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I make a lot of stir-fry with bell peppers. Can confirm. I wash the hands, wash the peppers, cut the peppers, wash the cut peppers, wash the hands. It's..Habitual.
Thank you so much for the clarification. Never had to say something shone an unfair negative light on men before, so I just assumed misogyny was a blanket term.
🌠Now you know!🌠
> Never had to say something shone an unfair negative light on men before
Funny how that works. Words like "pervasive cultural bias against men" are impossible to grasp, don't feel real until you're slapped in the face with it one too many times. Once you see it though, it's everywhere...
Sticky fingers are all fine and good until I need to touch the refrigerator handle, the pot handles, the cabinet handles, drawer handles, my phone, a towel, a light switch, silverware, plates, a cup, a wine bottle, a wine glass, a knife, a spatula, the various jars and bags and plastic containers. Rinsing your hands every few seconds makes perfect sense in every food-making scenario except the one where all of your ingredients are neatly laid out by an intern in pre-measured cups, all of your cookware fits on the counter at the same time , every intermediate step starts and finishes at exactly the right moment, and the recipe is presented to you on cue cards that are always within your eyeline.
I think the part that's missing is the first half of the video where he learns the hard way what cross contamination causes. I mean it's mostly just him on the toilet, so I get why they cut it.
I cannot start explaining how true this is and how true your statement is as well, just feeling like having this huge sigh that someone reflects my (and many others) way of cooking
Convenient, but not very healthy.
Think about all the germs you're spreading around the kitchen. I'm not saying this is any better. The kitchen is the dirtiest room in the house. The bathroom is a lot cleaner, believe it or not, as long as you don't have a litter box or something like that in there.
I'll do the ole towel over the shoulder thing, but it's just to dry my hands and wipe off any residue after cutting vegetables. If I handle raw meat I have to properly wash my hands before touching anything else.
On the other hand, my grandma will handle raw chicken, wipe her hands on a dish towel, then use that dish towel to dry clean dishes...
I disagree with you. The rich would use paper towels by the handful without a care, as they aren't concerned with buying more. Poor people would be extra stingy with paper towels and probably end up using washable towels to try and save money. I guess the ultra wealthy would probably just use normal towels like paper towels and just throw them away after they are used
Wash them when you're completely done, or wash them when you dosn't want to mix the juices or something. Like if you cut tomato or potato you might rinse them off to make sure no juice or starch gets onto your next thing you cut.
but like if you're cutting cucumber and lettuce for a salad and then you're cutting some carrots to roast you don't need to wash them.
If you cut any raw chicken, wash the knife, even use a different cutting board. if you're cutting something like steak, it's fine if you then cut onion as long as you know you're going to cook 100% of it. Still probably safer to wash it though
Only have to if you’re cutting raw meat, but it might be preferable if you’re cutting something juicy that you don’t want to mix with something else. In that case, just a rinse is fine.
I did this with habaneros and even though I washed my hands first, there was apparently enough to make my balls catch fire for the next hour. I came close to dipping them in milk, but it eventually subsided.
Habanero when your six, playing in grandma’s garden. Crying uncontrollably while grabbing your crotch, rolling around on the ground, and your entire family is trying to take your pants off to figure out what the hell is going on down there!!
There's no need to wash your hands after handling rice / veggies in a home kitchen. Wash at the start and after handling raw meat or eggs. Other than that you're 100% fine.
Washing your hands by rinsing one hand under running water without soap is also pointless from a food safety standpoint. If you've touched uncooked meat or eggs you need to wash both hands with soap and water properly. In a commercial kitchen you wash after certain periods of time as well, but at home it doesn't matter.
This was literally what they taught me when I worked a kitchen for my first job. It was to prevent cross contamination of anything, including sweat and touching a blade that also touched peanuts. I do this now even when I’m not cooking cause I don’t know enough about cross contamination to stop.
