Cook's Illustrated says that in there tests, rinsing chicken is more likely
to spread bacteria around than to remove it from the chicken.

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Louis Cohen
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"SPOONS" > wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> The other day I had a friend over for dinner and as I was getting the
> boneless skinless chicken out of it's packaging she says to me..."Aren't
you
> going to rinse that???" I said "No, I only do that if I see some blood on
> it." Then she went on to say that when she cooks with chicken she always
> rinses it and then sprinkles a lot of salt on it and leaves it on for
awhile
> then when she's ready to cook it she rinses off all of the salt. She
says
> she does this because it cleans the chicken. I think it's silly. Am I
> wrong?
>
> Does anyone else do this? Is she wasting her time or does it do anything?
>
> Take care,
> SPOONS ....My photo food log http://www.fotolog.net/giggles
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