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Latex Gloves - Anyone?

I alway use gloves when working with fresh meat , I don't like the way the meat feels on my hands or under my nails. I wash my hands a lot but still without the gloves I don't know how I would be able to cook sometimes.

bashfuleauty at 1:17AM on 04/14/08

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Latex Gloves - Anyone?

@mepolo - I didn't learn it from TV, but I also use that same technique of keeping one hand clean and using the other for touching raw meat, etc. I'm paranoid about touching the faucet with a "dirty" hand, soaping up and rinsing my hands, then touching the now dirty faucet with a clean hand. I learned to avoid that predicament by keeping one hand clean.

The real danger of cross-contamination usually refers to using a cutting board for raw meat and then using the same cutting board (and possibly the knife, as well) to then chop veggies for a salad, without washing the cutting board/knife in between. Your salad is then exposed to the bacteria, etc. from the raw meat. That's the big cross-contamination "no-no."

MelsDiner at 5:58PM on 04/14/08

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Latex Gloves - Anyone?

I've never done it, but I can see how they'd be useful when kneading meatloaf/meatballs, etc, I hate that greasy/doughy feeling that's impossible to get off without lots of scrubbing! I don't think I'd do it though, doesn't your food taste kind of latexy?

embolini9 at 10:19AM on 04/14/08

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Latex Gloves - Anyone?

Not for cooking. For that, I just wash my hands.

Rubber/ latex gloves are good for cleaning- they keep the chemicals off my hands. I also use them for some of the outdoor spring cleaning, like clearing those partially decomposed leaves from last fall out of the base of the lilac bushes.

I use the thick washable kind of gloves, not the thin disposable ones.

Kerosena at 9:55AM on 04/14/08

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Latex Gloves - Anyone?

If the whole point of wearing gloves is food sanitation, I think it may be a bit of backwards thinking, unless you're throwing out a lot of gloves.

I do wear gloves in the kitchen, sometimes, but I don't particularly like wearing them. Okay, maybe for hot peppers or load of garlic...

The point is, when I'm using bare hands, I can feel if I've got bits of something on my fingers, or if my hands are still a little greasy or soapy, or there's an eggshell hanging on somewhere. But with gloves, I can't feel all of that. So either I'm going to be throwing out a lot of gloves, or I'm going to be doing a lot of washing to make sure the gloves are as clean as my bare hands would be.

dbcurrie at 1:33AM on 04/14/08