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>

Is it really that much trouble to walk over to the sink and wash off a
spoon? When someone says they use the same spoon for stirring as for
tasting it makes me wonder about their other habits when it comes to
sanitation. Besides, whether it's sanitary or not, the COURTEOUS thing
to do would be to use a clean spoon.

>
> 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

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

djs0302 wrote:

> Is it really that much trouble to walk over to the sink and wash off a
> spoon? When someone says they use the same spoon for stirring as for
> tasting it makes me wonder about their other habits when it comes to
> sanitation. Besides, whether it's sanitary or not, the COURTEOUS thing
> to do would be to use a clean spoon.

Look at it this way. For the most part they are talking about tasting
things that are boiling on the stove. The spoon goes back into boiling hot
liquid. Given the choice between something that has been washed in hot
water and detergent, or boiling liquid, I'll take the boiling liquid.

Dave Smith wrote:
> djs0302 wrote:
>
> > Is it really that much trouble to walk over to the sink and wash
off a
> > spoon? When someone says they use the same spoon for stirring as
for
> > tasting it makes me wonder about their other habits when it comes
to
> > sanitation. Besides, whether it's sanitary or not, the COURTEOUS
thing
> > to do would be to use a clean spoon.
>
> Look at it this way. For the most part they are talking about tasting
> things that are boiling on the stove. The spoon goes back into
boiling hot
> liquid. Given the choice between something that has been washed in
hot
> water and detergent, or boiling liquid, I'll take the boiling liquid.


If you're the only one eating what you're cooking then that's fine, but
I don't want to eat something that has somebody else's spit in it.

djs0302 wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Look at it this way. For the most part they are talking about
>> tasting things that are boiling on the stove. The spoon goes back
>> into boiling hot liquid. Given the choice between something that
>> has been washed in hot water and detergent, or boiling liquid, I'll
>> take the boiling liquid.
>
>
>
> If you're the only one eating what you're cooking then that's fine,
> but I don't want to eat something that has somebody else's spit in
> it.
>


If they'll slobber on the spoon while you are watching, just *imagine*
what they do with it when nobody is looking! HTH :-)

Best regards,
Bob

> 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>
>

Came to the conclusion (after 150 posts) that it MIGHT be Okay....