Cooking? Take off that jewelry, yuck!

A peeve of mine is people on TV who cook, people who ought to know better, but cook with their jewelry on.  Sorry folks, that's disgusting, especially when they mix up things like meat balls, things that they need to stick their hands into, things full of salmonella, and they need to wear their rings.  Years ago, when Julia Child had her TV show, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, she came in for some just criticism for doing some things that certain viewers thought were a bit less than sanitary.  My guess is, that sensitive to that sort of criticism, Julia changed some of the things on her program, and always stressed how scrupulously clean her utensils were, her towel or apron were, etc.  Now move forward to the present day, the day when we know much more about spreading salmonella and other food-borne bacteria, and we find so many of those cooking on TV are cooking with their jewelry on.  Ladies (and gents), I don't care how clean your hands and your rings are, mixing foods and cooking with your rings on is simply foul.  Rings on your fingers capture bits of food that you are preparing, bacteria grows, and you move it to the next dish that you are working on.  I've seen it done on PBS, Food Channel, and others.  One of the ladies who does it is a professor at a culinary institute.  One of the most basic principles taught at culinary institutes is the absolute need for cleanliness and the removal of any jewelry, especially on your fingers.  Now, Paula, we know you want to show your audience your diamonds, but honeychile you're far from Elizabeth Taylor, and your diamonds don't come close.  If you feel that you must show your viewers your diamond rings, couldn't you just take them off before you cook, let the cameraman take shots of them by themselves and not on your fingers?  You could get credit for teaching your viewers something about sanitation.  Wouldn't that be nice, y'all?