"K. Reece" > wrote

> Has it never occured to anyone to dip out a small amount with the stirring
> spoon and put it on a small plate or in a cup and taste it with a tasting
> spoon?

The idea is to grab a piece of bread and go for it. Having said that,
what's
the big deal, assuming it's just family. I don't know about you, but
especially
if the food is hot, the spoon doesn't even touch my mouth, it's like swoosh!
like a food air kiss or something.

Speaking of double dipping, I did repremand my mil. (laugh) I know,
rude. But ... I won't bore you with the whole story, but the end of it was
we went out to lunch at a restaurant of my choice. They have this really
great vegetable (crudite) dish and dip, I could not WAIT to have that.
Kept my eyes on her, I just knew what was coming, she gummed a
piece of celery half to death, I mean all strings and saliva.

I have to wonder why a denture wearer would choose celery, but whatever.

Sure enough, she went back for the dip with the celery. I said, no double
dipping. She was astonished at such an idea. (laugh) Oh. Couple of
minutes later, now I know she's going to say something. I had taken this
huge slap of carrot, broken it into two so I could dip each half.
Triumphantly,
she said ... YOU DOUBLEDIPPED. No, I didn't.

You had to know my mil to know why it's a funny story. Her favorite song
was memememememe.

nancy