Sheldon wrote:

> Kenneth wrote:
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>>I have not had the problem on cutting boards, but have with
>>wooden spoons. The oil on then has become rancid leaving the
>>spoon with a terrible taste that I could not eliminate.
>>
>>That's why I switched to mineral oil, and suggest it to
>>others.
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> How do you know how your wooden spoons taste, you must put them into
> your mouth... don't do that... it's not a civilized habit. I use a
> tasting spoon... a metal soup spoon that sets in a saucer along the
> stove, never goes into the pot... dip into the pot with your pot spoon
> and dribble some into your tasting spoon. The dribbling also cools the=

> food to the proper tasting temp, and then you don't need to blow on
> it.. blowing on a spoon you're going to dip back into the pot is
> another uncivilized habit.... and nothing to do with sterile, a
> simmering pot is rather sterile... but doing stuff that gets your
> spittle in the pot is an ugly habit.

Bwah. Sheldon lecturing on manners and what's uncivilized. And holding=20
himself as an example of how to act. You couldn't make up stuff this rich=
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<LOL> FOITN

> I also segregate my wooden spoons... those I use for clean liquids, ie.=

> boiling pasta and veggies, etc. are never used to stir foods containing=

> fats and other stuff that stains, like tomato sauce. Some of my
> 'boiling spoons' are ancient but as pristine as the day they were born.=

> Wooden spoons that stir sauces, soups, stews, and the like are also
> kept to just those chores... they get hand washed right after use and
> also are in pristine condition but are generally stained. Then I have
> wooden spoons reserved for hard use, for moving stuff about while
> frying and scraping during deglazing and like that. Those I also hand
> wash directly after use but those tend to show wear from abrasion...
> ever so often I will spend two minutes giving one a lick with sand
> paper, removes discoloration and smooths the wood. I don't oil or
> otherwise coat my wooden spoons... when one of my hard use spoons has
> finally had it I move up one of my medium duty spoons to take it's
> place, and so on down the line... wooden spoons are very inexpensive
> (don't think I've ever spent more than a buck for one, usually more
> like half that, or less), so when I see a bundle of nice ones at a good=

> price I will add it to my kitchen stash. It's probably been more than
> two years since I had to break out a new wooden spoon (they usually
> break before wearing out). I ain't gonna put a whole lotta time and
> effort into regularly coating with preservatives something that costs
> like 39=A2. And I don't know about yoose but I will occasionally run a=

> wooden spoon through the dishwasher, mine don't stink. Some of yoose
> sure seem spend a lot more time talking about and agonizing over
> kitchen stuff than actually doing kitchen stuff... I mean, sheesh, it's=

> a friggin' 39=A2 hunk of wood, costs less than a decent pencil... bunch=
a
> obsessed neurotics... I bet yoose don't wash yer crotch as good...
> maybe that's what yoose smell... prolly where yer spoons been. <G>
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> Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . . .

What could this be...? OCD? Some boundary syndrome?

Pastorio