Hi Dick-


> Cheap, one-use chop sticks, having one end flat and rather wide, have
> found a place in my kitchen. Wing has recommended feeding a
> starter to the consistency still, but just, stirrable with a chop stick.
> My cheap chop sticks have a flat wide end which is rather good for
> scraping down the sides of a bottle.

Oh wonderful! I love chop sticks. Another use for them is great!


> Cleanliness, of course, is next to Godliness, and, admittedly,
> sterile procedure is a perversion introduced by humans.

Don't you know it. And cleanliness is not the same as sterile. The
whole business with folks using more of that antibacterial cleaner
which it seems has helped to increase the resistence of the bacteria,
more or less that trying to get sterile at unneeded times has in the
end backfired. They still say the best safeguard for not spreading
illness is good old soap and water, 15 seconds, one round of "Happy
Birthday" or "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" <g>.

I'll definitely try those chop sticks.
-Marylouise