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Default Do you "wash" raw chicken?

On Apr 10, 11:16*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "z z" > wrote in message
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> >I cant stand prep work with raw chicken-number one reason why I rarely
> > buy it-in a tiny kitchen raw chicken is a pita.

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> > Really, though, does running water over chicken change anything??
> > Doesn't the high temp of cooking kill any germs I can't see anyway?

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> > I bought a pristine package of wings tonight-organic "smart chicken" it
> > says, raised antibiotic free. So if I rub a little olive oil over them,
> > season them, and pop them in the oven, isn't washing them needless?

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> Nope I don't. *I figure that washing it will just spread whatever it is all
> over the sink.


Don't you wash your sink after every cooking session? Not rocket
science.