pjjehg wrote:
>>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>
>>
>
> Hey, "they" make cooking spoons specifically for tasting. You spoon up
> sauce with the stirring end, tilt to spoon to transfer the sauce via a
> trough (or whatever) to the tasting end. We're not talking a big buck item,
> just a different type of wooden spoon.
>
> Pam
>
>


And then all that slobber runs back when you tilt the spoon forward.
Yuck! ;-)

Bob