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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
My hands are clean.
Ok. Maybe I’m just a highly-paranoid-type person, but when I’m cooking with raw meat my hands get washed at least 47 katrillion times during the preparation process so that I don’t cross-contaminate anything. I consider the prevention of violent stomach ailments a good thing, especially when you’re cooking for small children and women in ... er ... delicate conditions.
Last night I was working with chicken, and so my standard operating procedure is to wash hands (with soap) before handling and then wash hands (with soap) before touching anything else. Because I was working on a couple of different things at once, I ended up having to wash my hands at least five times before the chicken went into the oven.
I saw one person who went straight from handling chicken to mixing a salad without hand-washing in between. Now, in her defense I did hear her say, “I need someone to teach me how to cook!” But still, is that really cooking-related knowledge or is that just common sense? I think people there probably thought I was squeamish (I’m not).
I know my appropriate reaction should have been to ask her to wash her hands again, but I would have felt like a schmuck. I wasn’t the project leader and I would have felt like a tiny dictator.
Oh heck yes. I am the same way about handling raw meat, and washing my hands. My ex-boyfriend would attempt to cook dinner for us at times- he would touch E-V-E-R-Ything in the kitchen after handling raw meat. Cabinets, other food, you name it, he touched it. Drove me batty because all I could see was little salmonella germs crawling everywhere! So, yeah..I’d have spoken up and said “Chick, ya needa wash yo’ hands!”
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 07:23 AM
I would have definitely said something! There is no excuse for that. I am the same way and was just talking to my mom the other day how it takes me forever when I’m handling raw meat because of all the hand washing.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 10:31 AM
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Yep, I’d have said something. Then again, I’m a food microbiologist, looking at food for all those lovely little bugs, so perhaps I have a higher level of paranoia than most…......but still, ewww!!!!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 11:10 AM
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I feel bad that I didn’t say anything. It’s been eating at me ever since (no pun intended). I even heard her say that she watched Rachel Ray [which was supposed to explain her level of cooking inadequacy?]. Well, Rachel Ray washes her hands after poking chicken.
That’s sticky(no pun intended). How does one tell another that they’re behavior is nasty without making them think THEY are nasty? Someone should have found a way, though or she’s going to kill someone! I guess the standard, “Bless your heart,...” could have started out the conversation. Ha!I never realized how many times I washed my hands during food prep until they shut off the water on our street the other day without notice - right in the middle of cooking dinner. I proceeded to use a ton of wet wipes. Rachael Ray always makes a point to wash her hands and mentions periodically about cross contamination.
Melissa
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 02:49 PM
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I’m an obbsesive hand washer when handling raw meat. I probably would have said something, depends on the situation, I for sure wouldn’t of eaten that salad.
I have to say that I even wash utensils. I use separate knives for everything, separate cutting boards. If I cut chicken on the cutting board, that board doesn’t get used again until it is bleached and has been put into the 250* dishwasher. Just call me paranoid.
With a hubby that has IBS and kids that get stomach ailments at a drop of a hat; yeah, just a bit OCD about this.
I don’t know that I would have said something, I might have offered to help with a portion so I could eat. OR not eaten. Tough call, and for the record, I SUCK at cooking, but I am pretty good at cleaning - LOL
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/24 at 10:49 PM
My hands are clean.
Ok. Maybe I’m just a highly-paranoid-type person, but when I’m cooking with raw meat my hands get washed at least 47 katrillion times during the preparation process so that I don’t cross-contaminate anything. I consider the prevention of violent stomach ailments a good thing, especially when you’re cooking for small children and women in ... er ... delicate conditions.
Last night I was working with chicken, and so my standard operating procedure is to wash hands (with soap) before handling and then wash hands (with soap) before touching anything else. Because I was working on a couple of different things at once, I ended up having to wash my hands at least five times before the chicken went into the oven.
I saw one person who went straight from handling chicken to mixing a salad without hand-washing in between. Now, in her defense I did hear her say, “I need someone to teach me how to cook!” But still, is that really cooking-related knowledge or is that just common sense? I think people there probably thought I was squeamish (I’m not).
I know my appropriate reaction should have been to ask her to wash her hands again, but I would have felt like a schmuck. I wasn’t the project leader and I would have felt like a tiny dictator.
Would you have said something?
Posted by Tiffany on 01/19 at 02:17 PM
_______________________________________________________________Oh heck yes. I am the same way about handling raw meat, and washing my hands. My ex-boyfriend would attempt to cook dinner for us at times- he would touch E-V-E-R-Ything in the kitchen after handling raw meat. Cabinets, other food, you name it, he touched it. Drove me batty because all I could see was little salmonella germs crawling everywhere! So, yeah..I’d have spoken up and said “Chick, ya needa wash yo’ hands!”
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 07:23 AM
***And she was an elementary school teacher.
Posted by Tiffany on 01/20 at 10:03 AM
***I would have definitely said something! There is no excuse for that. I am the same way and was just talking to my mom the other day how it takes me forever when I’m handling raw meat because of all the hand washing.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 10:31 AM
***Yep, I’d have said something. Then again, I’m a food microbiologist, looking at food for all those lovely little bugs, so perhaps I have a higher level of paranoia than most…......but still, ewww!!!!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 11:10 AM
***I feel bad that I didn’t say anything. It’s been eating at me ever since (no pun intended). I even heard her say that she watched Rachel Ray [which was supposed to explain her level of cooking inadequacy?]. Well, Rachel Ray washes her hands after poking chicken.
Posted by Tiffany on 01/20 at 11:47 AM
***That’s sticky(no pun intended). How does one tell another that they’re behavior is nasty without making them think THEY are nasty? Someone should have found a way, though or she’s going to kill someone! I guess the standard, “Bless your heart,...” could have started out the conversation. Ha!I never realized how many times I washed my hands during food prep until they shut off the water on our street the other day without notice - right in the middle of cooking dinner. I proceeded to use a ton of wet wipes. Rachael Ray always makes a point to wash her hands and mentions periodically about cross contamination.
Melissa
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/20 at 02:49 PM
***I’m an obbsesive hand washer when handling raw meat. I probably would have said something, depends on the situation, I for sure wouldn’t of eaten that salad.
Posted by Adi on 01/22 at 11:25 AM
***I have to say that I even wash utensils. I use separate knives for everything, separate cutting boards. If I cut chicken on the cutting board, that board doesn’t get used again until it is bleached and has been put into the 250* dishwasher. Just call me paranoid.
With a hubby that has IBS and kids that get stomach ailments at a drop of a hat; yeah, just a bit OCD about this.
I don’t know that I would have said something, I might have offered to help with a portion so I could eat. OR not eaten. Tough call, and for the record, I SUCK at cooking, but I am pretty good at cleaning - LOL
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/24 at 10:49 PM
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