DISQUS

AttentionMax: Get Your Dirty Hands Out Of My Kitchen Sink

  • Claire · 1 year ago
    Wow, do people have to take off their shoes and put on those little surgical slippers too? Mellow out, man. :~)
  • laura · 1 year ago
    you need to chill out
  • maxkalehoff · 1 year ago
    Why should I chill out? People even ask me if I can stop cooking sometimes, and step aside, so they can wash their hands in my sink. That's not cool. Kitchen sinks are for food and dishes.
  • KarenSwim · 1 year ago
    Max, totally agree with you here! I wash dishes by hand frequently (eco friendly) and wash my hands in the bathroom before washing dishes. It should be noted that I don't get sick during flu season either. You can transfer all kinds of bacteria to your food, you're not being anal, just smart.
  • maxkalehoff · 1 year ago
    Thanks for backing me up, Karen. See, Laura and Claire? I'm not crazy!
  • Chris · 1 year ago
    If you have to though, check out copper sinks. Not only do they work great for washing dishes, copper itself is an antimicrobial surface that is naturally self-renewing. Few metals have these properties of being both germ free and able to naturally repair themselves.
  • Jessica · 1 year ago
    I am so glad to hear someone else is willing to fight the "norm" of hand washing in the kitchen sink. I was brought up with this as the standard, and not until I was a teen did I even see anyone wash their hands in the kitchen sink, and when I did I was so grossed out. No wonder they find feces on kitchen sinks!!! I cannot understand why people assume that the health department standards of not washing hands in the food prep or dish washing sink is wrong. Don't let anyone make you feel bad for doing what you know is right, and respecting your home and your rules.
  • Mel · 1 year ago
    Wow. Is that all you have to worry about? Stop complaining and count your blessings. Your kids need to build up immunity to bacteria which they won't do if you keep them in an sterile enviroment. Lighten up. Life is short...
  • maxkalehoff · 1 year ago
    Thanks Mel. I do count my blessings. But I also used to work in a
    restaurant and am aware of the feces that travel on hands. Agree with
    you on benefits of germ exposure, but I prefer to keep them away from
    my food!
  • darrell · 1 year ago
    As I write this comment, I am recovering from 3 days of sickness from germs in my food. I went to the mall and ordered a fruit smoothy from Orange Juleus. After eating it, i became immediately ill with headache, nausia, upset stomach.

    Please excuse my misery, but PEOPLE PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS, people really get painfully sick and suffer for days because you don't think its important to clean the germs off your hands and food preparation utensils.
  • cuartman · 9 months ago
    I think if your hands are clean when you enter the food prep area, then to keep your hands clean while handling different types of food it would be ok to wash your hands in the same sink where you wash dishes or prepare food.

    Also, copper sinks do have the benefit of killing even E.Coli in about 1 hour. I like having this property of copper on my side with my copper kitchen sink.
  • commercial kitchenware · 6 months ago
    Nice post.. Simple but informative article.. Hope I can read another like this..