tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post8226257808726151930..comments2024-03-28T18:11:40.841-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: God ForbidTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-7255130082978594402014-06-09T11:01:56.158-04:002014-06-09T11:01:56.158-04:00Being a neat freak, I always wash all plates and u...Being a neat freak, I always wash all plates and utensils after dinner, whether or not they have been used. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-53013592598241939312014-06-09T01:57:40.179-04:002014-06-09T01:57:40.179-04:00How about paper napkins that haven't been used...How about paper napkins that haven't been used? Or salad bowls? Do they get washed or just put away?Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-71901177924096510992014-06-08T20:03:26.292-04:002014-06-08T20:03:26.292-04:00I never heard this expression referring to utensil...I never heard this expression referring to utensils. We used to call clean silverware angels .stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-43636302567053161692014-06-08T16:29:36.856-04:002014-06-08T16:29:36.856-04:00That is a new one for me. I once had a meal at a ...That is a new one for me. I once had a meal at a friend's house and she wanted us all to turn our plates upside down so she could serve dessert on the clean bottoms of the plates. I thought that was just going a bit too far.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-68504217278202446542014-06-08T14:17:21.058-04:002014-06-08T14:17:21.058-04:00God forbid! We used that in our family too ( mom ...God forbid! We used that in our family too ( mom was a Methodist convert to Catholicism). <br /><br />I am old enough to remember the Depression, which did not end until sometime after the War. (I have been told by English friends it lasted until the early 1950s.) God forbid you should waste anything. That frugality has stuck with me. If we can't use it, it gets recycled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-9557545632507779112014-06-08T12:29:47.478-04:002014-06-08T12:29:47.478-04:00If it was handled in some way... picked up and put...If it was handled in some way... picked up and put down, for instance... it should be washed, just as if it was used. On the other hand, the only people at home when the utensil is handled are husband and wife then there isn't much of an issue about germs and such.<br /><br />I don't recall with any certainty now but I think my mother (who went through the Depression) always washed all the utensils whether they had been actually used or not.<br /><br />What bugs me at restaurants is wait-staff using a napkin to buff a fork that I pointed out had food caked on it and then just put it back down on the table. This is rare enough, usually a waitperson will just replace the item with a presumably clean one or give you a new set (wrapped in the paper napkin, of course).Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-63141130637210227482014-06-08T12:01:00.585-04:002014-06-08T12:01:00.585-04:00My husband has trained me well: we don't ever ...My husband has trained me well: we don't ever wash anything that's not dirty. But I do think "God forbid" is a bit strong, at least the way I might use it. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com