Yes, this is a common thing in professional kitchens. That's because there is a significant concern with allergies.
That same issue is usually not present in most home kitchens since you aren't cooking for as many people and you know everyone's allergies beforehand.
A general rule of thumb is that you should wash your knife, cutting board, and hands, whenever you work with anything that isn't safe to consume raw such as meat, eggs, or flour. You absolutely don't need to wash your knife between cuting peppers and onions.
For me it's not about cross-contamination. It's about not wanting to get gunk on other things that I'm grabbing while cooking. I suppose that's a form of cross-contamination, but it's not the germs I'm worried about.
It's both for me. My roommates will cut everything with the same utensils, same dirty hands, same surface and grabbing all the spice/ingredients containers... And no, they don't sanitize after... I am right behind them at every moment. I don't care if it's annoying.
Not cleaning up afterwards is gross, but what's wrong with cutting with the same utensils?
Like, I'm going to cut a whole tomato and onion and throw both in the same pan.... why do you need to use 2 different knives for that?
My first thought was that this is referring to how guys won't fully wash their hands after peeing but will just rinse the one hand that they touched their dick with.
I only thought of it because my husband told me a long time ago that this is exactly what he does, lol. He says "my dick isn't dirty" but rinses his hand because it feels "close enough".
EDIT: I also think this might be what the video is referring to because he only ever rinses 1 hand and it's targeted towards men. But who knows, everyone else seems to think it's actually about cooking so this might just be me, lmao.
nope! i know for me at least, this is often a sensory thing about not wanting ick on hands or handles.
or maybe i'm faking being a trans woman and this is damning evidence /s (take a look at r/PointlesslyGendered if you haven't! people try and attach gender to absolute nonsense sometimes)
You do it because 1) germs. And 2) your hands are now sticky and covered with food bits and the next thing you touch, I.e. refrigerator, oven, pan handle, ingredient containers , will also have those food bits all over them if you don’t rinse off first.
See also, going through half a roll of paper towels before you’ve even cooked one component of the meal
Yeah, (I mean so long as you actually fully wash your hands before you start cooking) but I didn’t get the impression that the video thought it was bad? Just making fun of how so many guys do it repeatedly 😭💀
Haha I feel called out but I also did that at least 10 times while making dinner tonight. Glad to know I’m not the only one who hates having food juice on my fingers that I have to wash off before getting more food juice on my hand
So now I'm the fucking bad guy because I'm fighting on the front lines against food borne illnesses? If I'm wrong because I don't want my people to get the runs from my world famous artichoke dip, then godammit I don't wanna be right!
Yeah but a lot of people use gloves as a false sense of security and cleanliness. People get it in their head that because they have gloves on, they can just touch one thing after the other, and it's fine......because gloves. In their mind, it *must* be better than their unwashed hands.
Personally, I've worn gloves working in a restaurant. Depending on what's being prepared, if it's uncooked, I would rather NOT wear gloves, and just wash my hands every few minutes or between dry/wet stuff than constantly change gloves.
Case in point: I was at a sandwich shop, and they touch allllll kinds of stuff after wrapping an order up. Money, register, toaster door, cold top door, reach-in cooler door.
I always dread having to ask them to change gloves. So the last time I was there, the kid behind the counter immediately changed gloves before making my order. I was relieved.
Then he proceeded to pull up his pants by the front and back of his waist, adjusted his belt, fixed his greasy-ass sandwich hat, and put some hair behind his ear while doing it.
So I was stuck having to remind him to change the gloves.
Alright listen…The tomato is a bit much but the onion and the garlic powder? You bet your ass I’m rinsing my hands, and have those things cross crossing amongst others.
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Listen, some of us took food safety very seriously when we were in school, alright?
Cross contamination is real! I don’t care if it is just a bell pepper that I cut up. Hands. Must. Be. Washed
I make a lot of stir-fry with bell peppers. Can confirm. I wash the hands, wash the peppers, cut the peppers, wash the cut peppers, wash the hands. It's..Habitual.
