On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:10:58 -0400, James Egan >
wrote:

>While cooking something like spaghetti sauce, I taste the
>sauce (or gravy) occasionally to test. My wife maintains

I taste-test with a clean teaspoon... then just put into the sink with
the dirty dishes - it can get washed later! There are some things that
are utterly ruined by the addition of saliva - like milk dishes. I
learnt that the hard way when I was quite young. You don't want to see
a custard that's been 'double-dipped' and left to stand in the fridge
overnight. For most things however, it doesn't make a jot of
difference. I still try to avoid it though - my mother taught me that
it was 'not nice'.
~Karen aka Kajikit
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