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KenK

(Judy Haffner) wrote in news:25463-517B0A8A-131
@storefull-3253.bay.webtv.net:

>
> 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?
>
> Judy
>

Sometimes I sort of rinse it off. If a whole chicken, the interior for
sure. But otherwise usually just cook it as-is.

I don't recall my mother or grandmother washing them either - probably
why I don't.

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"Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon