If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?

I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while kneading
dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables with oil
before putting them on a baking sheet. I have to wonder, doesn't that
muck them up? I always take my jewelry off before I cook. I also
frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to accidentally wash a
ring down the drain. Don't set them on the window sill above the sink!

What say you?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>
> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while kneading
> dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables with oil before
> putting them on a baking sheet. I have to wonder, doesn't that muck them
> up? I always take my jewelry off before I cook. I also frequently wash
> my hands so hey, I don't want to accidentally wash a ring down the drain.
> Don't set them on the window sill above the sink!
>
> What say you?
>
> Jill


I never wore rings while cooking, most of the tv cooks do. I passed my
jewelry onto my girls so just a wedding band now which I do take off if
getting into the food, like meat loaf etc.

Cheri

On 7/13/2018 6:58 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>
> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while kneading
> dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables with oil
> before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder, doesn't that
> muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I cook.Â* I also
> frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to accidentally wash a
> ring down the drain.Â* Don't set them on the window sill above the sink!
>
> What say you?
>
> Jill

Simple wedding band never comes off. If I had an ornate ring with
stones I probably would remove it.

On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:59:05 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>
> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while kneading
> dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables with oil
> before putting them on a baking sheet. I have to wonder, doesn't that
> muck them up? I always take my jewelry off before I cook. I also
> frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to accidentally wash a
> ring down the drain. Don't set them on the window sill above the sink!
>
> What say you?
>
> Jill
>
>
I do wear a low to the finger ring all the time when cooking. But if it's
something like meatloaf, then yes, it comes off. I can't think of anything
right off hand that I actually get into and use my hands.

I remember seeing Paula Deen with those big honking rings on and she'd be
right in the middle of the whatever she was making and never take them off.
Ewwwwwwwww.

On 7/13/2018 6:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/13/2018 6:58 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>>
>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain. Don't set them on the window
>> sill above the sink!
>>
>> What say you?
>>
>> Jill
>
> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
> stones I probably would remove it.

Â* I regret that I can no longer wear my wedding band . Arthritic joint
enlargement makes it - HEY ! the joint has gone down enough to get it on
, oh happy day . Thanks Jill for starting this thread . I really miss
wearing my ring , but it had gotten painful .

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety .
Get off my back !

On 2018-07-13 7:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain.Â* Don't set them on the window
>> sill above the sink!
>>
>> What say you?
>>
>> Jill
>
> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
> stones I probably would remove it.

I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because I
worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer.... last
time I saw it. I do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.

On 7/13/2018 7:55 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 7/13/2018 6:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 7/13/2018 6:58 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>>>
>>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain. Don't set them on the window
>>> sill above the sink!
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
>> stones I probably would remove it.
>
> Â* I regret that I can no longer wear my wedding band . Arthritic joint
> enlargement makes it - HEY ! the joint has gone down enough to get it on
> , oh happy day . Thanks Jill for starting this thread . I really miss
> wearing my ring , but it had gotten painful .
>
Um, you're welcome! Of course I had nothing to do with your ring now
fitting.

Jill

On 7/13/2018 7:52 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/13/2018 7:55 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> On 7/13/2018 6:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 7/13/2018 6:58 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>>>>
>>>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>>>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>>>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>>>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>>>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>>>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain. Don't set them on the
>>>> window sill above the sink!
>>>>
>>>> What say you?
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
>>> stones I probably would remove it.
>>
>> Â*Â* I regret that I can no longer wear my wedding band . Arthritic
>> joint enlargement makes it - HEY ! the joint has gone down enough to
>> get it on , oh happy day . Thanks Jill for starting this thread . I
>> really miss wearing my ring , but it had gotten painful .
>>
> Um, you're welcome!Â* Of course I had nothing to do with your ring now
> fitting.
>
> Jill

Oh I know that , you just reminded me to try it on .

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety .
Get off my lawn !

On 7/13/2018 8:59 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 7/13/2018 7:52 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 7/13/2018 7:55 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>>> On 7/13/2018 6:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 7/13/2018 6:58 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>>>>>
>>>>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>>>>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>>>>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>>>>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>>>>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>>>>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain. Don't set them on the
>>>>> window sill above the sink!
>>>>>
>>>>> What say you?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
>>>> stones I probably would remove it.
>>>
>>> Â*Â* I regret that I can no longer wear my wedding band . Arthritic
>>> joint enlargement makes it - HEY ! the joint has gone down enough to
>>> get it on , oh happy day . Thanks Jill for starting this thread . I
>>> really miss wearing my ring , but it had gotten painful .
>>>
>> Um, you're welcome!Â* Of course I had nothing to do with your ring now
>> fitting.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Oh I know that , you just reminded me to try it on .
>
Gotcha.

Jill

On 7/13/2018 8:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-07-13 7:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain.Â* Don't set them on the
>>> window sill above the sink!
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
>> stones I probably would remove it.
>
> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because I
> worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer.... last
> time I saw it.Â*Â* IÂ* do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
>
Do you take your watch off when making, for example, pie crust? In some
circles, a watch could be considered jewelry.

Jill

On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:32:31 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/13/2018 8:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2018-07-13 7:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> Simple wedding band never comes off.* If I had an ornate ring with
>>> stones I probably would remove it.
>>
>> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because I
>> worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer.... last
>> time I saw it.** I* do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
>>
>Do you take your watch off when making...

Ok, this is where I stopped reading. Talk about TMI.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> If you wear rings, do you wear them when you are cooking?
>
> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while kneading
> dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables with oil before
> putting them on a baking sheet. I have to wonder, doesn't that muck them
> up? I always take my jewelry off before I cook. I also frequently wash
> my hands so hey, I don't want to accidentally wash a ring down the drain.
> Don't set them on the window sill above the sink!
>
> What say you?

Depends on the ring and what I'm cooking. If it has no stone or the rose
gold one that is flat with no prongs then I'll likely keep them on when
using my hands in dough. Most often I don't have rings on to begin with. I
generally only wear them while out and take them off when I get home.

Many years ago I got cookie dough embedded in the prongs of a birthstone
ring. I learned not to rings like that with dough.

Never gave a thought to losing a ring. I did lose my wedding ring a few
times. It was always found in the bottom of my purse. But right now my hands
tend to swell more than anything so a ring is more likely to get stuck then
fall off.

I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks not wearing
hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!

N.

On 2018-07-13 10:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/13/2018 8:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because
>> I worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer....
>> last time I saw it.Â*Â* IÂ* do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
>>
> Do you take your watch off when making, for example, pie crust?Â* In some
> circles, a watch could be considered jewelry.

I do wear a watch. I do not consider it jewelry. I don't usually get my
hands that far into my cooking, but if I do get involved with something
that gets my wrist into the food the watch comes off before I do.

On 2018-07-13 10:47 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 13 Jul 2018 03:58:55p, jmcquown told us...

> iI rarely take my rings off, as I use surgical gloves when handling
> foods that are messy like breading, kneading, or raw meat. I don't
> need to take them off when halding fruits or vegetables and my rings
> are snug enough to not slip off by themselves.
>

I guess it's safe to assume that you have never separated eggs by
draining them though your fingers. I don't have a problem with touching
raw meat. I wash my hands before and after. The only time I wear gloves
is when I am working with a lot of hot peppers or things with powerful
dyes, like Tandoori Masala.

On 7/14/2018 10:00 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> the watch comes off before I do.
>

My dirty mind conjured up an image of a self winding watch wound to the
max. 'Nuff said

On 2018-07-14 8:45 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks not wearing
> hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!
>


I am not sure about the need to distinguish between long haired and
short haired cooks securing their hair. Hair in your food is hair in
your food. At least the long hair is easier to remove from your mouth.

