Piller wrote:

> But chicken is different. That I follow all the rules on. As Emeril
> once said. "When you are dealing with chicken you should wash the
> chicken, wash the cutting board you used the chicken on, wash the sink
> that you washed the chicken on, and the car you broght it home
> with..." Because of the way chicken is processed it is actually
> possible that it may end up with more salmanila[0] it started out with
> before processing.

No disputing that you can get salmonella poisoning from chicken. But the
quote from Nigella was, "I always make a point of washing my hands before I
handle chicken. I agree that it is good to educate people, but it would be
foolish to push it too far."

I think Steve was drawing attention to her time-ordering: She should take
pains to wash her hands AFTER handling chicken. Washing them beforehand
doesn't reduce the salmonella that is already on the chicken. Moreover, the
chicken's going to be cooked, so any germs that got transferred from her
hands to the chicken stand a good chance of being killed during the cooking
process. It would have been less airheaded for her to say that she makes a
point of washing her hands before she makes a salad, or something else that
isn't going to be cooked further.

Bob