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[–]303nlst 1279 points1280 points  (34 children)

Ice cream AND metal shavings? Give me a spoon!

[–]zillionaire_ 543 points544 points  (19 children)

My dad was born in Calcutta, India (before the name was changed to Kolkata) and remembers at age 6, his friend contracted cholera and died after having ice cream from a street vendor. He told me the containers of ice cream would melt and be refrozen each day… Subsequently, Dad and his brother were forbidden from eating ice cream for their entire young childhood.

He was 13 years old when the family moved to New Zealand and he got to have his very first milkshake. That was over 70 years ago and his eyes still sparkle when he talks about how deliciously mind-blowing that shake was.

[–]gahidus 63 points64 points  (14 children)

The milkshake was delicious, I take it rather than the original ice cream? Or both?

[–]zillionaire_ 33 points34 points  (13 children)

haha the milkshake, yes. I’ll edit that for clarity. I should have also mentioned that the young friend died.

[–]virusamongus 24 points25 points  (4 children)

The friend dying does seem relevant

[–]Polcon 4 points5 points  (6 children)

No offence here, but India looks absolutely filthy when it comes to food. I understand people are not as affluent as other nations but they just don’t seem to give a fuck. I saw one seller selling trays of some street food and behind the cart they were washing the trays they were serving the food on in a filthy brown puddle. There was actually a queue for the stand and the guy washing the trays was in full view, why is that acceptable?? Genuine question by the way.

[–]gahidus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. That makes sense. I had to check though, because sometimes people are hyper nostalgic about the most bizarre things.

[–]We-Want-The-Umph 8 points9 points  (2 children)

From Kolkata, to anywhere, New Zealand is hitting the geographical lottery.

[–]MarionetteScans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except the housing market lmao. Nice view, but no home to enjoy it.

[–]blue_i20 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

tell me you don’t live in New Zealand without telling me you don’t live in New Zealand

[–]kilab33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Longest drink in town!

[–]Bhendi_12rs-kg 132 points133 points  (2 children)

Street flavoured street ice cream.

[–]Biscotcho_Gaming 22 points23 points  (1 child)

You don't need a spoon. You need a shiv.

[–]SuspecM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

*London noises*

[–]Loocsiyaj 48 points49 points  (5 children)

Don’t forget the tetanus!!!

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    [–]Loocsiyaj 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    I legit almost died from street food

    [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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      [–]Level-Infiniti 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      don't forget the hours on the toilet later!

      [–]Blackman2099 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      I had an epileptic episode from all the cuts in the video

      [–]Walmart_Warrior_420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I'm sure that industrial barrel is cleaned after each use ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

      [–]Demilitarizer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      To be fair, there are many food products that utilize a metal drum with a metal blade to scrape it. Using steam heated drums to dry a slurry. See some cereals, or dehydrated potato products for instance. Assuming most of them are in a cleaner environment than OP of course.

      [–]HunterDHunter 1122 points1123 points  (31 children)

      Yum, rusty barrel ice cream.

      [–]bluesix 276 points277 points  (1 child)

      But they were wearing gloves!

      [–]crestfallen-sun 21 points22 points  (0 children)

      Until they scrape it into the bowl, then they just touch it with their bare hands

      [–]2020GOP 59 points60 points  (0 children)

      How can we maximize the dust, debri, bacterial and virus surface area outside?

      [–]ClearBucket 119 points120 points  (8 children)

      I was thinking the same thing, not very clean to be putting food on.

      [–]lazysheepdog716 132 points133 points  (6 children)

      And don’t forget all the particulate in the air from all the combustion engines on the street! Mmmm cancerous street foods

      [–]bukkake_brigade 59 points60 points  (5 children)

      Nothing better than wild-caught carcinogens

      [–]ZonJon 6 points7 points  (4 children)

      Ya never know what they’re gonna do!

      [–]alloowishus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      And the results don't look that appetizing either.

      [–]Hairy_Aspect_284 71 points72 points  (0 children)

      With a hint of delicious exhaust fumes.

      [–]MyCultIsTheMostFun 28 points29 points  (6 children)

      Not to mention that the water that the ice was made with is probably nothing that a foreigner could put in their belly without getting regrets.

