The Pig-on-a-Stick Show

[bluejeanz]

I was a little 'freaked out' when I watched Paula's show this past Saturday with the 'Pig on a Stick' recipe. First, she has the tenderloins sitting on a cutting board, picks one up and handles it with both hands to describe it and then says you should always wash your hands (and does so) before touching meat. Huh??? Then, after slicing the meat she puts it into a plastic bag with the marinade, getting goo all over the zipper, zips the bag and then using her 'pork-y' hands, smooshes the bag around so the marinade is distributed. Then she opens the refrigerator with still-dirty hands and puts the plastic bag (that's covered with meat germs on the outside) in the fridge and then washes her hands.

Good lord! I may be more of a meat-germophobic than most people but I always turn the top of the bag down so the meat doesn't touch any part of the zippered area and make sure the outside of the bag is free from contamination. I know there's no pork 'scares' like there were years ago (it's chicken now) but I still cringe at the idea of someone going in there and moving the bag around to get something and contaminating that as well as their hands.

Her Chicken Florentine recipe (even though it was comfort food and made with canned cream of mushroom soup) looked promising until she threw in a whole cup of mayo. Now, I like butter and love sour cream so I'm pretty much okay with most of her recipes but any that have mayo in it that I've tried in the past are just too darn mayo-ee. A little dab'l do ya. I still might make the recipe but either only use a few tablespoons or just leave it out altogether.

[Food Network Fan]

I put the zip tops in a baking dish even if I have it in a plastic bag just in case it leaks out.

I saw that episode too. She said you could also call them Paula on a broom.

My husband loves mayo on sandwiches, but I never eat it. He might like that. I never use mayo in recipes.

[BerryBaby]

I'm the same, Suzie. The plastic bag goes into a bowl or container before putting it in the fridge. I wash my hands so much that I think my skin is going to come off!

[bluejeanz]

I use rubber gloves when I work with meat. I think if they made a body prophylactic, I'd wear that too, LOL.

[Food Network Fan]

Around Christmas when I was baking cookies and making candy I washed my hands so much they chapped.

[BerryBaby]

I've seen episodes where I'm yelling at the TV for them to wash their hands. Tyler has gotten much better at it, but there are still some that don't.

I noticed that a few make the point of saying they use a separate salt dish for each dish as to not to contaminate the salt. Finally! It still bothers me, when they don't wash, and grab the peppermill. They never say anything about cleaning it off afterward, although I would know to do that. Then again, I would wash my hands before touching it in the first place.

Happy RR is finally WASHING her celery before using it. Remember when she would say, "Just use a paper towel to wipe it off before using." Yuck! I never understood how that got anything off of it. Many times, the celery we buy out here, still has dirt on it.

[Food Network Fan]

I wash everything, if I get those bags of salad I was it even if it's "prewashed" but I try not to buy them too often. It's the only way I can get fresh spinach here though. And we all know how that went.

[Chefnot]

Originally Posted by bluejeanz

I use rubber gloves when I work with meat. I think if they made a body prophylactic, I'd wear that too, LOL.

[Chefnot]

Originally Posted by Food Network Fan

I wash everything, if I get those bags of salad I was it even if it's "prewashed" but I try not to buy them too often. It's the only way I can get fresh spinach here though. And we all know how that went.

Only way we can get as well. I hate the prewash***shiver***

[Chefnot]

Btw...what about guy that keeps flinging that dirty towell over his shoulder? (Run, wilson, RUN!)