Posted on 02/02/2008 5:55:41 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Double dipping? 'Seinfeld' was right
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Feb 1, 10:30 PM ET
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous "Seinfeld" episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross.
"That's like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!" George Costanza was admonished on the show after he dipped a chip twice at a wake. That's not too far off, said Clemson University professor Paul L. Dawson.
Last year the food microbiologist's undergraduate students examined the effects of double dipping using volunteers, wheat crackers and several sample dips. They found that three to six double dips transferred about 10,000 bacteria from an eater's mouth to the remaining dip sample.
"I was very surprised by the results," Dawson said in a telephone interview Thursday. "I thought there would be very minimal transfer. I didn't think we would be able to detect it."
The professor said the students' research didn't get into the risk behind such a bacteria transfer, but they got the idea.
"I like to say it's like kissing everybody at the party — if you're double dipping, you're putting some of your bacteria in that dip," Dawson said.
The results of the research are scheduled to be published in the journal Food Safety within the next six months, he said.
A K-Bar is the only tool required on our food table.
Works great with cheese balls, dip or meat. Just wipe it on your pants leg before switching foods.
More party etiquette...
JERRY: So lemme get this straight: you find yourself in the kitchen. You see an éclair, in the receptacle. And you think to yourself, “What the hell, I’ll just eat some trash.”
LOL!!! And how appropriate that it happened at a Taco Bell!
Anyone who has ever done that, raise your hands.
LOL
EMB, I just noticed your tagline.
You might want to read post #22.
Plus a few times ‘below the rim’ and without the doily on.
What irks me is people who lick their fingers, then plunge their hand into a shared bowl of snacks. HEY, why don’t you just spit on the food?!
That's BS. Everyone knows that the spice from the Jalapenos kills all the germs!
I've been dipping all my life, and nothing has killed me. I've built up an immunity to germs. :0)
“never share dip in the first place”
Bingo.
More bad manners to avoid:
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Kramer: What did I miss? (asking his “intern”)
Darren: Well, after ordering, Mr. Seinfeld and Mr. Costanza debated on whether or not iron man wore some sort under garment between his skin and his iron suit…
Kramer: Uh huh…
Darren: Mr. Seinfeld went to the restroom, at which point Mr. Costanza scooped ice out of Mr. Seinfeld’s drink with his bare hands using it to wash up (Jerry is taking a sip of water and looking mad) then Mr. Costanza remarked to me, “This never happened.” (Jerry then spits out the water).
2. If you take your shirt off remember to put it it back on.
It is disgusting. I do it when I’m the only one eating from the dip. At a party I spoon a pile of dip on my plate and take a bunch of chips. That way I can leave the dip or lean back and shovel in snacks in more efficiently.
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