Kitchen

[expatgal]

How do you cover your hair while cooking to avoid the dreaded "there's a hair in my food"??? My curly hair is prone to falling since I don't brush it daily like I did when I straightened it. Do you wear a scarf somehow? I'd rather not look like a complete dork with a hair net.

[stilltamn8r]

No ...not anymore, when I am cooking for me....maybe if I were cooking for a party, for others, or like when I had a catering biz, then I always did. I still have very long hair, so a ponytail is easy enough...

[mustbuyless]

I have the same issue and curly hair. My hair is falling more as I get older. I finally invested in hairnets- bought a pack of 100 or so for about 6 dollars on ebay. They're the kind restaurant workers wear. They seem to do the trick.

[expatgal]

Maybe I should just put my pride aside and slap on a hair net! I'll be cooking in a friend's kitchen helping out after she comes home from surgery. I'd die if they pulled a hair out of one of my dishes!

[inallsincerity]

I wear it like I did in the restaurant. A bandana or skullcap.

[tkins]

Hi expatgal,

I have curly hair that I don't brush either and the same issue you do. I do one of four things, put it up or trap it with a large barrett type clip, make a ponytail and pin any fly aways with a bobby pin, a wide headband or I use one of those Turbie Twist towels you put on wet hair, especially if I making something that is not just for us to eat, keeps it reigned in pretty well. If you go with the pony tail holder or headband, use the elastic cloth type, they are much gentler to curly hair, especially if you are going to use it multiple time a day. What a nice gesture and good friend you are.

Good luck

tkins

[Pickwickpapers]

No, I wouldn't for cooking at home for myself or my family. If you work in food service outside the home then you should wear a hat, hair covering or hair net, etc. It should be required but I do notice that all establishments are always in compliance. When helped out in my son's school cafeteria years ago as a volunteer, the moms would wear baseball caps with the school t-shirt or sweatshirts.

[house_cat]

I have very short hair… very short. I never, ever need to push it out of my face or over my ears.. it's short. Since it's been short I don't worry about it, but when it was long I always tied it back when I was in the kitchen. Some of the cooking shows nauseate me because of this. I'm watching Ina Garten as I type this. Her hair is pretty short, but it's still hanging in her face and almost in her mouth as she's cooking and talking. That's a major turnoff for me and the ones with long hair are even worse.

[expatgal]

On 6/11/2014 tkins said:

Hi expatgal,

I have curly hair that I don't brush either and the same issue you do. I do one of four things, put it up or trap it with a large barrett type clip, make a ponytail and pin any fly aways with a bobby pin, a wide headband or I use one of those Turbie Twist towels you put on wet hair, especially if I making something that is not just for us to eat, keeps it reigned in pretty well. If you go with the pony tail holder or headband, use the elastic cloth type, they are much gentler to curly hair, especially if you are going to use it multiple time a day. What a nice gesture and good friend you are.

Good luck

tkins

Thanks for the suggestions ... and thanks for the compliment. I really needed that!