"Mark" wrote in message
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It seems people have lost common sense when it comes to cleaning. For
some reason they think something has to be sanitary to be safe. It seems
to be becoming a national obsession.

Listen to this: A woman I was seeing couldn't bring herself to move dirty
dishes to the dishwasher more than once a week. But, she used to rinse the
INSIDES of things like tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers, melons, etc.,
after slicing them. Made for some very soupy food sometimes, and very moist
BLT sandwiches.


What about a stainless steel butcher block covered, with a bank of UV
lights
mounted above it? Let's get anal retentive! :-)


Don't forget the AutoClave!

Already have an autoclave. I run the silverware through it after it's come
out of the dishwasher. Then, I seal each utensil with one of those
heat-sealing things for packaging frozen food. You have to put a little cube
of styrofoam on the tines of the forks first, but it only takes a few hours
a day.