Dog3 wrote:
> "Food For Thought" > wrote in
> ups.com:
>
>>> Anyway, do YOU always wash your spoon after tasting
>>
>> After tasting in MY kitchen, NO. After tasting in my client's or
>> friend's kitchen, YES. It's just better hygiene and looks less
>> "gross" to onlookers. If I have an illness at home, I will also
>> change spoons even though the heat of the pot and food will probably
>> be killing any cold viruses. The notion that any remnants of
>> saliva left on a spoon will alter the taste of the sauce is assinine
>> to say the very least.
>>
>>
>
> I never clean the spoon after tasting. I seldom cook by an exact
> recipe but more by taste. Gawd, I would be at the sink washing the
> same spoon all day. I don't have clients but I would most likely do
> as FFT does and wash the spoon after each taste for appearance. I
> might suggest heavy duty plastic spoons to taste if one believes
> saliva alters the taste of food. Then you can just toss the used
> spoon away.

My husband is mortified when I double dip after tasting. I try to tell him
that the heat kills the germs, but he doesn't get it, so I *am* at the sink
all day when I'm cooking soups or stews. I waste more time and water
cleaning a darn utensil. (When he's not here or not looking, I still
double-dip. Don't tell! Shhhhhhh.)

kili