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Original poster

Horrified watching my aunt prepare today's lunch...

351 replies

user1477282676 · 02/01/2017 09:35

Just checking that I'm not being super sensitive! Was at MIL's today for lunch...Aunt was in charge of potatoes which were to be boiled and covered in garlic, butter and herbs.

Lovely.

Except...not.

I had to watch her as she put the butter etc in and using a selection of utensils, repeatedly lick them after she'd stirred the potatoes...and then plunge them into the potatoes again....good stir....back into the butter dish...more licking...back into the potatoes...then back into the butter...another good lick.

Boak.

She then, coughed into the pot for good measure.

Shock

This is a bit lighthearted by the way....she's not in her dotage or anything...60 years old and perfectly together...she knew I was sititng there watching.

I had been looking forward to a nice spud! I had to refuse them and eat meat and salad!

What gets INTO some people?

OP posts:
DJBaggySmalls · 02/01/2017 11:52

YANBU. Thats fucking disgusting.

Sparklingbrook · 02/01/2017 11:53

Buffets can be a bit of a nightmare too. You don't quite know what's gone on with them once that clingfilm is off.

cherrytree63 · 02/01/2017 12:13

This reminds me of the Two Fat Ladies kneeding bread dough, and one saying "This really cleans your finger nails..."!
On the subject of what goes on in restaurant kitchens, my husband was a professional chef, and said it was common to test if the fryers were hot enough by spitting into the oil, if it sizzled it was ready to cool!
But my own worst experience was staying with friends when I was about 8 months pregnant. They had a huge Mastiff dog that did a huge poo on the kitchen floor over night. DF picked it up using the kitchen spatula, which he was later seen dishing up scrambled eggs with. Hopefully he washed it first...

Fluffy40 · 02/01/2017 12:14

Licking not so bad, but the coughing is a bit much. Would the cooking not kill any bugs ?

manhowdy · 02/01/2017 12:16

cherrytree63

ShockShockShock

mycatwantstokillme1 · 02/01/2017 12:16

OP, engage your brain... I'm not psychic so how would I know you were in Australia? Given the amount of winds up on here this sounded like one to me.

I can see that one of your new years resolutions wasn't to stop being so condescending!

amusedbush · 02/01/2017 12:17

Buffets can be a bit of a nightmare too.

I was once That Person who (politely!) spoke to a parent in a buffet restaurant after watching her son of around 8 years old rifle through a stack of pancakes with his bare hands to pick out the ones he wanted. I hate buffets and that was the last time I went to one.

I also recoiled when watching Bake Off last year, when one contestant was obviously a bit heavy handed with the icing sugar to finish and so huffed and puffed all over it to blow off the excess Envy

Original poster
user1477282676 · 02/01/2017 12:17

Cat no you're not...so why assume and post snarky comments about my post being fake?

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Mindtrope · 02/01/2017 12:17

My OH worked as a chef for 15 years................................

Enough said.

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user1477282676 · 02/01/2017 12:18

Fluffy they'd already been cooked! She took so bloody long to stick a bit of butter in they were cold anyway by the time they got to the table!

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SirChenjin · 02/01/2017 12:18

You don't have tone psychic to work out that the OP is not in the UK. You were just too busy trying to catch her out, that's all.

Artandco · 02/01/2017 12:21

I don't see the fuss , they are going to be cooked at 200+ degrees for at least an hour. Any 'germs' will be non existant

Original poster
user1477282676 · 02/01/2017 12:21

Art....I have to say this for the THIRD time...they HAD ALREADY BEEN COOKED!

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mycatwantstokillme1 · 02/01/2017 12:37

OP - because so many names that are user123456789 are troll threads and get deleted. And the time you posted. It wasn't 'snarky' I did ask if you'd got your days mixed up, or if you were a wind up merchant.

It's laughable really, would you use the comment 'engage your brain' in real life? Probably not because you know that saying it to the wrong person could land you in trouble and like most keyboard warriors, you'll write something that you wouldn't have the guts to say to someone's face.

DailyFail1 · 02/01/2017 12:43

I'm a spoon licker. I find that the people who object loudest tend not to be the cleanest themselves - sis had a go at me for it then when we went to hers she clearly hadn't cleaned her cooker for years and there was fat drippings coming out of the vent. I think my spoon licking is more hygenic than that!

Happyhippy45 · 02/01/2017 12:51

dame if it's a true professional kitchen this kind of nonsense doesn't happen.....though sadly this shit happens all the time.......
It makes me cringe watching things like master chef and a lot of the chefs are tasting with their fingers, wiping their faces with dishcloths, using the same spoon to taste and stir multiple times, scratching their head, touching their nose etc then touching food. Given that all chefs will have completed some sort of basic hygiene course I find it all pretty minging and lazy.
The general population haven't done hygiene courses and most are completely unaware of what you're not meant to do. E.g. We went to a party he food was left out for at least 10 hours. Some was put in the fridge, some was left out all night in a warm kitchen and was going to be served the next day for our lunch. We left in the morning after some tea and toast.

hmcAsWas · 02/01/2017 12:53

Ugh, I read page 1 and for my sanity, could not bring myself to read any more. I'd prefer not to think about it!

Pollyanna9 · 02/01/2017 12:53

Well, I wash my hands before cooking and during when there might be any cross contamination opportunities regardless of whether I lick my fingers, dip them in, or whatever (I don't). However, if I need to taste something I use a teaspoon, not the spoon I'm stirring with. I don't dip fingers in.

However, surely all that dipping and licking cancelled out when the potatoes have been roasted in a 180 degree oven?

Well, except for any spit that made it's way back into the butter dish....

The coughing into the cooking pot/roasting pan - urgh. If I cough I turn away and never cough into my hands (crook of the elbow).

Original poster
user1477282676 · 02/01/2017 12:53

Cat of all the comments on here, you were the ONLY person to reply in a way which was casting doubts.

Therefore I suggest that you are the one with the problem. Not me.

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Original poster
user1477282676 · 02/01/2017 12:54

Pollyanna...now explaining for the fourth time. The potatoes had been cooked already.

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hmcAsWas · 02/01/2017 12:55

Although I have just read DailyFail's post and am Hmm at the huge assumption that "the people who object loudest tend not to be the cleanest themselves" - based on one example, her sister!

mycatwantstokillme1 · 02/01/2017 12:55

SrChenjin I wasn't trying to catch her out, really thought she'd either got her day mixed up or was winding people up. If she hadn't replied with what she did and just said she was in Australia I would have replied with a sorry .

But I didn't realise that you too were psychic and knew what I was thinking when I posted. I really must engage my brain more.

Sparklingbrook · 02/01/2017 12:56

THE POTATOES HAD BEEN COOKED AND WERE BEING COATED IN BUTTER READY TO BE SERVED.

Grin
mycatwantstokillme1 · 02/01/2017 12:59

Lol, if you say so OP. Except that some of your comments have been a bit 'snarky' as well:

Art....I have to say this for the THIRD time...they HAD ALREADY BEEN COOKED!

Pollyanna...now explaining for the fourth time. The potatoes had been cooked already.

But hey ho, you'll be pleased to hear I'm going to leave you to it, hope you don't have to explain FOR THE FIFTH TIME that the potatoes had been cooked already!

Sparklingbrook · 02/01/2017 13:01

People just need to RTFT.

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