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Doris Night

On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:15:22 -0800, (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.
>
>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?

Not only do I not wash raw chicken, I try not to touch it at all, if
possible. I also try not to allow the chicken to touch my counter or
cutting boards. If it's being roasted, it goes straight from the
package into the roasting pan or other cooking vessel.

If I am making stir-fry, I have a big flexible plastic cutting board I
use for cutting up the chicken breasts. The raw chicken goes directly
from the package onto this cutting board, and the board gets
thoroughly cleaned when I'm done with it.

I agree with Dr Oz that you only spread germs around into your sink
etc if you wash your raw chicken. This is one of the few areas where I
agree with what he says.

Doris