Disposable Gloves for Cooking w/Meat or Poultry

[Anonymous]

Is this a terrible idea to use disposable, latex-free, powder-free gloves just for when I need to touch meat or poultry? I am a pescatarian and cannot stand chicken let alone touching it, but my kids like to eat chicken dishes and I don't mind making it for them. I just don't like touching it and even after I've washed my hands a ton, I still feel disgusting for having touched it (also I'm a germaphobe about food contamination and worry about salmonella). I'd really like to throw on a pair of disposable gloves just for the chicken prep part and discard them right after I'm done with the raw part (would wash my hands of course) and that way I don't actually have to touch the meat. Does anyone else do this?

[Anonymous]

If you opt to go this route, use nitrile gloves. A few year ago I was taking care of my sick dad and the amount of glove waste I was going through made me feel sick. I did some research and it seemed nitrile gloves were the only types of gloves actually accepted by the recycling plants where we lived. Obviously you would probably have to look up where you live as well.

[Anonymous]

If it gets you there, then do what you need to do. Just don't wash your chicken-- promise us that, okay?

Also consider buying already cooked frozen chicken. It is a lifesaver. I like bell & evans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it gets you there, then do what you need to do. Just don't wash your chicken-- promise us that, okay?

Also consider buying already cooked frozen chicken. It is a lifesaver. I like bell & evans.

OP here--no I don't wash my chicken!

[Anonymous]

lol--what do you think they do in restaurants?

[Anonymous]

I rinse my chicken then lysol spray the sink and lysol wipe the counter and wash my hands again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you opt to go this route, use nitrile gloves. A few year ago I was taking care of my sick dad and the amount of glove waste I was going through made me feel sick. I did some research and it seemed nitrile gloves were the only types of gloves actually accepted by the recycling plants where we lived. Obviously you would probably have to look up where you live as well.

They are definitely not recycling these. You can let go of this dream and just throw the gloves away.

[Anonymous]

This seems very wasteful. Just wash your hands and tools, OP.

[Anonymous]

I do this! I eat chicken, I just find it gross to touch raw because of E. coli and I swab down all surfaces afterwards. I use the nitrile gloves

[Anonymous]

Haha. I make my kid touch it if he's around. Mostly because of my fancy rings-- I had him squooosh the meatloaf this weekend because I didn't want to. Another good use for kids!

[Anonymous]

OP from a food safety perspective, this is fine but unnecessary. Keep in mind that if safety is the goal, you still need to wash your hands every time you change gloves.
This sounds like honestly a pretty intense way to accommodate your issues with chicken and meat. There’s no logical reason to do this. But only you know if this is a minor, harmless fix for a peccadillo or part of a bigger picture where accommodating your compulsions is negatively impacting your life.

[Anonymous]

A lot of people do this in Japan. Wasteful but sanitary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it gets you there, then do what you need to do. Just don't wash your chicken-- promise us that, okay?

Also consider buying already cooked frozen chicken. It is a lifesaver. I like bell & evans.

OP here--no I don't wash my chicken!

You know people don't mean washing chicken with soap, right? Nothing wrong w/ washing chicken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people do this in Japan. Wasteful but sanitary

It’s not more sanitary. Truly. Gloves for food prep are to protect the people eating the food from your potential blood borne illnesses. They’re not protecting you from raw chicken. You don’t need protecting from raw chicken unless you’re planning to eat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it gets you there, then do what you need to do. Just don't wash your chicken-- promise us that, okay?

Also consider buying already cooked frozen chicken. It is a lifesaver. I like bell & evans.

OP here--no I don't wash my chicken!

You know people don't mean washing chicken with soap, right? Nothing wrong w/ washing chicken.

It tends to splash and contaminate a large area of your kitchen. And it doesn’t do anything to the chicken. So there’s no reason to do it.