I believe you should use a clean serving spoon or fork for pickles, relish, mayonnaise, butter or any other food on the table that is shared. A friend says that's crazy. Her son just grabs pickles with his fork, after he has eaten off it. He uses the knife for peanut butter and licks it and then uses it to get jelly. I feel sick and don't want to use any of the food in his house. Is this dangerous or just pain poor manners? Thanks

It is poor manners and even if there is no chance of 'getting' anything I would not eat anything at their house just on the thought alone. If that is how they choose to do in their house they can share their own family germs amongst each other.

I wonder if they are related to the family that pours unfinished glasses of milk back into the gallon container? Or the person who drinks right from the pitcher or container, then puts it back into the refrigerator? Or who wipes up the puppy pee with the dishcloth and then tosses it back into the sink for washing dishes later.

Be sure to have gotten all your shots before you eat at your friend's house. Ewwwwwwwwww.

You are not crazy, that is disgusting. I would definitely not be eating at their house.

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Originally Posted by deel4493

I believe you should use a clean serving spoon or fork for pickles, relish, mayonnaise, butter or any other food on the table that is shared. A friend says that's crazy. Her son just grabs pickles with his fork, after he has eaten off of it. He uses the knife for peanut butter and licks it and then uses it to get jelly. I feel sick and don't want to use any of the food in his house. Is this dangerous or just pain poor manners? thanks

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It will put his saliva in the food and saliva does have bacteria but I doubt it would actually make you physically sick. It's more poor manners.

Just the thought of cross contamination would be enough to keep me away from eating at that house. Yes, bacteria can transfer. Poor hygiene, bad manners, and lack of parental smarts. Hope they do not ever come over to your place with that kind of bad manners.

When and if you do an experiment at school where you cook a meal, you will learn about contamination and bacterial infection in food. They will get a series of petri dishes where there is a sterile gel and then you add a human hair on one , cough on another, lick another put some dust on another maybe even dab a washcloth on the surface of another-the dishes are warmed for about a week. Just wait to see what grows from the bacteria on the dishes-this will be proof enough of just how unhygenic their family practises are.

P.S. does this family have a lot of gastrointestinal illnesses?

These people have no idea-would you go and eat a t restaurant where the chef licked the butter knife and spread your sandwich with it?? \


Don't eat there if you want to avoid sickness!

It's called cross-contamination. I would not eat at this person's house.