random curiosity

[ratcreature]

I am curious: When you are cooking, and tasting things, how careful are you not to get any of your saliva into the food? I.e. do you always meticulously use two spoons, or are there circumstances when you don't bother and put the same spoon you had in your mouth in contact with the food again?

Poll #2231 slobber poll

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How do you taste food when cooking?

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I always use two spoons, anything else would be unhygienic/disgusting/getting into bad habits...
1 (1.9%)

I only use two spoons when I cook for others, I don't bother when I'm cooking just for myself, and I'm the only one eating the food anyway.
14 (26.9%)

It depends on some other circumstances (like cooking for family vs. guests, whether I'm sick and potentially infectious,...)
20 (38.5%)

I never bother using extra spoons, such a tiny amount of saliva transfer has never harmed anyone.
17 (32.7%)

Comments

[sholio]

My answer isn't on the poll -- I do use the same spoon, but I rinse it after tasting. Actually, I rinse it after stirring too, and I've never been really sure why I do that, but the sink is right at my elbow, so that's my routine: stir, turn, rinse, put down spoon, do something else for awhile. *g* And the same is true if I've used it to taste something.

[ratcreature]

My stove is opposite to the sink, so that never occurred to me as an option.

[sholio]

I did go ahead and put down that it depends on different situations, because I *am* more concerned about hygiene when I'm cooking for friends/strangers than when I'm just cooking for myself and my family. At least if they can see me cooking it. *g* Or, like the poll said, when I'm ill.