Is it ok to lick the spoon after baking?
By maddysmommy
@maddysmommy (16230)
United States
February 26, 2008 2:55pm CST
I was wondering whether it was ok to lick the spoon after mixing ingredients for a chocolate cake, or fudge or cookie mix. Now and then I do and wondered whether it's actually a good thing to do. I was told that one could possibly get Salmonella? Not sure if this is true or not but I thought I would ask. Does anyone know? Do you lick the spoon too?
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
27 Feb 08
We definitely don't reuse the spoon. Once its licked its put with the other dishes to be washed :)
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
28 Feb 08
Hi mummymo :) I have also done it for years and had not realised that raw eggs could give you salmonella either :)
@34momma (13882)
• United States
26 Feb 08
it is not the clean thing to do, but if it is you and your son making cookies in the kitchen i say lick the spoon until your tongue is nice and full and you had more then your share.
I can not cook dinner unless i taste my food as i go. no one is my family has gotten salmonella as of yet! LOL
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
26 Feb 08
My hubby is like that, he likes to taste his food as he goes along cooking too. I have never gotten sick either so I suppose its ok to keep on doing it LOL
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@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
27 Feb 08
well i guess if you baked with fresh eggs then there is definitely a chance of samonella. but i find it so tempting, especially when i bake brownies. it's all so nice and chocolatey like fresh fudge.
so sometimes i do - but not the entire spoon and bowl! i think it's so nice for a kid to have a home where there are smells of fresh baking. when i have a kid i hope he or she bakes with me and has lots of fun in his or her family life!
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
27 Feb 08
It's always tempting especially when its something with chocolate in it hehe I can't resist!
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
27 Feb 08
I don't know about the Salmonella, I've never heard of that before. Yes I lick the spoon, but then I usually get a new one and give that to my kids along with the bowl. Unless any of the ingredients of whatever it is you are baking have gone bad, I don't see where licking the spoon could be unhealthy.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
27 Feb 08
I hadn't either until one of the parents at the bus stop told me that and to be careful when licking the spoon. Apparently the other posters have said if there is raw egg in the mixture then you need to be careful. I still lick the spoon even if it does have raw egg in it and have never been sick.
@supeemom (121)
• United States
26 Feb 08
I think the Salmonella concern comes from the raw egg that is in the batter before its cooked. If you are using and mix that does not contain eggs (a just add water kind) then I think it would be ok to lick the spoon. I've licked spoons all my life and have yet to get Salmonella, nor has anyone I've known.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
26 Feb 08
Me too. I was talking to my neighbor at the bus stop while waiting for my son and I was telling her I just finished making a batch of chocolate chip cookies and enoyed licking the spoon (yes the things we talk about LOL) and she said I shouldn't do that because I could get sick and then she mentioned Salmonella, so I thought I would ask. I have never gotten sick either.
Thanks for responding supeemom and welcome to Mylot!
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
26 Feb 08
When I was a little girl, my two sister's and I would lick the wooden spoon and the bowl, after my mom got finished mixing her Pound Cake. I have never heard of anyone getting sick from it. I would think that as long as you were willing to share a little chocolate with Maddy, everything would be fine, hehe.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
26 Feb 08
Oh yummy pound cake haven't had that in a long time! Well actually Maddy does get the spoon and I get the bowl LOL
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@daryljane (3406)
• Philippines
26 Feb 08
The family is running a cake business for 20 years now, and my mom really hates it when one licks the spoon after mixing the batter. I used to do that before but stopped when my mom told me its not a good practice since were making cake for other people..but about getting Salmonella,,,i havent heard of that yet...I dont know if thats also possible since youre only mixing the ingredients.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
26 Feb 08
I can understand your mom saying that considering your making cakes for other people but I am not sure on the Salmonella bit. One of the other posters mentioned you can get it from the raw egg in the mix. Interesting! thanks for responding daryljane!
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