On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 8:45:13 AM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks not wearing
> hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!
>
> N.

If they're cooking on a tv show and not in a restaurant, I don't care.
I'm not going to eat their food.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2018-07-14 10:05 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/14/2018 10:00 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> the watch comes off before I do.
>>
>
> My dirty mind conjured up an image of a self winding watch wound to the
> max. 'Nuff said

Stop nymshifting Sheldon.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
>I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks not
>wearing
> hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!
>
> N.


Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.

Cheri

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2018-07-13 10:47 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Fri 13 Jul 2018 03:58:55p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> iI rarely take my rings off, as I use surgical gloves when handling
>> foods that are messy like breading, kneading, or raw meat. I don't
>> need to take them off when halding fruits or vegetables and my rings
>> are snug enough to not slip off by themselves.
>>
>
> I guess it's safe to assume that you have never separated eggs by draining
> them though your fingers. I don't have a problem with touching raw meat.
> I wash my hands before and after. The only time I wear gloves is when I am
> working with a lot of hot peppers or things with powerful dyes, like
> Tandoori Masala.


I wash hands thoroughly before and after too. I never use gloves around
here, don't use hot peppers etc., but when I worked in food service we wore
those thin plastic gloves when mixing things.

Cheri

On 2018-07-14 10:57 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks
>> not wearing
>> hairnets, or putting their hair up.Â* Bleaghhhhh!
>>
>> N.
>
>
> Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.
>

Personally, I like the shows where the cooks wash their hands. There
are a number of them that make a point of showing them washing their
hands before and after. I am not all that impressed with them wearing
gloves unless they also changing gloves. You can transfer as many
cooties from one food to another with gloves as you can with bare hands.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2018-07-14 10:57 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks
>>> not wearing
>>> hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!
>>>
>>> N.
>>
>>
>> Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.
>>
>
> Personally, I like the shows where the cooks wash their hands. There are
> a number of them that make a point of showing them washing their hands
> before and after. I am not all that impressed with them wearing gloves
> unless they also changing gloves. You can transfer as many cooties from
> one food to another with gloves as you can with bare hands.


That might be true but what about sores on hands and arms. This pic in the
Stockton Record a few years ago, on the front page I might add, is
disgusting. Who wants scabs in their food?

https://postimg.cc/image/mzswpg9u9/e9002c5a/

Cheri

On 7/14/2018 11:19 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Personally, I like the shows where the cooks wash their hands.Â* There
> are a number of them that make a point of showing them washing their
> hands before and after.Â* I am not all that impressed with them wearing
> gloves unless they also changing gloves.Â* You can transfer as many
> cooties from one food to another with gloves as you can with bare hands.

I don't want to watch a show where everyone's dressed like lunch
ladies. I don't wear gloves when I cook, but I'm not feeding strangers
so oh well. I wash my hands before, during and after.

In the final days of The Chew (boo!) Carla Hall went on a riff about
all the questions and harassment they get on social media about gloves
and salt and can I use this instead blah blah. Must have been
relentless. So funny.

I saw somewhere someone was bitching that the security people going
through their bags weren't wearing gloves. Hello, if they don't
change them after every person, gloves are going to have germs, too.

nancy

On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:58:31 AM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks not
> >wearing
> > hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!
> >
> > N.
>
>
> Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.

Do you always wear gloves at home? They're demonstrating home
cookery, not restaurant practice.

I only do so when I've got a bandaid to protect, I'm handling chiles,
or for pizza dough (it sticks to my hands more than it sticks to the
gloves, so it's a convenience to use gloves for kneading).

