Folks if you're making your own bread, I have a tip for you: after you're through kneading and your hands are all yucky, wash them over the sink with a handful of FLOUR, not water. That's right....grab a quarter cup or so of dry flour and scrub your hands till most of the dough has dried and flaked off. THEN rinse them with COLD water - hot water activates the starches and things will get gooey again!