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Default Washing Chicken Prior To Cooking?

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> On Apr 26, 7:15 pm, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
>> 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. Judy

>
> Well, doesn't everybody go around their kitchen flinging their wet
> hands and utensils after handling raw chicken? I always rinse off
> chicken. After that, I wash my hands, wash the utensils, wipe off the
> counter, wash out the sink, wash off the faucets, and then wash my
> hands again.


Oh great! Just wipe it off instead of cleaning it. I am sooo not eating at
your house!