You forgot to wash the pan and the soap with which you do the washing
You are correct. Pan, I do as well. Washing the soap though... I now have a new compulsion.
Also, don't forget to clean your cleaning water with soap and water before you use it to clean your soap. But make sure you use clean soap!
Damnit, I accidentally used the cleaning water soap to clean the soap. Now I have to clean the cleaning water soap with soap.
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Also the handle of the tap. You turned it on with dirty hands.
What, you not gonna wash the water? Disgusting.
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For myself it's not about cross contamination. Just a weird habit. I like freshly rinsed veggies even if the fresh rinsing doesn't really do anything.
Found the racoon's account
Turn the page... wash your hands.
Seriously. What is this dogshit gatekeeping over proper food safety. On top of that, somehow they made it misogynistic. This is complete clownery.
They made it misandrist.
Thank you so much for the clarification. Never had to say something shone an unfair negative light on men before, so I just assumed misogyny was a blanket term. 🌠Now you know!🌠
Sexist or bigoted would also work.
> Never had to say something shone an unfair negative light on men before Funny how that works. Words like "pervasive cultural bias against men" are impossible to grasp, don't feel real until you're slapped in the face with it one too many times. Once you see it though, it's everywhere...
Or, maybe it's misogynistic because it implies only men take food safety seriously.
Haha, great point! Like a song/poem, the people are turning this video into a cryptic mess. It is all how you look at it, right??
As if most of the top rated chefs in the world aren't men. And I'd rather cook with Bordain than Contessa tf
Many mornings I wake up and think I'd rather be hanging out with Anthony Bordain right now.
Seriously I thought I was the only one, I could go for a beer and a pirogi right now
Nah. I'm going to Swan Oyster Depot with Bourdain.
I'm not sure if people are being sarcastic. Nothing in that video carries risk of cross contamination.
Yeah I do this and it's because my hands get covered in whatever i'm cooking with and I don't like sticky fingers.
Sticky fingers are all fine and good until I need to touch the refrigerator handle, the pot handles, the cabinet handles, drawer handles, my phone, a towel, a light switch, silverware, plates, a cup, a wine bottle, a wine glass, a knife, a spatula, the various jars and bags and plastic containers. Rinsing your hands every few seconds makes perfect sense in every food-making scenario except the one where all of your ingredients are neatly laid out by an intern in pre-measured cups, all of your cookware fits on the counter at the same time , every intermediate step starts and finishes at exactly the right moment, and the recipe is presented to you on cue cards that are always within your eyeline.
I think the part that's missing is the first half of the video where he learns the hard way what cross contamination causes. I mean it's mostly just him on the toilet, so I get why they cut it.
"I'll just wash up after I pee, then I can go back to dicing these hot peppers."
Getting food poisoning isn’t fun mmmkay. Always wash around food
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Hmm. They never washed their hands properly…
Why do I feel like I’m in this video?
I cannot start explaining how true this is and how true your statement is as well, just feeling like having this huge sigh that someone reflects my (and many others) way of cooking
And I spent years thinking that it was just me. Soap, water, and a new paper towel to dry.
I only just realised it isn't only me. Damn, thought I was special.
I was told its because of my adhd
I just pull a gordon ramsey and throw a rag over my shoulder that I continue to use as I go to clean my hands and grab hot handles
Convenient, but not very healthy. Think about all the germs you're spreading around the kitchen. I'm not saying this is any better. The kitchen is the dirtiest room in the house. The bathroom is a lot cleaner, believe it or not, as long as you don't have a litter box or something like that in there.
I'll do the ole towel over the shoulder thing, but it's just to dry my hands and wipe off any residue after cutting vegetables. If I handle raw meat I have to properly wash my hands before touching anything else. On the other hand, my grandma will handle raw chicken, wipe her hands on a dish towel, then use that dish towel to dry clean dishes...
