Cooking related obsessions

Morning Glory said:
What do you mean by not putting stuff back in original containers?
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Packaged unused items in bags, cartons, jars, etc. Some people, when taking or pouring out too large an amount when weighing or measuring will then return the excess to the original container. Sort of like double dipping. Like pouring unneeded milk back into the bottle or flour into the bag or jar.
 
ZCook said:
Packaged unused items in bags, cartons, jars, etc. Some people, when taking or pouring out too large an amount when weighing or measuring will then return the excess to the original container. Sort of like double dipping. Like pouring unneeded milk back into the bottle or flour into the bag or jar.
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Old facilities saying: "If you can't do it right the first time how are you going to fix it 3 times?"
 
ZCook said:
Some people, when taking or pouring out too large an amount when weighing or measuring will then return the excess to the original container. Sort of like double dipping. Like pouring unneeded milk back into the bottle or flour into the bag or jar.
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So, they are putting stuff in their mouths and then returning it to the original container? If no, than it's not even close to double dipping! Now if they were drinking milk from a glass and then poured what was left in the glass back in the milk container, well yeah. Gross. Unless they live alone and no one else will be drinking it. Then who cares.
 
Barriehie said:
Old facilities saying: "If you can't do it right the first time how are you going to fix it 3 times?"
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Well, sort of but not exactly. It does happen that for e.g. you might slightly overpour some milk into the measuring container. Point is that some people will pour it back into the original milk container.

JAS_OH1 said:
So, they are putting stuff in their mouths and then returning it to the original container? If no, than it's not even close to double dipping! Now if they were drinking milk from a glass and then poured what was left in the glass back in the milk container, well yeah. Gross. Unless they live alone and no one else will be drinking it. Then who cares.
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Not quite, see above.
Once you've freshly taken something out of a container, it doesn't go back.
 
Barriehie said:
My list when I shop has the items arranged in sequential order as I progress from the front to the back of the store. I also know which aisle side the items are closer to so I know whether to get them either going to the back or going to the front. This is a habit born of needing a hip replacement that took several years to fulfill so minimal walking was the objective.View attachment 144381
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I’m lucky. My store has an app that Tells me aisle and shelf.



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ZCook said:
Well, sort of but not exactly. It does happen that for e.g. you might slightly overpour some milk into the measuring container. Point is that some people will pour it back into the original milk container.
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I'm pretty squeamish about germs, but if I pour something into a clean measuring cup and I pour too much, it can go back into the container.
ZCook said:
Sort of like double dipping. Like pouring unneeded milk back into the bottle or flour into the bag or jar.
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But it's not close to double dipping unless it came up to someone's mouth.
 
I suppose one for me that’s in the same neighborhood as the double-dipping/microorganisms thing…let’s say I need a cup of sour cream for something, and I have one container on its last legs and a new unopened one - I can’t use the same spoon to get the last of it from one container and the rest from the new container, because I’ve just contaminated the new one with the old sour cream.

And related to that, as much as I revere Jacques Pepin, I have to wince every time I see him crush some garlic with the side of his knife and then use the same knife to immediately lob off from a stick a tablespoon of butter. Yeah, garlic goes with a lot, but that would sure spoil the buttercream frosting made later with that butter!
 
ZCook said:
Same ballpark for me tho. Microorganisms don't only come from people's mouths 😎
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Yes, they do come from people's hands as well, but I wash mine thoroughly and often wear food preparation gloves.

I worked as a freelance retail merchandiser in grocery stores several years ago, and I've seen evidence of poor hygiene from the store employees (and customers who are touching the food) on multiple occasions. And I've seen evidence of rodents and insects in back rooms at grocery stores as well. When I get home from the grocery store, all canned goods, packages, and containers get wiped with sanitizing wipes before putting them away, and produce gets washed, even fruit in clamshell plastic containers. How many people cut into a piece of fruit or a vegetable without washing it? Probably a lot, not realizing that the pathogens, any chemicals, etc. on the outer skin are carried into the flesh underneath on the knife...

JAS_OH1 steps off the soapbox...
 
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TastyReuben said:
let’s say I need a cup of sour cream for something, and I have one container on its last legs and a new unopened one - I can’t use the same spoon to get the last of it from one container and the rest from the new container, because I’ve just contaminated the new one with the old sour cream.
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Agreed, I'm with you on that.
TastyReuben said:
And related to that, as much as I revere Jacques Pepin, I have to wince every time I see him crush some garlic with the side of his knife and then use the same knife to immediately lob off from a stick a tablespoon of butter. Yeah, garlic goes with a lot, but that would sure spoil the buttercream frosting made later with that butter!
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badjak said:
I got different "rules".
If I cook for myself, I'm very flexible, there are not many things I don't do.
If I cook for other people, I am much more careful :)
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Yes, I think everyone does. I mean, why wouldn't you double dip if you are the only one eating it?
 
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