On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:29:10 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>I heard most homes would FAIL the sanitation standards set for restaurants.
>
>The reason - household sponges.
>
>I regularly zap mine in the nuker to bring any liquid to a boil and to
>sanitize.
>
>You?
>
>Dimitri

Thanks for posting a timely topic. I don't like sponges and prefer
rags but Louise likes sponges. I just tossed the last one out. I
don't mind green scrubbies but from now on they'll be stored in a cup
of bleach under the sink.

Several years ago Louise made herself some chicken on a night I was
out. I never had any. The next night she hurled for 8 hours. She
knows the exact move that got her sick and she handles chicken with
extreme care now. But she did learn what food poising feels like.

She's pet sitting for her daughter and went there Wednesday night.
The kitchen sink was a mess and the sink strainer was full of shit
that was several days old. Being a mom Louise dug in the stinky mess
and cleaned it up and got the drain working. Daughters often do what
mom does so there was only a sponge. In this case the sponge was
probably only part of the problem.

Thursday night she came home saying the smell of onions at work from
some ones food was horrible and made her gag. Then she went and
zuked. When she came out she said it was the same feeling she had
with the chicken years ago. Before she went to the "I don't want to
talk" stage we went through what we'd eaten for the last few days and
the only place it could have come from was that sink. She was using
soap and washed her hands but somehow something got in her system.

She's going on 30 hours of wrenching now and I'm hoping it will be
better very soon.

I'm saving this thread for her to read when she recovers I think I'll
have no problem converting her to rags.

Lou