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

[darkrose]

I used to use separate spoons, because my mother was fanatical about it. Most of the time, though, I'm cooking for myself or for Ruth and me, and I figure it's not that big of a deal.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, it seems only a minority is truly squicked by it.