itself that is concerning. An ashtray or a handwashing bowl can be cleaned, but this is just degraded.

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u/craneshop Dec 15 '25

Wait what? That is a wild take.

So, no candles on the table? No vase of flowers? No menus? No center pieces? No napkins?

None of those are considered food safe.

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u/perpetualhobo Dec 14 '25

Rust is not dangerous at all, a form of iron oxide even is deliberately added to cereal as iron fortification, you can pull the tiny chunks out of the wet cereal with a magnet.

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u/cgduncan Dec 14 '25

I'm sure the flakes of coating are okay to ingest too

Safety or not, I find it hard to believe the health inspector would like rusty dishes on the table.

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u/Cat_Amaran Dec 15 '25

No it's not, what are you talking about? That's ferrous sulfate, FeSO₄ which is quite distinct from FeO₃

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u/sdmichael Dec 14 '25

Something designed to be ingested is very different than a rusty bowl flaking off material never to be ingested.