Thread: Washing Chicken Prior To Cooking?
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Default Washing Chicken Prior To Cooking?
(Judy Haffner) wrote:

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>I was snooping into another cooking group today and they were discussing
>washing raw chicken, which I have always done before cooking
>it....rinsing it off under water and drying it, but a poster said that
>she was watching the Dr. Oz show and a doctor there said NOT to. He says
>by washing you are possibly spreading germs and fecal matter through
>your kitchen wherever a stray water droplet carrying the bacteria lands.
>
>He says take it from the package and just cook it thoroughly. The high
>temp will kill and germs.
>
>I think I will continue to wash it like I always have and then wash my
>hands throughly before continuing on with preparation to cook the
>chicken. How many here wash raw chicken?

I'm with the Dr on this one. Why wash and spread when you can just
cook it?

Jim
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