# Mario Batali does not wash his hands! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-batali-does-not-wash-his-hands/283899 "2005-01-09T17:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-batali-does-not-wash-his-hands/283899/21 "2005-01-11T17:53:34Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Do you know what mayonnaise is made of? Vinegar is one of the ingredients, homemade or not. That’s the acid. Yeah, I do; that sentence of mine was pretty poorly written. The “homemade” part was trying to get at the issue of raw egg vs. pasteurized, and the “acid” part was attempting to be a generic reference to the fact that there are one or more acids in commercial mayo (Hellman’s has both vinegar and lemon juice). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-batali-does-not-wash-his-hands/283899/22 "2005-01-11T23:51:17Z")
> [@spingears](#): > > With his hands? :rolleyes: > > Salmonela is not encountered as often these days but better safe than sorry. > Prepare chicken separately first and clean up thoroughly. Then proceed with the rest of the food preparation. > > BTW There are throw away cutting pads to use for chicken to protect your cutting board. Lol, he used a scoop, but I still find it very gross that he didn’t wash afterwards. He would also throw the bag of poo in the garbage in the kitchen rather than the garbage outside, which I also found particularly gross. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mario-batali-does-not-wash-his-hands/283899.md?page=1)