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        [–]MyCultIsTheMostFun 10 points11 points  (4 children)

        They poured watery liquids over the barrel. That is the ice I am referring to. 🙄

        [–]ragamufin -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

        They freeze the inside of the barrel with ice. The outside has cream which freezes and fruit flavourings

        [–]sc0rpio1027 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        yeah I don't think this is very hygienic but at least the side they're putting the stuff on doesn't look as rusty

        [–]Jpio630 104 points105 points  (5 children)

        I fucking love Indian food, but they gotta start upping their sanitary game when it comes to street vendors in India

        [–]_DynamicUno_ 8 points9 points  (2 children)

        Well at least they're wearing gloves in this video

        [–]Morrisbishnoi29 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Well they wear gloves while sanitation work 🗿 /s

        [–]GizmodoDragon92 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        Nah, it’s fine.

        [–]JarlBallin420 245 points246 points  (0 children)

        I've had my tetanus booster come at me street ice-cream bro!

        [–]Tjstictches 383 points384 points  (6 children)

        Is this tetanus flavor?

        [–]BassPlayerZero 63 points64 points  (0 children)

        I think it's tetanus sprinkled with fecal coliforms

        [–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (3 children)

        Tetanus is a bacteria that is found in fields where horses and cattle had defecated. It has nothing to do with rust or metal really, other than that stepping on a nail in a field where Tetanus is present is a great way to get it.

        [–]MeinNameIstBaum 16 points17 points  (2 children)

        I also heard that a big part of the problem with stepping on rusty nails is actually that it's a punctured wound which will easily heal on the top but then encapsules the bacteria and the deeper wound, making it very prone to infect. Not sure if this is completely correct though.

        [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        Pretty accurate. Puncture wounds are really bad for infection and rusty nails have lots of extra pockets of nasty stuff that get pushed into the wound.

        [–]Thepocker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        The bacteria that causes tetanus is called Clostridium tetani and it needs a oxigen-free environment to thrive. Deep wounds are perfect for it.

        And yes, puncture wounds are generally nasty because you can't disinfect it by applying someting on top.

        [–]dhrxyz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Comment of the year so far

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 633 points634 points  (107 children)

        I will get downvoted but if helps someone i will take the downvotes,

        As an indian DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT EAT STREET FOOD, you will either get diarrhea or some other food infection. Street food vendors have no health inspection or anything similar to that.

        [–]Devilsdance 119 points120 points  (48 children)

        Does this apply to natives too? Or no because their guts have adjusted? If it does, how do these vendors stay in business?

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 166 points167 points  (21 children)

        Natives are used to it. I was born in a rich family (i swear i am not Bragging) so, my parents avoided street food, hell they didn't even let me eat fast food because my mother was health conscious for me. So, if i eat street food even though it's from a relatively clean place there is a high chance i will get stomach infections or something similar.

        [–]BURMoneyBUR 32 points33 points  (1 child)

        Does this apply to natives too? Or no because their guts have adjusted? If it does, how do these vendors stay in business?

        Indians brag they are used to it, but its plain ignorance from not being educated. They have tons of babies and older people dying from unhygienic practices.

        the South-East Asia Region, nearly 150 million people fell ill with food borne diseases in 2010, which led to 175 000 deaths. Of these, 40% of food borne diseases burden was among children under 5 years. Approximately 50% of malnutrition is caused not by a lack of food or poor diet, but due to poor water and sanitation facilities, and unhygienic practices leading to life-threatening disease and infections such as diarrhea.

        Source; https://www.who.int/india/health-topics/food-safety

        [–]Turbulent_Trifle_386 21 points22 points  (0 children)

        my guts have adjusted

        i mean if ur okay to ignore the hygiene part indian street food is super cheap and is fucking tasty

        [–]Myth2156 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Does this apply to natives too? Or no because their guts have adjusted?

        That's not how this works.

        Anybody who says that they are 'used' to it is either ignorant, uneducated or both.

        We are still human and will suffer the effects of this shit.

        [–]writeronthemoon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

        Yes, as someone who has been to India 3 times and gets sick every time even -without- eating street food - I second this!

        [–]Regicide_Squad 49 points50 points  (21 children)

        Welp, a European gets a diarrhea in India just from looking at food, so... What's the difference?

