"A.C." > wrote in
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> hahabogus wrote:
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>> 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
>
>

Why would you want to intoduce crud into your brine, so rinse well prior to
brining. Rinse off the Brine? - not me ...I pat the bird dry with papper
towels after its brined.

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