On 22/12/2014 6:06 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "graham" > wrote in message
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>> On 21/12/2014 2:50 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "graham" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 21/12/2014 8:08 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> On 12/21/2014 8:27 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>>>>> Never bothered me. I'd rather you use your washed hands than a
>>>>>>> glove
>>>>>>> that has picked up all sort of contaminants. You really don't know
>>>>>>> where those gloves may have been.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could be true, but from what I've seen at Publix they don a new
>>>>>> pair of
>>>>>> gloves for each customer at the butcher and fish counters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
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>>>>> That is the proper protocol and I'm sure they follow it in the front
>>>>> counter. How about the guy grinding meat in the back that just
>>>>> dropped
>>>>> his coffee cup on the floor? Or scratched his crotch? All while
>>>>> wearing the same gloves he put on 4 hours ago.
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>>>> I was in a Chinese bakery once when I heard the baker out back hawk
>>>> and spit!
>>>> I never went back.
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>>> Which would explain why you and I prefer to make everything from scratch
>>> at home)
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>> I've just finished, I think, my xmas baking. 6 dozen almond tarts, 4
>> dozen macaron shells, 2 dozen pink peppercorn/honey madeleines, 2
>> dozen pistachio (gluten free) cookies and 2 dozen "alliterative"
>> cookies. The latter being cashew, chocolate chip, cranberry, crispy
>> cornflake cookies.
>> I think I might bake a batch of chocolate crunch - a treat from school
>> dinners.
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> Blimey! How many are you feeding) I haven't made as much as that
> since all the kids were at home)
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Several friends look forward to the almond tarts and my grandson
"inhales" them:-) I also make up selections as gifts. The pistachio
cookies are gluten free and were made for my d-i-l's sisters who are
both cœliacs. As it happens, they are delicious and easy to make,
although pealing the pistachio kernels is fiddly.
Graham