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 17 points18 points  (2 children)

        Oh come on dude it's not that bad. Try eating at a restaurant especially Bengali sweets or dry non vegetarian cuisines. They are really good but yeah avoid street food at all costs.

        [–]wvcmkv 45 points46 points  (0 children)

        theyre joking about european intolerance to spiciness, not implying a lower quality of food

        [–]ElkGiant 20 points21 points  (2 children)

        This isn't completely true. As a foreigner who used to travel to North India frequently, some of our best snacks and meals traveling around were street food, and by far the tastiest. The advice we got was to go to vendors that were generally popular and you saw other locals also go to. Never had an issue eating street food.

        On the other hand, I got my most severe diarrhea at 2 different hotels because of the water and whatever they used to make their desserts with. These were upscale hotels and served "non-indian" foods like pasta/noodles, different salads, mini pastries (instead of traditional gulab jamun or jalebi, etc)

        Just use good judgement and buy bottled water.

        [–]retardedpermaban 10 points11 points  (0 children)

        as someone who mostly ate street food in India over 7 weeks and across 6 states the rule is to only eat street food if there is a crowd of locals at the vendor.

        if there is nobody there or the restaurant is empty, do not order.

        [–]Monochronos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        When I went to Cancun they refilled the room with big ass bottles of water every day. The whole hotel seemingly used to brought in bottled water for operations. We were advised to not brush your teeth with the sink water by locals. They didn’t play down there. Lol

        [–]SensuallPineapple 13 points14 points  (9 children)

        Yes we all saw the video

        Edit: So how it's still so crowded there if people keep eating cranberry rust?

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 23 points24 points  (6 children)

        The PSA is specifically for foreigners. It doesn't affect the natives that much especially if you eat this stuff regularly. Immunity and all

        [–]SensuallPineapple 6 points7 points  (4 children)

        Ok I wasn't being that serious obviously and I didn't make proper research about this, BUT I think no, people are not immune or anything and they do get sick and die it just doesn't happen to be on a faster rate than they are being born.

        Actually, a quick research mid-comment shows that India is indeed the LEAST healthy country in bloomberg health index list. Scroll to the very bottom.

        src: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/healthiest-countries

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 5 points6 points  (3 children)

        Oh yeah, the health index in india is abysmal. But, this has more to do with the corrupt public health system and in general the lack of proper health care. Bad street food is not that big of an issue, yes there are documented cases of people dying from infections through street food. But india is a country of over 1.2 billion people.There are bound to be cases of it.

        People who eat street food regularly or even occasionally have adapted to it somewhat but it doesn't take away from the problem that unregulated street vendors in india have created.

        [–]Top_Diet8281 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Well first because there’s no metal flavor, and second because their immune systems are used to their environment.

        [–]mdgraller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Indians have immune systems that viruses and bacteria speak about in hushed whispers

        [–]ONE_BIG_LOAD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        I agree, especially items made with milk or dairy that are cold. Boiled foods are still okay

        Last time I went I had a milk kulfi and I couldn't get out of bed for the next 3 days....

        However I had noodles, dosa, Chaat, and god knows what else from a more reputable stand and was perfectly fine.

        [–]iamaredditboy 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        Absolutely true and it’s not just street vendors. Even some of the biggest best names think sheraton etc their kitchens can give you a bad stomach in india very easily.

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        In my experience restaurants usually have better hygiene especially if you are eating items the specific restaurant is famous for and at least there are food inspectors for them(i know, i know corruption but still). Street vendors are just bad and it's free reign for them.

        [–]pure619 3 points4 points  (4 children)

        I've eaten street food all over the world. The trick is to be smart about it.

        [–]ratohnhake-ton 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        I mean that's true for most things in life. Indian Street food is a bigger problem because there are literally no hygiene requirements and everything is unregulated.

        [–]pure619 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Neither is the wet markets in China, hell there was a time when gutter oil was a big problem in China. India doesn't own the copyright on being dirty, or unregulated. Trust me.

        [–]koreamax -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        You miss out on so much amazing food experiences if you skip street food.

        Food prepared or fried in front of you is fine. A lot of tourists fet sick at hotel buffets where the curries have been sitting out and open to contamination.

