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Is there a kitchen wipe I can use to safely clean a knife/plate/etc after it's been cutting raw meat or do you always have to do 'washing up'?
I'm always amazed that bacteria is just killed by soapy water, although I suspect it's just diluted and then dies when the knife etc dries out...
We sometimes use wet wipes for 'light' cleaning of stuff, not sure I would for raw meat stuff though
What's wrong with a bit of water and the grass? 🙂 I'm still here.
Clean things while camping?? WTF!
I'm always amazed that bacteria is just killed by soapy water
It's not, but the medium in which it's living is washed away. That's the point of soap - it wraps up the dirt so it won't stick to anything and will float off in the water.
You could use those Domestos wipes if you are worried about bacteria I suppose
IIRC, soapy water DOES kill many of the beasties as the surfactants are pretty good at disrupting their cell membranes. Not a microbiologist so could be wrong though.
You could try something like Clinell universal wipes which are widely used in Ambulance and Hospital settings. I'm no expert so not 100% sure if they'd work as anti-bacterial kitchen wipes but I'd imagine they're better than normal kitchen wipes.
http://www.clinell.com/universal-range
What's the bother with washing up? Camping encourages the least domesticated to muck-in and get it done usually. No point ruining a holiday/ bike race/ whatever with a dodgy stomach for the sake of saving 5mins of washing-up.
IIRC, soapy water DOES kill many of the beasties as the surfactants are pretty good at disrupting their cell membranes.
Well, it sounds plausible - every day's a school day 🙂
kitchen wipes? are they oversized baby wipes? (got to say i have no interest in the current trends in domestic cleaning products)
we use a little bottle of washing up liquid and a cloth/scourer for proper washing up, fits inside our pots and pans with matches/knives and forks. then baby wipes to scrape the grease out if its bad, as well as our faces/nether regions when away from showers/wash facilities for a few days (not exactly minimalist but by eck they're worth it)
pretty sure i've bivvied out for a couple of days and didn't even bother washing up, just had the crusty remains of the previous days dinner floating in my breakfast, but then again i hadn't cooked a raw chicken
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Just lick everything clean. It worked in that supernoodles ad from the 90s 😉
Take a dog?
What's the bother with washing up? Camping encourages the least domesticated to muck-in and get it done usually.
Depends on the people you're with, though. I was once on a group camping holiday, one of the girls with us made me pour away a sinkful of soapy dishwater I'd just run because there was a spider in the water. Or rather, there had been one in there, I fished it out and she was still insistent that I use fresh water.
Wipe it on your trousers.
Just lick everything clean. It worked in that supernoodles ad from the 90s
Remember it well !
Still do it to annoy the missus or show my appreciation of a nice meal, mother in law does`nt like it though.
Had a nice cottage pie and veg at Dobbies restaurant near Kings Lynn the other day, I was itching to lick the gravy residue off the plate 🙂
Burn any knife used to cut raw meat in the BBQ at the end. Just the metal part, obviously.
we use baby wipes for maybe wiping a knife, shopping board or plates that have had something like a sandwich on. Wouldn't use them for proper clean up after cooking a meal or cutting meat or fish though.