SPOONS wrote:
>
> 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?

The salt thing is silly, if done to clean and not to season.
But I always rinse off any meat I'm cooking, including chicken.
Who knows what's touched it. It may not be necessary but it
makes me feel better.
Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?