On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 10:54:02 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/18/2017 7:18 AM, Gary wrote:
>
> >
> > Doctor told me once, main reason for so many more colds
> > and flu in winter is because people keep their houses
> > closed up and the viruses multiply in the warm environment.
> >
> > Also important to wash hands frequently during and after
> > going out into public and handling things - even money.
> >
> > Those precautions seem to work for me so I believe.
> >
>
> We have no cloth towels in the kitchen. The machine drys the dishes in
> there, anything washed by hand air dries. Dish towels are sometimes
> used to dry hands and are potentially a source of cross contamination.
> Paper towels do the job.

I have a hand towel that hangs by the sink, and a dish-drying
towel elsewhere. I wash my sharp knives by hand and dry them
immediately. I don't often wash anything else by hand, but
today I had a plastic container for which there wasn't
enough room left in the dishwasher. I washed it by hand
and left it to air dry.

I'm not that concerned about bacteria, although I'm pretty
cautious about the drain in the kitchen sink. If a spoon
falls down into the garbage disposal, it gets a jolly good
rinse in hot water before I do anything else with it.

Cindy Hamilton