James Egan > wrote:

>While cooking something like spaghetti sauce, I taste the
>sauce (or gravy) occasionally to test. My wife maintains
>that I should clean the spoon each time, because my saliva
>will adversely affect the sauce (or whatever). I understand
>that saliva contains enzymes and that their purpose is to
>break down food. However, I cannot believe that the trace
>amount of saliva on a spoon used to test the sauce will
>have any significantly adverse affect. It's not like I
>slobber on the spoon! Anyway, do YOU always wash
>your spoon after tasting? Be honest! <g>


One way is to use your stirring spoon to place some of the food into a
tasting spoon. You do not have to keep washing the tasting spoon
since it never goes into the food being prepared and the stirring
spoon never goes into anyone's mouth.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
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