Boiling wooden spoons?

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Years ago when the mass hysteria developed over Edwina's Salmonella statement everyone was told to ditch their wooden chopping boards and go for plastic. It was then discovered that there were naturally occurring disinfectants in wooden boards and that they were more hygienic than plastic boards ( particularly cheap ones) which scored easily and were difficult clean properly. Same goes for wooden spoons, no need to boil. To use a well worn Scottish expression when someone is talking rubbish, " go and boil yer heid!"

MSE_Laura_F

Occasionally I scrub lemon and baking soda on my wooden chopping boards before washing in the sink... I don't know if it's actually making them cleaner but I'm a big fan of the way the mixture fizzes and bubbles up.

Pollycat

Aren't we in danger of becoming 'too clean' and messing up our natural immunities.
Being nearer 70 than 60, in the school holidays we used to take jam sandwiches to the local stream.
Messed about in the water, played games (like rounders and cricket) and ate our sandwiches without washing our hands or using hand gel.
Did us no harm and I have no allergies.

My gran didn't even have a fridge, she had a marble shelf in the cellar.
No sell-by dates on food at that time.

For those people interested in reading the Guardian article, it's here:
Where are my foul excretions? What happened when I boiled my wooden spoons | Hygiene | The Guardian

Tim Dowling didn't seem that impressed with the suggestion.

London_1

Good grief to think my collection of around 12 different sized spoons have been harbouring goodness what in the past 60 plus years of using many of them
I still have one of my late Mum's and she had used it for as long as I can remember , barious cooking uses and the occasional tap on a passing unruly child to bring a bit of peace to her scullery .:)
 I have never boiled a wooden spoon in my life and can think of many better things to do, like watch paint dry perhaps.
 As far as I know they are all in pretty good condition. I do have one that I keep just for when I am stirring a curry so it has a slight yellowing tinge I suppose  
But for goodness sake the worlds got barking mad I think, or I just have a built -in immunity to 'wooden spoon infections '  

JackieO xx

DiamondLil

London_1 said:

But for goodness sake the worlds got barking mad I think, or I just have a built -in immunity to 'wooden spoon infections '  

JackieO xx

You're spot on with this; or, "The Body Snatchers" was/is a true story.