As tempting as it may be to use, Windex or any similar type stock can be a hazard to use in the vicinity of food products, particularly cutting boards. If you do not have the proper sanitizer available, a safe bet "secret" coarse household item will suffice. Please read on to find out how you can keep your guests safe!
Our web community for enterprise flight attendants can be oftentimes found discussing proper food handling and food protection tips. One lively argument a few years back surrounded the proper way of cleaning a cutting board. Might I add that the food preparation area of the typical enterprise jet galley is about the size of a two-by-four? Thus, food can no ifs ands or buts get into caress with the wrong products if extra care is not taken.
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In the conversation, one of our members see that she had cleaned her cutting board with Windex. Well, the ensuing responses to her comment nearly caused an online riot as many of our veteran fliers responded by emphatically stating that products such 409, Fantastik, and Windex can all be harmful if ingested. These and similar products consist of high levels of white spirits or similar type toxins, something you never want your guests to come in caress with. These products typically carry warning labels that say something like the following, "Do not ingest even in small quantities. Non-food safe."
Our beloved and uniformed newbie member was aghast, not at the replies, but at realizing that she had cleaned her cutting boards not once, not twice, but at the very least four or five times using Windex! Although no illnesses were reported because of her error, she swiftly amended her cleaning methods from that point forward to use a extra sanitizer designed for the safe cleaning of her cutting board. Naturally, all of our members were thankful that she was no longer a potential poisoner of the jet set crowd.
So, just what is that limited "secret" coarse household item that can be used when the proper cleaning agent is no longer available? Actually, there are two: diluted white wine vinegar or . . . Vodka! Yes, vodka can be used, but it does have the tendency of altering the taste of subsequent dishes . . . Not necessarily a bad thing, but it does leave a residue. The recommendation, of course, is to have white wine vinegar on hand if a sanitizer is not effortlessly available.
Please, please use the previously recommended cleaning agents only on surfaces that do not come into caress with food. You may not kill your guests, but you can no ifs ands or buts make them very ill by using the inappropriate products.
Windex and Food: Imperfect Together!
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