before you start eating in a restaurant, do you wipe the silverware?

if only it was silver. no i dont but i think it is probably a good idea i would think some washerupers arent the best and some restaurants have rats/mice running around in them. so probably a good practice shame we wouldnt be able to wash the plates first :(

Hello,jlara_gtr34,I do not usually clean the silverware before eating in a restuarant,I know those cuteries are not clean at all,but I think it should be fine as I already get use to it,unless i see some food remain on the cuteries,otherwise i will eat straight away without washing them.Also i do not think wiping them will be much difference,it just makes yo feel better:P

Yes, I always do that. I try to check wether those silverwares were really that clean and ready for use. When I was a little child I don't do that but as I grow up, it becomes a habit to me. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with that, right?

I always look at the silver ware but rarely wipe it unless is something on it and if it's bad I will ask for a new piece. I have worked in restaurants, and I know that where I live there aree laws about sanatation. It may be as simple as using a sanatizer or bleach in the rinse water and let the utensils and plates and pots and pans sit for a minimum time, the water is to be at a certain temperature so the heat will also half kill any germs. Most larger, or chain restaurants especially, use a machine to wash the dishes. It is washed at high temp, and they rise it with hot water mixed with sanatizer. At time a piece of silverware may get through that the washer doesn't get everything off but even with that it is safe because of the procedure if you just wipe iit off.

I tend to do that also :D sometime i even wipe the plate i'm going to use if its possible i mean you never know right?! i know a friend who brings her own spoon and fork when we eat out... think about paranoid! much! lol

I used to wipe restaurant untensils a lot. I kinda got into the habit because my mom is a little paranoid about germs. I have since stopped doing this. I'm still paranoid about dirt however so I eat only in restaurants where I know they are clean or in fast food chains with plastic utensils.

Nope, I don't. I just assume that they are clean and just use it.

I don't. But I do take a look at it. At one restaurant, the silverware had some food caked on it. Ever since then I check it just to make sure it's at least been run through a dish washer.

Ok i don't wipe them but i do look at them whether tey are really clean.Sometimes i do it also just to ensure that they are clean enpouh.

I don't have the habit of wiping the silverware when I'm eating outside. Basically if the silverware looks clean, it is sufficient.

we usually use chopsticks made of wood in China. most of them are one-off in restaurants,so there is no need to wipe. supporse i use a silverware,i think i won't wipe them coz they are sterile.in another word if we wipe them we should have a cleaner thing than the silverware, however, usually the things what we use to wipe the silverwares maybe not so clean.

Oh,it's a pity.I have not used such silverware in the restautant but plastic or porcelain ware.Though they're porcelain i will wipe it again.I have remembered once in a small restaurant,the ware were dirty,and all of us five classmates were ill for it. Maybe it's biten by a snake once,i was afraid of the rope.