hahabogus wrote:


> I always wash/rinse my chickens (parts or whole) even if I brine. Who
knows
> where it's been. Same with everything I cook and eat. I think that's part
> of preping the feed for cooking or it should be. Just one upset meatpacker
> with a attitude could give you a bad case of most anything from the trots
> to a liver diease. Same with the pimple faced teenager stacking your
> veggies who doesn't wash his hand prior to touching the produce.
>

isn't it pointless to rinse a chicken before you brine it? you have to
thoroughly rinse off the brine afterwards anyway. that aside, lots of people
think that you are more likely to cross contaminate by rinsing first than
just cooking it. i also know lots of people who would never cook chicken
without a good rinse and pat dry. actually i don't know anyone who got an
FBI from properly cooking and handling chicken whether it was rinsed or not.
you're right about other people handling your food. you just never know if
that kid in the kitchen just scratched a chaffing case of monkey ass before
plating your food :-P