Street Style

Chocolate Gelato

I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the resolution of Coogee Bay Hotel vs shit eating Whyte family has finally been reached. While it’s nothing short of deserved that the CBH now has a permanently tainted reputation, the Whytes carried an air of taking themselves a little too seriously that always grated. And while I personally was never a big fan of chocolate ice cream, I’ll be glad to be able to eat it in future freed from the constant reminder of shit-spiking. To see it finally return to its roots as innocent comforter of five year olds and fatties will be to see the world a better place

Of course for those interested, coprophagia does have its rewards. You’ll often see dogs tasting their own poo, which they find a delicious snack that can provide a useful nutritional addition for growing dogs. In fact, the faeces of herbivores such as sheep, cows or rabbits are more likely to benefit the digestion of dogs than harm it. As for bunnies themselves, they have a special type of poo called cecotrophs which are ‘special’ faeces that are very high in vitamins and an essential part of their digestive system

Being a human, Mrs Whyte’s shit eating may have ended in less healthy results. Our faeces contain E. coli, a bacterium that sits in the lower intestine and breaks down food into waste. Ingesting E. coli and having it enter any other part of your body will cause any of a smorgasbord of colourful sounding diseases – take your pick from gastroenteritis, urinary tract infections, neonatal meningitis, hæmolytic-uremic syndrome, peritonitis, mastitis, septicaemia and Gram-negative pneumonia – some of which can mess with your health for years after first striking!

So you’ll probably be wondering if the awesome New South Wales government actually does anything to protect people from this sort of thing. Well, they have a ‘name and shame’ website which, while it won’t prevent a chef from putting poo in your gelato, does actually make pretty interesting reading for those with a lazy few minutes. Find out gems of information, like how the Hokka Hokka in Martin Place doesn’t have hand washing facilities in the kitchen. Yuck! And how Sushi on Stanley in East Sydney hasn’t been able to maintain their food premises in a clean condition. Vom!

Enough! Make it all stop! I’m eating at home from now on.

Image by lwy