[Sca-cooks] Re: Safety

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

yeah.. i have only rarely seen gloves in use in a non commercial kitchen....
i dont think EVER in a SCA kitchen....... but most of them made us wash
really good.

i am afraid that many people are starting to use the hand goo as a
substitute for washing *and it isnt*.

it is a good replacement for NOT washing your hands.. it is a good addition
to washing your hands.... it is NOT a substitute for soap, water, friction,
and more water....
Kirsten
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
http://www.fabricdragon.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "kris" <ionization at shaw.ca>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: Safety


>
> >Message: 11
> >From: "Kirsten Houseknecht" <kirsten at fabricdragon.com>
> >last time i helped in a kitchen i was  handed hand goo to "wash up" and
then
> >set to the task of making salad, by tearing the lettuce.
> >that was a bare hands on food job......... i wahsed my hands first, but
no
> >one asked me to, they asked me to use the hand goo
> >(and at that they were doing better than many non SCA cooking experiences
i
> >have had)
> >Kirsten
>
> Oh my. As someone who got MAJOR rashes on her hands in chemistry from
doing
> experiments with alcohols where they were "safe" and you "didn't need to
> use gloves" things like this scare me. Some of the hand goos are ok, if I
> wash right after using them, but if someone doing bare hand prep like this
> uses a brand I react to (I have other chemical sensitivities too), I could
> get really sick.
>
> I've worked in a cafeteria where we would go from till to making food, and
> we were required to wash up really well, and wear those cheepie plastic
> gloves when handling food. We'd grab a new pair every time we washed. I'd
> much prefer an investment in those, than ending up sick.
>
> eek,
> kris
>
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