With the current food-borne ilness issues in the news I wanted to send a note about checking the food that is prepared for you. This evening my family went the the local Chili's restaurant. We ordered and received our food and it appeared to all be in order. My husband did note that his chicken crispers seemed cold but didn't want to make a big deal of it and send them back so he began eating his meal.
 
A little ways into the meal he discovered that the bonless chicken wings he had on his plate were raw! Not just under cooked, but actually raw meat. He of course only discovered this after eating 1/2 of the pieces of meat. As it turns out all the chicken on his plate was cold and raw. His mother also ordered the same items and she too had raw meat.
 
The management was less than receptive and beyond comping our meal really did not want to commit to doing anything about it.  He said he would "talk" to the cook but refused to write up a report about it. Now we wait. Hopefully neither my mother in law nor my husband becomes ill.
 
We are careful at home about cross contamination and checking that our meats are cooked properly. Until this evening I never would have thought I would also need to suspect what is being deliverd from a professional kitchen. Hopefully sharing our story will encourage others to make sure the food they are being served is cooked.