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Did people wash their hands? I seem to recall that hand washing is a relatively new thing that only came about in the last ~150 years coinciding with the discovery of germ theory. Like, to the point where doctors who advocated for it early on were shunned and ostracized by their peers.

Most food safety measures are there for restaurants to prevent one-in-ten-million cases. There are so many things that people online treat as unsanitary that really aren’t a big deal. Fresh cooked food doesn’t magically become poison if you don’t refrigerate it within 2 hours. Washing chicken in the sink or defrosting meat in a sink full of water doesn’t turn your whole kitchen into a bio-hazard. Raw eggs are not 100% guaranteed salmonella bombs just waiting to contaminate anything they touch. Most household fridges are kept just a couple degrees above freezing, and can even reach freezing temps if they’re far enough in the back; I promise you things like leftover pizza or casseroles will not go bad within a week.

See also: horned viking helmets.