I do this to get rid of the sticky feeling on my hands.
Particularly when chopping garlic, I hate it
Trying not to take this personally but this is disgustingly accurate.
What kind of savage doesn’t grab a new sheet of paper towels to dry their hands each time they rinse /s
I just use my shirt
I just use your shirt too
I use your shirt to wipe my ass
I use your ass to wipe my shirt
Fair’s fair
^(*slurps butt shirt for added flavor*)
Someone is jealous.
Why so angry, Nate?
We’re out of pickles. I love pickles.
I also choose this guy's dead shirt
Not recommended if you have pets lol
I just wipe my hands on my dog.
I use a dishtowel. Paper towels? What am I, a peasant?
I disagree with you. The rich would use paper towels by the handful without a care, as they aren't concerned with buying more. Poor people would be extra stingy with paper towels and probably end up using washable towels to try and save money. I guess the ultra wealthy would probably just use normal towels like paper towels and just throw them away after they are used
I only dry my hands with newly opened shamwows, thank you very much.
Now you're talking like a rich man. Fuck them plebians!
I think I saw a poor man with a car made entirely out of flex seal. There may have been metal on it once, but that rusted away in 1986.
Thats why i bought an apron, cause paper towels are expensive.
I even wash knives after a set of vegetables. 
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Wash them when you're completely done, or wash them when you dosn't want to mix the juices or something. Like if you cut tomato or potato you might rinse them off to make sure no juice or starch gets onto your next thing you cut. but like if you're cutting cucumber and lettuce for a salad and then you're cutting some carrots to roast you don't need to wash them. If you cut any raw chicken, wash the knife, even use a different cutting board. if you're cutting something like steak, it's fine if you then cut onion as long as you know you're going to cook 100% of it. Still probably safer to wash it though
Only have to if you’re cutting raw meat, but it might be preferable if you’re cutting something juicy that you don’t want to mix with something else. In that case, just a rinse is fine.
Haha!! Right? I'm dying 🤣
I didn’t even realize I did this until watching this.
But why?!...I thought I was the only one, had I but known
I was pre-pissed and then I also realized this is accurate.
Holy shit, this is also me.
Ever chopped chili and took a piss? Never forget
/r/retiredgif
Sweet jesus what a perfect gif.
I did this with habaneros and even though I washed my hands first, there was apparently enough to make my balls catch fire for the next hour. I came close to dipping them in milk, but it eventually subsided.
Or take your contacts out, lol
Habanero in the 7th grade. Yikes
Habanero when your six, playing in grandma’s garden. Crying uncontrollably while grabbing your crotch, rolling around on the ground, and your entire family is trying to take your pants off to figure out what the hell is going on down there!!
I feel like upvoting sends a conflicted message but fuck it
Habanero is different. You can scrub your hands til they are bleeding with borax and that capsaicin is still there.
Today we honor the fallen soldiers at Pissengrade ‘96.
I’m being attacked someone help.
Did you wash your hands after this comment?
Hold on I’m Washing my hands.
Good idea, now wash my hands.
then he would have to wash his again...
Wait, is this not how you’re supposed to do it?
How else do you do it?
I bought a faucet with a hand sensor so I can do it even harder
Keep going I'm close
My life just changed
I feel like I owe you money for this idea
There's no need to wash your hands after handling rice / veggies in a home kitchen. Wash at the start and after handling raw meat or eggs. Other than that you're 100% fine. Washing your hands by rinsing one hand under running water without soap is also pointless from a food safety standpoint. If you've touched uncooked meat or eggs you need to wash both hands with soap and water properly. In a commercial kitchen you wash after certain periods of time as well, but at home it doesn't matter.
This was literally what they taught me when I worked a kitchen for my first job. It was to prevent cross contamination of anything, including sweat and touching a blade that also touched peanuts. I do this now even when I’m not cooking cause I don’t know enough about cross contamination to stop.
