To use a washed-up raw meat knife

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CuppaDog · 31/01/2025 19:32

DP and I had a big dispute regarding a hygiene issue. As these happen regularly, I'd love to get a sense check from this esteemed audience.

I cut DD (10)'s bread roll with a kitchen knife. That knife was used to cut raw chicken on the day before and subsequently washed up and has been dry overnight.

The strongly expressed demand was that I immediately throw away the bread roll, and that this is "common sense".

YABU - Using a raw meat knife for directly eaten food is never acceptable, even if it has been washed up
YANBU - It's fine to use a raw meat knife as long as it has been washed up

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XenoBitch · 31/01/2025 19:34

FFS, it has been cleaned. YANBU

bridgetreilly · 31/01/2025 19:34

Of course it’s fine! I don’t know anyone who has separate knives for raw meat, Not even in the professional kitchens I used to work in. A knife’s a knife,

Schoolchoicesucks · 31/01/2025 19:34

It's been washed up. With detergent and hot water. So it's clean. That's fine.

Munchyseeds2 · 31/01/2025 19:34

We don't have special knives for anything

MistyF · 31/01/2025 19:33

YNBU
I'm with you. What does he think washing does besides making utensils clean?

WhyArePiratesCalledPiratessss · 31/01/2025 19:33

How would you eat anything if you couldn't use stuff that had ever touched raw meat?? Washing is fine! Literally the point of washing up!

Ilovemyshed · 31/01/2025 19:33

If it was washed in hot soapy water and dried with a clean cloth its fine and even a food safety inspector would agree.

mashingwachine · 31/01/2025 19:33

By washed up you mean clean?

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