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:58:31 AM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >I don't care much about jewelry, but HATE the long-haired female cooks
>> >not
>> >wearing
>> > hairnets, or putting their hair up. Bleaghhhhh!
>> >
>> > N.
>>
>>
>> Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.
>
> Do you always wear gloves at home? They're demonstrating home
> cookery, not restaurant practice.
>
> I only do so when I've got a bandaid to protect, I'm handling chiles,
> or for pizza dough (it sticks to my hands more than it sticks to the
> gloves, so it's a convenience to use gloves for kneading).
>
> Cindy Hamilton


I said I don't, but I know that my hands have been washed, no sores, no
little bleeding cuts etc. and some of them are in restaurants critiquing the
food while it's being made, in fact a lot of the shows are. It's a personal
preference of mine, if others don't mind, I don't care, it doesn't change my
mind.

Cheri

Cheri wrote:
>
> Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.

How do you feel about the Halloween treats like severed hand
meatloaf?

http://thedailygoodiebag.com/uploads...-meat-hand.jpg
http://www.notmartha.org/images/othe..._fromwrist.jpg

You could also make a "hand burger" if you were so inclined.

On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 9:03:21 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 2018-07-13 10:47 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> > iI rarely take my rings off, as I use surgical gloves when handling
> > foods that are messy like breading, kneading, or raw meat. I don't
> > need to take them off when halding fruits or vegetables and my rings
> > are snug enough to not slip off by themselves.
> >
>
> I guess it's safe to assume that you have never separated eggs by
> draining them though your fingers. I don't have a problem with touching
> raw meat. I wash my hands before and after. The only time I wear gloves
> is when I am working with a lot of hot peppers or things with powerful
> dyes, like Tandoori Masala.
>
>
I see people separating eggs using their hands and even though I know their
hands are clean, that just strikes me as nasty. What happened to using the
egg shells to separate yolks and whites?? Has everyone become a bunch of
clumsy clods in the kitchen?? If that is beyond their abilities a simple
slotted spoon does a beautiful job of separating; just jiggle the spoon a
bit to encourage the whites to slip away.

Handling raw meat bare handed doesn't faze me at all. When I start cooking
I always run a sink less than half full of soapy water and use that to do
a bit of washing up as I go and to also do handwashing after handling foods.

On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:19:19 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Personally, I like the shows where the cooks wash their hands. There
> are a number of them that make a point of showing them washing their
> hands before and after.
>
>
Honestly? I don't give a damn about them SHOWING them soaping up, rinsing,
and drying. They can say "I'm off to wash my hands, be back shortly." Cut
to them back at the stove or counter continuing with their recipe demonstra-
tion. I don't need to SEE them performing this task; a waste of film and
time when I'd rather see them preparing/cooking.

On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:08:12 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-07-13 7:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.* I have to wonder,
>>> doesn't that muck them up?* I always take my jewelry off before I
>>> cook.* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain.* Don't set them on the window
>>> sill above the sink!
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Simple wedding band never comes off.* If I had an ornate ring with
>> stones I probably would remove it.
>
>I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because I
>worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer.... last
>time I saw it. I do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.

Working around heavy machinery most of my life I never wore jewelry
except to go out. And living here my hands are often in the dirt so
no jewelry unless going out. I have several rings but rarely wear any
except my wedding band. And I don't need to wear a watch here because
all I need to know is daytime and nighttime. I do wear a watch when
going to a doctor appointment because I hate to be late and am curious
as to how late they are... I've always found it odd that in my
experience there's never a clock anywhere in a doctor's office, at
least none the patients can see.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:00:44 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-07-13 10:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 7/13/2018 8:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because
>>> I worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer....
>>> last time I saw it.** I* do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
>>>
>> Do you take your watch off when making, for example, pie crust?* In some
>> circles, a watch could be considered jewelry.
>
>I do wear a watch. I do not consider it jewelry. I don't usually get my
>hands that far into my cooking, but if I do get involved with something
>that gets my wrist into the food the watch comes off before I do.