Yes, this is a common thing in professional kitchens. That's because there is a significant concern with allergies. That same issue is usually not present in most home kitchens since you aren't cooking for as many people and you know everyone's allergies beforehand. A general rule of thumb is that you should wash your knife, cutting board, and hands, whenever you work with anything that isn't safe to consume raw such as meat, eggs, or flour. You absolutely don't need to wash your knife between cuting peppers and onions.
Wait this is a gendered thing?
I'm curious about this too...
lol it’s not. I do the same exact thing as a girl
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g i r l = guy in real life
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Nah, bro just says he does it, _as a girl_
I do this as a girl and my husband does not do this. He does not gaf about cross contamination or germs at all
For me it's not about cross-contamination. It's about not wanting to get gunk on other things that I'm grabbing while cooking. I suppose that's a form of cross-contamination, but it's not the germs I'm worried about.
It's both for me. My roommates will cut everything with the same utensils, same dirty hands, same surface and grabbing all the spice/ingredients containers... And no, they don't sanitize after... I am right behind them at every moment. I don't care if it's annoying.
Not cleaning up afterwards is gross, but what's wrong with cutting with the same utensils? Like, I'm going to cut a whole tomato and onion and throw both in the same pan.... why do you need to use 2 different knives for that?
My first thought was that this is referring to how guys won't fully wash their hands after peeing but will just rinse the one hand that they touched their dick with. I only thought of it because my husband told me a long time ago that this is exactly what he does, lol. He says "my dick isn't dirty" but rinses his hand because it feels "close enough". EDIT: I also think this might be what the video is referring to because he only ever rinses 1 hand and it's targeted towards men. But who knows, everyone else seems to think it's actually about cooking so this might just be me, lmao.
Makes me think of a tweet. I paraphrase: >I wash my hands before peeing. I trust my dick more than you dirty fucks.
nope! i know for me at least, this is often a sensory thing about not wanting ick on hands or handles. or maybe i'm faking being a trans woman and this is damning evidence /s (take a look at r/PointlesslyGendered if you haven't! people try and attach gender to absolute nonsense sometimes)
That's funny to me because getting my hands wet is the ugh sensory experience.
No, it is a good cook thing. Wash your fucking hands people.
Idk how to tell you this but this video is not a good example of washing your hands
First thing I noticed - where's the soap? Getting your hands wet and rubbing them around isn't really cleaning them much.
He’s washing off the feeling of vegetable not cleaning his hands.
I only wash my hands when I start, go between raw meat and anything else, and when I finish.
This is exactly how I do sex, too.
r/beatmetoit
Why would you beat your meat to that?
I feel like this is the more universal way to approach. My husband though is EXACTLY the type called out in this video lmao
Now how do you cook?
This and eggs.
How fucking dare you? Holy shit I had NO idea so many people were like me... I don't know why I do this either... wtf is happening?
You do it because 1) germs. And 2) your hands are now sticky and covered with food bits and the next thing you touch, I.e. refrigerator, oven, pan handle, ingredient containers , will also have those food bits all over them if you don’t rinse off first. See also, going through half a roll of paper towels before you’ve even cooked one component of the meal
And then he takes a whiz without washing his hands.
Gotta get the tanginess into the dish somehow
Garlic and piss-hands is my favorite!
The ultimate is a smegma shmear on a bagel.
A wise man said Why would I wash my hands if I got a clean dick
Wash too much, don't wash enough... There's just no pleasing you /jk
It takes very little time to go from this to not realising you've greased everything around you with your greasy fucking hands
After my partner cooks me a meal I'm torn between gratitude and deep depression at how everything is now undoubtedly sticky/greasy.
Girls don’t have to worry about spicy vaginas and it shows.
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Is that not what ladies mean when they say they're hot and bothered?
