I was wondering if I should get gloves to a) prevent my hands from stinking after handling fish, b) avoid hurting myself when descaling or cutting fish.

I see influencer chefs wear black nitrile gloves, and I was wondering if they're any good for this use case . Like, aesthetic aside, is this any useful or does this tear easily like latex gloves?

Googling seems to yield mixed results.

Thank you all in advanced

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The color doesn't make any difference with how the gloves function. The color is aesthetic or in some cases, organizational, e.g. green for food handling and blue for medical.

Nitrile gloves come in different thicknesses, which changes how strong they are and how tactile. For food handling, the thinnest 2-3mm is usually fine; you still get good feeling through them and they're cheap so you can swap them out to avoid cross contamination.

If cutting fish, you may want slightly thicker gloves, like 4-5mm or 6-7mm, so they hold up better. But if solely for smell/fluids contact, the 2-3mm should do you.

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