I eat out every now and then and I know I’m [?] each time. I don’t get gastroenteritis very often nowadays because I eat out less frequently than I used to, but when I do, it’s usually after having dined out somewhere. [?], [?] I go to restaurants at all after that and after hearing the many horror stories that I’ve heard from Spaniards. [?], the waiters amongst them have told me of filthy kitchens and widespread abuse of monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is used as a food additive to [?] the flavor of foods, but which in this case is often used to cover up the bad taste of spoiled meat. Others tell me about how they had to spend 3 or 4 days in the hospital with a bad case of food poisoning, which usually had something [?] salmonella or feces (i.e. poor hand-washing practices amongst the food-handlers). [?], I’ve often been handed a previously used dish in a restaurant or a nasty poorly washed tray in a fast-food place. Having warned you about all that, I should mention that I sometimes do get good recommendations for cleanliness from past and present employees of these restaurants such as: McDonald’s and the Hard Rock Café. [?], I usually won’t spend over 10 euros for a meal, which might be a factor to consider if you're hoping to find a restaurant which doesn’t employ poorly trained and unmotivated personnel and/or low quality raw materials such as the cheapest oils and soon-to-expire fish and meat. [?], however, my feeling is that you’re far safer spending your money in supermarkets on the basic foods and cooking them up yourself.