Why would anyone need to wear a watch at home and especially while
doing kitchen work? Every room in my house has a clock on the wall,
there are three clocks in my kitchen; stove, nuker, and a clock on the
wall. Even both our bathrooms have a clock on the wall, one on the
wall in the garage, one on the wall in the basement, and an outdoor
clock in the garden. Computers all have clocks as do cell phones. The
only time I put on a watch is when leaving home. And the clock in my
car's dashboard is always set to the wrong time, being so old that
clock needs to be set manually and I don't bother. We have five TVs,
each cable box shows the time.
The TV chefs who wear rings, bracelets, and wris****ches really don't
cook.
Something I recently learned, younger women are now wearing their
wedding band on their corresponding left toe. Some men have always
worn their wedding ring in their nose! LOL
My wife has worn a thinish platnum wedding band that matches the
tiffany style engagement ring since I put it on her finger, it has
never come off... she only wears her engagement ring when we go out.
However she always wears earrings, even to bed... she has quite a
collection, and I never have a problem about what to buy her on
occasions, earrings.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 09:27:51 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 9:03:21 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2018-07-13 10:47 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> > iI rarely take my rings off, as I use surgical gloves when handling
>> > foods that are messy like breading, kneading, or raw meat. I don't
>> > need to take them off when halding fruits or vegetables and my rings
>> > are snug enough to not slip off by themselves.
>> >
>>
>> I guess it's safe to assume that you have never separated eggs by
>> draining them though your fingers. I don't have a problem with touching
>> raw meat. I wash my hands before and after. The only time I wear gloves
>> is when I am working with a lot of hot peppers or things with powerful
>> dyes, like Tandoori Masala.
>>
>>
>I see people separating eggs using their hands and even though I know their
>hands are clean, that just strikes me as nasty. What happened to using the
>egg shells to separate yolks and whites?? Has everyone become a bunch of
>clumsy clods in the kitchen?? If that is beyond their abilities a simple
>slotted spoon does a beautiful job of separating; just jiggle the spoon a
>bit to encourage the whites to slip away.
>
>Handling raw meat bare handed doesn't faze me at all. When I start cooking
>I always run a sink less than half full of soapy water and use that to do
>a bit of washing up as I go and to also do handwashing after handling foods.

Normally I separate eggs with the two halves of the shell but just
yesterday I had to use the hand method. I had two egg whites in the
mixer ready to go, needed three and took another egg to add it, when
the shell cracked it left a piece too small to risk plopping the yolk
into that, so I used my hand. Worked.

"Gary" wrote in message ...

Cheri wrote:
>
> Personally, I HATE all the hands without gloves in the food on tv.

How do you feel about the Halloween treats like severed hand
meatloaf?

http://thedailygoodiebag.com/uploads...-meat-hand.jpg
http://www.notmartha.org/images/othe..._fromwrist.jpg

You could also make a "hand burger" if you were so inclined.

==

LOL that would put me off even if I liked the meat loaf!!!

On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 1:14:15 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:00:44 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2018-07-13 10:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >> On 7/13/2018 8:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >>> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because
> >>> I worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer....
> >>> last time I saw it.Â*Â* IÂ* do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
> >>>
> >> Do you take your watch off when making, for example, pie crust?Â* In some
> >> circles, a watch could be considered jewelry.
> >
> >I do wear a watch. I do not consider it jewelry. I don't usually get my
> >hands that far into my cooking, but if I do get involved with something
> >that gets my wrist into the food the watch comes off before I do.
>
> Why would anyone need to wear a watch at home and especially while
> doing kitchen work?

When I wore a watch, I simply put it on in the morning when I got dressed
and took it off an night when I got undressed. Now I put my cell phone
in my pocket; that's what I use as a timepiece.

> Every room in my house has a clock on the wall,

Even the bathroom?