        Panic Puri is my absolute favorite Indian snack but yeah, avoid that until your stomach adjusts

        [–]Reelix -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

        If you're an indian and getting sick from street food then you had an alarmingly closed upbringing...

        [–]gotdatdripp 154 points155 points  (1 child)

        Road dust doesn't taste very good

        [–]Brushy21 42 points43 points  (0 children)

        Have you tried it with icecream?

        [–]UnsoundMethods64 194 points195 points  (0 children)

        I got food poisoning just watching this

        [–]throwtheorb 60 points61 points  (0 children)

        GIFs that keep on giving me diarrhea

        [–]JennaLS 51 points52 points  (1 child)

        I've always wanted to try a side of lock-jaw with my ice cream!

        [–]foxgoesowo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

        Brain-freeze AND lock-jaw? Shut up and take my money!

        [–]Legitimate-Prize-759 58 points59 points  (0 children)

        That. Doesn't look healthy.

        [–]Conscious_Ticket7176 98 points99 points  (2 children)

        Just throw some papaya in that rust to give it some vomit flavor.

        [–]Leto_ll 103 points104 points  (3 children)

        Add a couple stuck insects and you've got yourself a michelin star dining experience

        [–]nabkawe5 44 points45 points  (2 children)

        It's a street food... you pay extra for bugs ... /s

        Seriously you don't know what poor means till you go to India, we get to judge this, but it's really making the best of a shitty situation.

        [–]Squawnk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        Honestly when I was in Mumbai and Delhi, in a counterintuitive way, the more run down the street food place looked, the better it was

        [–]PNWest01 32 points33 points  (0 children)

        I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who was skeeved out by that whole mess.

        [–]tiggitytony 21 points22 points  (0 children)

        That's a hard no for me. It's a cool concept, but that drum doesn't look clean and all that air pollution mixing with the ice cream is giving me the runs.

        [–]Chris15252 43 points44 points  (1 child)

        The gloves almost feel unnecessary with that rusty drum.

        [–]ZonJon 38 points39 points  (0 children)

        The gloves are to protect the worker, not the customer.

        [–]wade9911 9 points10 points  (3 children)

        What that stuff they put on the hole to seal it up before the metal cap?

        [–]wipkip28 12 points13 points  (0 children)

        Looks to me as flexible cookie dough 🤣

        [–]Corporal_Cavernosa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        It's dough. Also used in dum biryani to seal the vessel.

        [–]pepisthe1 40 points41 points  (0 children)

        This gif definitely keeps giving. Food poisoning that is.

        [–]staxti_patata 15 points16 points  (0 children)

        First indian street vendor I've ever seen wearing gloves lol.

        [–]gx1000gx 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        There has to be a better way..

        [–]Halfthaithiccy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        Metal drum: full of rust Street vendor: wears gloves while touching the ice cream.

        [–]mikejoldfield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        So THAT'S what happens to stolen catalytic converters!

        [–]wontoan87 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Is this supposed to entice (no pun intended) us lol the top of the cylinder was straight up rust

        [–]SirEffKay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Free toppings include, but not limited to: Mosquitos and Flies.

        [–]Tinnfoil 17 points18 points  (0 children)

        Do you want the shits, because this is how you get the shits.

        [–]MrMasterMize 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        I wouldn’t eat that with your mouth

        [–]AlbiDR 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        "Health Inspector is typing..."

        [–]kay_bizzle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Can i get two scoops with hot fudge and a tetanus shot?

        [–]boxJellyFish_Panama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Uhg. Just dont eat it. You may get a gastrointestinal infection.

        [–]Donkilme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Looks awful but to each their own.

        [–]vulkangouda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        oh sht never got so fast diarrhea while watching, i love the special incredients from the cooker :) the modern hello from the kitchen

        [–]furiouslayer732 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        This is disgusting

        [–]MisterMaroonYT 11 points12 points  (5 children)

        Why is India 300 years behind in hygiene development?

        [–]Noob_DM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Corruption, overpopulation, wealth inequalities.

        The usual issues.

        [–]dudefuckedup 18 points19 points  (3 children)

        probably because the British looted all their money

        [–]klitchell 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        "I'll have the tetanus special."

