On 4/26/2013 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.
>
> He says take it from the package and just cook it thoroughly. The high
> temp will kill and germs.
>
Dr. Oz is a sensationalist. He may be a good cardic surgeon, I don't
know. But some of the stuff he talks about on that show is ridiculous.
If you don't rinse the chicken you're going to have "chicken blood" on
your hands anyway; so which is worse?

> 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?
>
> Judy
>
I'll continue rinsing off chicken, then wash my hands. I wash my hands
several times during meal prep anyway.

Jill