licking the beaters

[DrPizza]

I made a cake last night, and it got me remembering my childhood - how many of you had mothers who would let you lick the beaters (the things from the mixer), and how many had germophobe mothers worried about salmonella or something else from the raw eggs in the cake batter?

 

[NetWareHead]

Not only did I get to lick the beaters, I used a spatula to clean the mixing bowl. My mom would joke that the bowl looked so clean that she didn't need to wash it.

Nowadays, one of my favorite snacks is to grab a stick of pre-made cookie dough from grocery store and just dig into it raw. Salmonella be damned.

 

[PottedMeat]

Not only did I get to lick the beaters, I used a spatula to clean the mixing bowl. My mom would joke that the bowl looked so clean that she didn't need to wash it.

hell yeah. same here.

 

[CPA]

Not only did I get to lick the beaters, I used a spatula to clean the mixing bowl. My mom would joke that the bowl looked so clean that she didn't need to wash it.

I still do it, if my kids don't get to it first.

 

[manimal]

One time at band camp I licked the beaters and got sent home early.

 

[HydroSqueegee]

the beaters? pfft. my sister and I would roll my tonka dump truck up to the fridge and fill the back end with cookie dough.

 

[Aikouka]

My mom didn't care if we licked it... as long as she was done.

 

[SandEagle]

no. only uncivilized behemoths act in that manner.

 

[Linflas]

Not only did I get to lick the beaters, I used a spatula to clean the mixing bowl. My mom would joke that the bowl looked so clean that she didn't need to wash it.

Nowadays, one of my favorite snacks is to grab a stick of pre-made cookie dough from grocery store and just dig into it raw. Salmonella be damned.

This.

 

[brainhulk]

 

[waggy]

my kids love doing that. same with the bowel.

 

[manimal]

my kids love doing that. same with the bowel.

For a second there I thought you meant bowel as in movement and loled!

not this kind of bowel right?

 

[Platypus]

my kids love doing that. same with the bowel.

D:

My mother never allowed that due to 'raw eggs' arguments.

 

[brainhulk]

For a second there I thought you meant bowel as in movement and loled!

not this kind of bowel right?

oh man, i saw that in college when I was doing EMT training. some dude tried to commit suicide and sliced his belly open...barf

 

[Fritzo]

TRUE STORY AND WARNING:

Back in my kitchen days, a guy used to lick the beaters before ejecting them out of his hand mixer into the sink. He also didn't always unplug the mixer before doing this. One day, he accidentally hit the BOOST button on the mixer while licking them and skinned the hell out of his tongue. It required several stitches and he had to drink meals for a week until he healed enough.

 

[Soundmanred]

I loved Resident Evil 2!
Oops, thought you said "beating the Lickers"
Carry on...

 

[Gibsons]

It was better than the cake.

 

[wirednuts]

i feel bad for anyone who grew up and wasnt allowed to lick the beaters. that is just about the best memories of any childhood.

real moms let their kids be exposed to bacteria.

 

[LTC8K6]

Was it Cherry Pie?

 

[JulesMaximus]

I still do it, if my kids don't get to it first.

Same here. I come from a long line of beater lickers.

 

[brainhulk]

Same here. I come from a long line of beater lickers.

i can't take anymore of the sexual innuendo in this thread

 

[LookBehindYou]

I still look forward to it whenever my wife makes a cake. I have to share with my son, but I'll take what I can get.

 

[blackdogdeek]

of course we did. but that was way before salmonella was invented.

 

[Platypus]

i feel bad for anyone who grew up and wasnt allowed to lick the beaters. that is just about the best memories of any childhood.

real moms let their kids be exposed to bacteria.

Mine turned me into a hypochondriac/obsessive compulsive mess.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

of course we did. but that was way before salmonella was invented.

Exactly. My mom doesn't let me lick the batter :c