On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:15:43 GMT, "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?
>
>Does anyone else do this? Is she wasting her time or does it do anything?

Sometimes I rinse it. Sometimes I don't. I'd be more likely to rinse
it if I bought it the day or two before, less likely if I cook it the
same day I bought it. I only salt it for seasoning right before I
cook it.

Her routine probably does something- makes the chicken salty, perhaps?
;>

Sue(tm)
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