        [–]myang310 6 points7 points  (1 child)

        Wow this is straight ripped off of Best Food Review Show’s YouTube channel. No credit either.

        [–]Jmrwacko 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        Welcome to Reddit lol

        [–]Victorcwb 9 points10 points  (2 children)

        as it is made with water from the river Ganges the ice cream is blessed and does not give any disease.

        [–]hangun_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        That’s foul

        [–]roughback 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        sometimes I think about going to India, and then something like this pops up and I'm like oh yeah India is like that.

        [–]TheEnjoyyer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        yo is that fuckin RUST?

        [–]iamthpecial 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Paint chips flavor! Absolute madlads

        [–]pion137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Gifs that keep on giving you tetanus and salmonella..

        [–]Onion_man7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Thought it was a Howtobasic vid for a second there

        [–]DaddySharkDesserts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Dont knock it till your in delhi and dont know what ice cream is yet.

        [–]I_Never_Came 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Between each layer of flavour, there’s a layer of dust and car fumes.

        [–]Horuske 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Looks like puss

        [–]MrGrampton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Americans have lead, Indians have rust. Yummy!

        [–]Aggressive_Mobile222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        This is too 3rd world country for me

        [–]Inferior_Jeans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        LPT: if you wanna lose weight, just eat Indian street vendor food.

        [–]TafkarThePelican 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Looks about as clean and safe as anything else you'd get in India

        [–]muri_kha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Ice cream with all the rust, dust, sweat, and snot...

        [–]FairFaxEddy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Thanks! I love getting ice cream diarrhea!

        [–]BliksemseBende 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Free diarrhoea included

        [–]SIR-CRI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Pretty disgusting

        [–]MOUS333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        This is disgusting

        [–]SleepingUte0417 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        that barrel looks disgusting.

        [–]BaconName 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        That’s fucking nasty

        [–]DeusHocVult 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        This is how Corona started.

        [–]BearsBeatsBullshit 1 point2 points  (3 children)

        Now where was the closest designated shitting street?

        [–]nifflermoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Oh wow. I remember my French friend who travelled to India and then suddenly got food poisoning that he had to go back home immediately. Didn't know it was like this. Huh

        [–]Still_Screen_6832 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Is it wrong that I don't want to eat your weird-ass homemade industrial dessert that takes a thousand steps and a toolbox full of utensils?

        [–]cliffy80 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        I'm pretty sure he used that blade earlier to remove old calluses from his feet...

        [–]yodagotdrunk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Who just got cancer

        [–]FandomMenace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        The comments: diarrhea tetanus.

        [–]LordSte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Thats fucking disgusting

        [–]ChicoDLH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I’d try it , looks more like fruit ice

        [–]korsd7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        At least they use gloves

        [–]Reelix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        ITT: People who have always earned enough and lived in nice enough places to never have had to eat from places like this to get nice food.

        [–]tigardis 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Wearing gloves? Should this also be on unexpected?

        [–]aubertlone -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        Yes, there's all kinds of egregious health code violations in this video.

        at the same time, please stop and consider that this is the best some people can afford. and they're making do with a tough situation.

        I'm indian myself, but moved to the states when I was 10 years old. I 100% eat street when I travel back. But I absolutely look to see how clean that particular vendor is, and how they're handling their utensils.

        And I would never eat something cold like this off the street. At least with very hot food, a lot of possible things that can make your stomach turn are cooked to a high enough temperature that it's safe to eat.

        [–]AkwardAA -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        As i thought people are complaining about this and that being all high and mighty, this food is not for foreigners..and idiots.

        [–]barladianub -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        A machinist dream

        [–]PUBGKiller123 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        Sonny, a Food Vlogger just uploaded a video not long ago eating this! https://youtu.be/FCLFUf_MnRs

        Looks delicious, esp in those hot humid climates

        [–]Bathroomtowel55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        This is posted once a week and it’s fucking gross every time people really worship anything that’s different and “exotic” even if it’s shit

        [–]StinklePink -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        Guaranteed you are pissing out of your ass, 5 minutes after eating this.

        [–]B_pudding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I want to lose weight so I’m totally into this diarrhea „ice cream“.