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amother
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 Thu, Apr 20 2023, 6:56 am
I’ve always wondered this and feel stupid asking someone,, so anonymous Imamother post to the rescue!
When I make meatballs, I mix the raw meatballs a few minutes after I’ve put them in the pot, then put that long spoon on a nearby plate. (Never had a spoon rest!) then 20 minutes later I mix it again with that spoon. Then half an hour later I realize the meatballs are probably fully cooked but I want them to cook further so the sauce thickens on them, and I don’t want to use the spoon that has raw meat residue on it, so I take a new spoon and plate.
The other day I made fried fish. I turned over the fish using a wide spatula, the first side was ready, but the other side was raw. A few minutes later I wanted to flip them again, but I didn’t want the spatula with raw fish crumbs to touch the already cooked side, and I didn’t have another nonstick spatula, so I scrubbed it clean. Then, a few minutes later, the fish was ready, and I was afraid there was raw fish crumbs on the spatula from my prior flip, so I scrubbed it again.
Am I normal or OCD? For reference, my parents cooked a lot but never seemed to care about raw food contamination, they definitely would be using the same utensil throughout, and we never got sick, but I look down at their food hygiene in general!
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amother
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:00 am
This sounds normal to me
It's similar to how I do things in the kitchen
I'm very sensitive.
Throughout my childhood and teen years I used to get what my mother called "stomach viruses" (which I now know was food poisoning) once or twice a month. But since I moved out and am very strict with food safety it no longer happens.
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amother
Bone
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:01 am
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Seems a little extra to me. But if you’re happy did it really matter?
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first time mom!
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:10 am
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When I’m frying shnitzel for example, I’ll leave the tips of the metal tongs in the hot oil hoping it’s cooking any raw bits left on it from the flip.
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amother
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:11 am
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op I'm the same and also wondered if I was crazy. thanks for posting.
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amother
Pearl
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:14 am
I am not ocd
I am very careful with raw food contamination
I don't use the same utensils that I touch the raw food with
when cooked I use different utensils
and probably switch to that when it is lightly cooked so as not to bring the raw food contamination
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amother
Almond
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:15 am
| first time mom! wrote: | | When I’m frying shnitzel for example, I’ll leave the tips of the metal tongs in the hot oil hoping it’s cooking any raw bits left on it from the flip. |
I use 2 different forks when frying Shnitzel, 1 for the raw and 1 for the fried.
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Bnei Berak 10
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:16 am
| amother Lilac wrote: | This sounds normal to me
It's similar to how I do things in the kitchen
I'm very sensitive.
Throughout my childhood and teen years I used to get what my mother called "stomach viruses" (which I now know was food poisoning) once or twice a month. But since I moved out and am very strict with food safety it no longer happens. |
Once or twice a month? 
Did it ever occur to your mother that such a thing isn't normal?
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amother
Tulip
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:19 am
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I never though of myself as ocd in that way but I always automatically wash the spoon/spatula every time I take it out of the bowl. It just feels right.
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zaq
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:19 am
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Better than normal. "Normal" would be to use the same utensil, but "normal" just means "what most people do," not "the best thing to do."
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sequoia
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:21 am
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I do the same thing, and don’t put anything on the spatula rest once it’s officially “cooking.”
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amother
Babyblue
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:21 am
| zaq wrote: | | Better than normal. "Normal" would be to use the same utensil, but "normal" just means "what most people do," not "the best thing to do." |
but if normal people never get sick then there's no need to be "better"? as I said upthread. I'm like op but do wonder if I'm crazy.
I feel bad for the poster who kept getting sick from her mother's food. that's so sad 
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mzybas
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:30 am
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I guess OCD would depend on a diagnosis. But if it doesn't affect your mental wellbeing then do what makes you comfortable. No such thing as 'normal' 🙂
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HonesttoGod
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:32 am
| first time mom! wrote: | | When I’m frying shnitzel for example, I’ll leave the tips of the metal tongs in the hot oil hoping it’s cooking any raw bits left on it from the flip. |
I do this. If not then I change or rinse like you do.
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Busybee5
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:34 am
Normal to me but maybe I'm also OCD 
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amother
DarkMagenta
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:34 am
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Ummm you all know that you can literally eat raw fish and meat right? I never do any of that even with chicken and bH we’re all fine
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Bnei Berak 10
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:40 am
| amother OP wrote: | I’ve always wondered this and feel stupid asking someone,, so anonymous Imamother post to the rescue!
When I make meatballs, I mix the raw meatballs a few minutes after I’ve put them in the pot, then put that long spoon on a nearby plate. (Never had a spoon rest!) then 20 minutes later I mix it again with that spoon. Then half an hour later I realize the meatballs are probably fully cooked but I want them to cook further so the sauce thickens on them, and I don’t want to use the spoon that has raw meat residue on it, so I take a new spoon and plate.
The other day I made fried fish. I turned over the fish using a wide spatula, the first side was ready, but the other side was raw. A few minutes later I wanted to flip them again, but I didn’t want the spatula with raw fish crumbs to touch the already cooked side, and I didn’t have another nonstick spatula, so I scrubbed it clean. Then, a few minutes later, the fish was ready, and I was afraid there was raw fish crumbs on the spatula from my prior flip, so I scrubbed it again.
Am I normal or OCD? For reference, my parents cooked a lot but never seemed to care about raw food contamination, they definitely would be using the same utensil throughout, and we never got sick, but I look down at their food hygiene in general! |
IMHO you are normal! 
You simply don't like raw and cooked crumbs together. You are sensitive to hygiene and I guess your house is very clean. Soiled or dirty things you dislike.
Some of us are very sensitive, some not.
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amother
Orange
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 7:41 am
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I think the norms today are pretty neurotic.
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observer
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Thu, Apr 20 2023, 8:01 am
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When you mix the meatballs in the boiling sauce, whatever is on the spatula is getting cooked, so it's not raw anymore.
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