# Finger-Lickin' Good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027 "2005-03-24T12:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/1 "2005-03-24T12:40:43Z")
Gives new meaning to the term [“chili con carne”](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/24/chili.finger.reut/index.html), doesn’t it? :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/2 "2005-03-24T12:45:45Z")
_claps hand over mouth and runs for the toilet_ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/3 "2005-03-24T12:48:12Z")
Another reason why I’m glad I don’t eat chili … ew! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/4 "2005-03-24T13:37:07Z")
What boggles my mind is that somewhere there is a person working at some Wendy’s facility with no finger, and didn;t bother to tell anyone! :eek: This isn’t like working construction, where you might get a small cut and shrug it off. You’re making people’s food, and you don’t tell anyone when you lose a finger in the vat of chili?!?!?! Ahhh! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/5 "2005-03-24T14:05:35Z")
> [@](#): > > "Then they had some kind of emotional reaction and vomited. “Some kind of emotional reaction”? NO SHIT!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/6 "2005-03-24T14:27:58Z")
To be fair, just saying Chilli con carne doesn’t really claim to speciify the exact provenance of the carne, I suppose. Not _all_ that good a defence, though, all things considered. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/7 "2005-03-24T17:09:54Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > What boggles my mind is that somewhere there is a person working at some Wendy’s facility with no finger, and didn;t bother to tell anyone! :eek: > > This isn’t like working construction, where you might get a small cut and shrug it off. You’re making people’s food, and you don’t tell anyone when you lose a finger in the vat of chili?!?!?! Ahhh! Naw, I bet the finger went flying into the hamburger grinder at some meat-packing plant. Maybe the same one with the sausage grinder that… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/8 "2005-03-24T17:22:56Z")
Perhaps a subsequent probe will finger a suspect… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/9 "2005-03-24T17:59:12Z")
This is no time to start pointing fingers… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/10 "2005-03-24T18:08:56Z")
_hunts for vomit smiley, can’t find it, runs for bathroom_ ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/11 "2005-03-24T18:15:20Z")
The strange thing is that, unless Wendys changed how they make chili, is that it’s made at that restaurant. They use the burger patties that sat on the grill for too long - at the end of the day, they’re gathered up and boiled to de-fat the meat and break it down into chili-appropriate bits. Then they add spices from a pre-pack bag and the chopped peppers. From what I’ve heard of this, everyone at that particular Wendys has all of their fingers, so it appears to be a supplier issue. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/12 "2005-03-24T18:59:00Z")
“It’s all in the meat, boys! Don’t skimp on the meat!” ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/13 "2005-03-24T19:02:10Z")
Where will it all end when even our food has become digital? ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickin-good/296027/14 "2005-03-27T05:50:17Z")
I seem to be getting some odd looks owing to my user name. I’m pretty sure I had nothing to do with it. Hang on a second while I…uhh, one, two, three, another, another, nope; all nine are there. I mean all ten!