On 7/16/2012 12:55 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> On 7/15/2012 11:00 PM, LeonLeonard wrote:
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>>> Scrub the porous skin thoroughly before cuttings to reduce that problem.
>>> Last I read, it's not the flesh..... but what may have been, the
>>> contaminated
>>> soil that it was grown in, stuck in the pours.
>>
>> And when the skin is tainted and not washed, cutting through with a knife
>> infects the meat.
>
> Yes.
>
>
Which is why you wash it.