Licking the spoon..

I only lick the spoon in the presence of my girlifriend...or actually, figuratively speaking, she's the one doing it ;)

Growing up, I always had to lick the spoon or wisk form the mixer. After 24 years of doing so, I am just fine. It seems like a tradition in my family to do so. I always enjoyed it, I think the mass quantity might in the long run, but never heard of a real sickness from a innocent treat.

we have always done that when we were kids and so has my son growing up. I don`t think it will hurt them. besides its yummy. kids always love to lick the spoon.

I've been licking the spoons after mixing cakes for more than 25 years now, and I've never been sick because of it. I believe that you will rather get salmonella poisoning from uncooked chicken meat than the eggs.

I let my kids do it. I think if they were eating it all the time (like say a bowl a day) then it might be a problem. My kids would hit the roof if told cant lick the bowl!

i dont know of any one who has gotten sick. i did it as a kid, and im still here. also look at all the drinks out there that call for raw eggs.

My siblings and myself have never been sick from this enjoyment. Enjoy Brihanna.

I have never known anyone that had gotten sick by licking the bowl or spoon. I have done it and so have my children and they're not sick.

I did it as a child and never got sick. It's the best part of "helping" mom make cookies or a cake. I don't think that there is any risk in letting your kids lick the spoon or the beaters. I have never heard of anyone getting sick from this.

I have never gotten ill and I've been a spoon licker since I was a little kid! lol! I let my girls lick the spoon too. I know there are raw eggs in most of the mixes, but it's just so yummy! lol!

I think its probably not so good, but more as a just in case kind of deal. i used to lick the spoon, but i never heard of anyone getting sick from it. maybe let them lick the icing spoon instead or the cake mix spoon :) better safe then sorry afterall right ?

I can remember when I was younger my mother always told my sister and I not to do this as we would get worms . We both believed this and when we had our chidren this is what we told them . One day my mother asked my sister where she got such a foolish idea from . My sister told her that it was her that told her this and my mother was like "omg , I must have been just joking " , anyway my sister called me this and told me that it wasn't true at all , so now after how many years later I let my little one's lick the spoon . I don't think there is really any harm that can come from it and it just goes to show how a story can start a generation of something that was said as a joke as something that they think is fact .

I have been doing it for over 50 years, everyone I know has done it. The only time we have not done it is when the eggs we get are not clean. Everyone I know does it. I listen to the numbers, 3 peoplse get sick from doing something and we should not do it, how about 58 kazillion people have done it and no one got sick. If we see a headline that says '10 people get sick from common household......'. It is headlines and it will sell. 50 million people not getting sick does not sell. News headlines make us paranoid

me and my family have also always done it never heard of anyone getting sick tho

I do it all the time and have never gotten sick from it. I love to make cookie dough to just eat, and also haven't gotten sick. So I guess it is totally up to the person if they want to take the chance.

I never licked cake batter but did cookie dough so had raw eggs in it. I think it is sooo funny how they now say everything we did in the days we were growing up was bad and not good for you. You can get this or that. I don't know anyone that has gotten ill from it.

I don't think you should worry about this. Or just buy the eggs that are heat treated, then you don't have the problem at all :-)

I've never known anyone to get sick from licking the spoon. It's the best part of baking. When I was a kid my siblings and I would all fight over the spoon or beater so eventually my mom left just enough for us all to have a taste.

I don't know anyone that has ever gotten sick from that. Like you said we all do that and it is sometimes the best part of making a cake, brownies, etc.

i know some people who eat raw eggs.. you need not to worry much :)