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 13:14:12 -0400, wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:00:44 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2018-07-13 10:32 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 7/13/2018 8:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because
>>>> I worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer....
>>>> last time I saw it.** I* do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
>>>>
>>> Do you take your watch off when making, for example, pie crust?* In some
>>> circles, a watch could be considered jewelry.
>>
>>I do wear a watch. I do not consider it jewelry. I don't usually get my
>>hands that far into my cooking, but if I do get involved with something
>>that gets my wrist into the food the watch comes off before I do.
>
>Why would anyone need to wear a watch at home and especially while
>doing kitchen work?

I haven't worn a watch since highschool. Geeky things for Star Wars
fans.

On 2018-07-14 12:27 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 9:03:21 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>

> I see people separating eggs using their hands and even though I know their
> hands are clean, that just strikes me as nasty.

What is it that makes it nasty? Is it concern about the fingers
contaminating the eggs, or is it the eggs contaminating the hand? I
have absolutely no qualms about holding back the yolk with my fingers
while the whites slide through, but I know several people who are
squeamish about it. The same people tend not to touch raw meat.



> What happened to using the
> egg shells to separate yolks and whites??

Once on a while you get a sharp edge that punctures the yolk. You have
to pour the innards back and forth a few times, taking extra time and
increasing the odds of getting some yolk into the whites. Running it
through you fingers is so much faster.



> Handling raw meat bare handed doesn't faze me at all. When I start cooking
> I always run a sink less than half full of soapy water and use that to do
> a bit of washing up as I go and to also do handwashing after handling foods.

That's what I usually do.

On 2018-07-14 12:35 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:19:19 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Personally, I like the shows where the cooks wash their hands. There
>> are a number of them that make a point of showing them washing their
>> hands before and after.
>>
>>
> Honestly? I don't give a damn about them SHOWING them soaping up, rinsing,
> and drying. They can say "I'm off to wash my hands, be back shortly." Cut
> to them back at the stove or counter continuing with their recipe demonstra-
> tion. I don't need to SEE them performing this task; a waste of film and
> time when I'd rather see them preparing/cooking.
>

True. You don't need to watch them do it. It is good to let people know
it is being done. A couple months ago I was turned off by someone on a
show, and I do not remember which one, who coughed into his gloved hand
and then proceeded to handle raw meat with his cough cootied hand.

On 2018-07-14 1:14 PM, wrote:

> Why would anyone need to wear a watch at home and especially while
> doing kitchen work?

I feel naked without a watch. I have several. I take my watch off at
night and I put a watch on in the morning. I may have clocks in a number
of rooms in the house, and on my phone, but I have many years of looking
at my watch. I don't have to worry about a few minutes difference
between the different time pieces.

On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:03:07 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I feel naked without a watch. I have several. I take my watch off at
> night and I put a watch on in the morning. I may have clocks in a number
> of rooms in the house, and on my phone, but I have many years of looking
> at my watch. I don't have to worry about a few minutes difference
> between the different time pieces.

I stopped wearing a watch a long time ago but started wearing it again but then I misplaced my watch. If I can find it, I'd like to start up again. It's a very cool watch with a titanium case and band. What I don't understand are those huge watches that are being sold. Perhaps they are made for giants.

On 7/13/2018 5:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-07-13 7:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> I often see cooking shows where people are wearing rings while
>>> kneading dough or tossing things like potatoes or other vegetables
>>> with oil before putting them on a baking sheet.Â* I have to wonder,
>>> doesn't that muck them up?Â* I always take my jewelry off before I
>>> cook.Â* I also frequently wash my hands so hey, I don't want to
>>> accidentally wash a ring down the drain.Â* Don't set them on the window
>>> sill above the sink!
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Simple wedding band never comes off.Â* If I had an ornate ring with
>> stones I probably would remove it.
>
> I have a simple wedding band that I stopped wearing years ago because I
> worked around equipment. It is somewhere in my underwear drawer.... last
> time I saw it. I do not wear any jewelry, just a watch.
>


I never wear a wedding band - it cuts off the circulation.