Spouse and I have a discussion on what to do after you pour a sauce out of a glass bottle. I do nothing but my wife takes her finger and wipes the excess from the bottle before she puts the lid back on. I think touching the food is disgusting and she thinks leaving it there to gum up the lid is disgusting. What do people do?
Wiping with your finger introduces bacteria from your hands and is not a good idea from a food safety perspective. If you wipe the excess you should do it with a clean towel (like a disposable paper towel/napkin) or at a minimum wash your hands. It’s probably not a huge deal if the sauce is very acidic and the remainder will be used promptly but if it’s like a bottle of a condiment that may be used for weeks probably best practice to keep your grubby fingers out of there
You have an immune system for a reason. Hyper cleaning is worse for you as it weakens your immune system.
It’s actually getting harder and harder to find condiments in glass. Everything is plastic with an “ez squeeze” spout that don’t really have this problem anymore. But I would use a paper towel to keep the mouth clean because I don’t want the gross shit coming off when using the sauce, nor do I want it gluing the cap to the bottle making it harder to open.
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Yeah, in this case, both parties ate being a little gross.
I can’t explain why but I love it when a typo barely changes the meaning of a sentence and it makes sense either way.
Fat fingers. Also, for some reason, Android shrunk my keyboard, and I hadn’t realized it. I just figured out how to put it back to normal.
I’ll leave the typo. Wouldn’t want to sabotage your comment lol.
Dish rag sounds like it might be dirtier than an unwashed finger to be honest.
I lick it clean before putting it in the fridge.
^^/s
I do the same thing with my dildos.
You put them in the fridge?
Let the dog lick it clean because he is such a good boy
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Your way is messy, her way is unsanitary. Use something clean to wipe it off.
I don’t wipe it unless it gets gummed up but honestly I’ve can’t think of anything where this happens anymore. All of my condiments are either jars or squeeze bottles. I never wipe squeeze bottles and they never get gummed up. Jars only get wiped if they somehow got a bunch of stuff in the grooves, which is excessively rare.
That being said using a finger is nasty and I hope you guys don’t serve guests from those bottles.
I don’t. But if it gunks up then it does gross me out and that’s when I clean it with paper towel or tissue
Damp washcloth or kitchen towel.
If the jar gets anything on it I throw the whole thing out, including whatever I’m cooking just to be safe.
just cleanse the whole building by setting it on fire
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
I clean it off. I feel this helps prevent spoilage as the lid will have a better seal on a clean rim than a dirty one.
I usually try to make up for it beforehand by pouring really carefully and trying to get it so none pours down the side of the opening, but if some does I usually just put the lid on and wipe any excess after that. Usually that does decent enough at keeping it clean until it’s used up anyway.
if the bottle has a big opening, i turn it after pouring, so drops hanging near the opening go back inside.
Lick it.
How do u cook without touching the food genius.
If you touch food prior or during cooking then the cooking process is killing the bacteria. You shouldn’t really touch after but even in that situation a small amount of bacteria in food that’s about to be eaten isn’t the worst. The big issue is bacteria introduced to food which is then stored where the bacteria then grows over time.
