Double Dipping: Seinfeld had it Right after All
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 filed in Nutrition | Send to a friend:In one classic episode of Seinfeld, George Castanza is sternly reprimanded by another party guest when caught double dipping his chip in the salsa sauce:
“That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip.”
A recent study has confirmed that indeed this could well be the case.
The research, by food science students at Clemson University in S.C., has discovered that for every time an already bitten salsa chip went back into the bowl, 1000s of bacterial cells got transferred from the muncher to that bowl. Now extrapolates this into a party with tens or hundreds of guests double dipping and you would end with a massive amount of bacteria in that bowl!
So how come people don’t get sick at these parties with lots of double dippers? Turns out that the vast majority of mouth bacteria protects one’s health rather than them being harmful. Kissing does involve mutual sharing of mouth bacteria and no one normally gets sick from kissing. So the issue is more of the matter being disgusting than harmful. It’s like a large group of people exchanging saliva. Yuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkky. I am getting nauseous just by writing this post.
So in conclusion, gatherings should really enforce a 0% double dipping policy. Personally? No more Soup (I mean sauce) for me!
Tags: double dipping, george castanza, seinfeld
February 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
So from I gather from your post that eating some salsa at a party is like having a huge orgie!!! That is funny, but if we do indeed share all this bacteria yet our defense mechanism is resilient to it and we are protected and do get sick, well I guess then NO WORRIES! The way I look at it is that if we have evolved to develop a certain defense mechanism against an action, this means that this specific action is supposed to be part of our life…so your article has reassured me that double and triple dipping is no problem….Bacteria is all around us, it is in the air we breath, the clothes we wear, the food we eat, our fingers that often touch our mouths and faces, the beds we sleep in, our own bodies are fill with good and bad bacteria…it literally is all around us and all over us…as long as it does not represent a danger to our health, we should not worry too much about it and become freaks that miss out on the fun…
March 1st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Uhhh… this is to the comment above by Darrel. I have three very important fabricated words for you. DEE DEE DEE. If, by any chance, you are wondering what those words mean, just look them up online and you shall soon find out. Had you properly read the article you would realize that they did not say that double dipping was bad or harmful. Don’t take a statement to an extreme. Virus’ are all around us, in our bodies, around us and etc. That doesn’t mean that we should just not care about them. That’s the kind of attitude that could some day get you very sick or kill you. I had a nasal infection, guess what it was from? Bacteria that i had breathed in, thus although bacteria is all around us, we should still take into consideration their harmful effects and take some measures to guard against them. That is not being a freak, obviously you’re stopping fully consider the matter before you make comments. Other than that you do have a point, people shouldn’t be overly cautious to the point where it interferes with their life, but being safe is never a freak thing. Also, your statement that the fact that “if we have evolved to develop a certain defense mechanism against an action, this means that this specific action is supposed to be part of our life” is just completely baseless. What sort of reasoning is that? Because our bodies can protect against harmful bacteria doesn’t mean they are supposed to be part of our life. It merely means that in order to survive our bodies developed ways to protect us from things which were not naturally occurring within or bodies, such as harmful bacteria. Take note, I am aware that there are harmful bacteria that are naturally occurring within our bodies. unlike you, i actually made note of something which could stand as an exception to what i said but i also took the time to explain why. Have fun, ignorance is bliss.
June 8th, 2008 at 9:45 am
i dont see why anyone is making a big deal about this, people double dip, there is noway of stopping the double dipping, its not bad for you, its really not even that disgusting, just get over it.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
well I think it’s very disgusting sharing the same bowl of salsa with some bum that managed to get in the party/place. What if he/she is a dirty person who doesnt brush properly and did any means of oral sex. I mean I dont even want to share among my friens forget about others. Out of the Question.
October 29th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
LOL i absolutly love this!
Double dipping… is indeed gross, unless u dont care about things sutch as germs and bacteria then the lights green for u push the peddal to the metal and hit the salsa with ur increadibly hungry hand holding the chip. but on the other hand its all about freedom of choice. who says u cant eat before going to the party or even. or who says i cant eat after, or even bring ur own. blablabla bacteria is indeed everywhere, and our bodies were designed to develope defence manners to protect us from bad bacteria because we are going to need it. everyone gets sick, EVERYONE. wethr its serious or minor. the point im trying to get at is just DONT EAT THE DAMN SALSA! Haa but this was deff a very interesting debate. take care everyone.
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