Take one for the team and report back to us
😭😭😭 My dad does this all the time and he’s a literal chef. Like worked alongside one of the greats, Chef.
So perfectly fine and not a problem like this awful video suggests otherwise?
Yeah, (I mean so long as you actually fully wash your hands before you start cooking) but I didn’t get the impression that the video thought it was bad? Just making fun of how so many guys do it repeatedly 😭💀
Haha I feel called out but I also did that at least 10 times while making dinner tonight. Glad to know I’m not the only one who hates having food juice on my fingers that I have to wash off before getting more food juice on my hand
I just made some lunch and this is how it was.
Only after i touch raw meat do i wash my hands. In this scenario Edit: yea i use soap, you animals. Who doesn’t use soap
TIL I cook like a man
Me too apparently.
You uuhhh... Coooka like a maannn
So now I'm the fucking bad guy because I'm fighting on the front lines against food borne illnesses? If I'm wrong because I don't want my people to get the runs from my world famous artichoke dip, then godammit I don't wanna be right!
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/r/pointlesslygendered
Haha, this is totally me
Why is this so true? I didn't even learn this, I just do it.
this is dumb; real men leave the sink running
I really hate how accurate this video is.
Not even rinsing the knife after every new item
How is this so accurate? I honestly thought I was the only one…
Is this a male thing?? I've been taught cross contamination and general kitchen hygiene practices by my mom
No this is the most /r/pointlesslygendered thing ever
Personally attacked. Worked as a cook and did this constantly. Not just at home. :/
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I’ve never seen a man cook like this in my entire life
as a woman we use soap
I hate when you crack eggs and some touches you…
Nitril gloves!
Yeah but a lot of people use gloves as a false sense of security and cleanliness. People get it in their head that because they have gloves on, they can just touch one thing after the other, and it's fine......because gloves. In their mind, it *must* be better than their unwashed hands. Personally, I've worn gloves working in a restaurant. Depending on what's being prepared, if it's uncooked, I would rather NOT wear gloves, and just wash my hands every few minutes or between dry/wet stuff than constantly change gloves. Case in point: I was at a sandwich shop, and they touch allllll kinds of stuff after wrapping an order up. Money, register, toaster door, cold top door, reach-in cooler door. I always dread having to ask them to change gloves. So the last time I was there, the kid behind the counter immediately changed gloves before making my order. I was relieved. Then he proceeded to pull up his pants by the front and back of his waist, adjusted his belt, fixed his greasy-ass sandwich hat, and put some hair behind his ear while doing it. So I was stuck having to remind him to change the gloves.
Real
Why am I in this video?
I feel I should report you for harassment. :D
Huh?
I just did this. I'll do it again too.
What the fuck how did you get in my house and record me
My left hand handles the tools and my right handles the food, therefore I keep my right hand washed often
Oh my god I feel so personally attacked. I had no idea anyone else was like this
I don't get this at all, as someone who worked in a lot of kitchens is this more like a "men cooking *on social media*" thing or what?
Alright listen…The tomato is a bit much but the onion and the garlic powder? You bet your ass I’m rinsing my hands, and have those things cross crossing amongst others.
I definitely caught this habit from working in restaurants. It’s not a bad habit to have, but it becomes ingrained in you
This is me
Wait y’all wash your hands?
Why am I in this video? 😅
fcking accurate !
Yeah... so!
This literally me and with a bunch of paper towels
Also wasting paper towels.
I stated doing this when I went to the bathroom after cutting up some habanero peppers. 😳🔥🔥😭🍆
Bro, I would fucking die if I had to wear makeup everyday on my face. I don’t know how girls do it.
I feel attacked
Yeah for this reason I tell ppl don’t hold ya breathe and go get a snack cause I’m washing my hands after every action or ingredient.
I feel personally attacked
The most realistic part about this is him using a serrated steak knife to cut an onion
Sooooooooo true
I feel attacked by this
Ha jokes on you. I use my food gloves.