"Pennyaline" > wrote

> merryb wrote:

>>> I'm amazed that people would be washing, say, chicken or just dirty
>>> dishes in their sink, then plopping produce right down on the same
>>> surface. Like, the sink is clean just by virtue of being a sink?
>>>
>>> I'm sure no one here would do that.

>> When I was doing prep work, one of the restaurants would toss big
>> batches of salad in the sink. I always made sure to clean the sink
>> first, but I saw some who didn't do as good of a job as I did- Yuk
>
> You guys are making such a mountain out of this molehill... I've made up
> my mind. I've concluded that the majority of you don't know squat about
> cleaning and sanitization and thus will never ameliorate your ignorant
> squalling fears of dirt and morbidity.
>
> JUST CLEAN YOUR ****ING SINKS! PERIOD!

We're making a mountain out of a molehill? Then why are you the
one yelling and and using foul language?

> Clean them, then use them. Then clean them again when you're done and give
> them time to DRY before using them again.

Or, I can just bear the excrutiating weight of the lettuce while
I rinse it then put it on a clean surface.

Sorry if I don't consider my sink to be all that clean, even if I
did clean it, I'd have to fill with bleachy sudsy water first to soak
the rack that sits in there.

> And as far as tossing big batches of salad into the sink at the restaurant
> goes, I'm assuming that the poster meant the FOOD PREP SINK rather than
> the hand washing sink or the ware washing sink. Even so, once cleaned, a
> sink is a sink is a sink and, once cleaned, is no more biologically
> hazardous than any other prep area in use.

Hmmm ... I missed seeing that gaping sewer hole in the middle
of my cutting board.

> <and NO ONE has mentioned whether or not they wash their hands... before
> or after!>

I always do. That's a given. Before I empty the dishwasher,
before I prepare food.

nancy