Mark Thorson wrote:

>
> Yesterday, she was saying that because the salad
> she was making was made with raw vegetables which
> are still alive and have their life force, you
> shouldn't mix the salad dressing into the salad
> with your hands. You should use chopsticks.
> If the vegetables had been cooked, you could go
> ahead and use your hands. She wasn't clear on
> whether the life force from your hands would
> ruin the salad, or whether there was some ill
> effect you'd receive from the salad through your
> hands.
>


There's a cuckoo born every minute.

Actually I opened your post because I thought it was about cooking duck.

;-)

gloria p