"SPOONS" wrote in message
>
> 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

Always rinse and dry, Spoons. Remember, even in the best of circumstances
there are juices which collect inside the bag. Cleanliness is really
important when it comes to chicken; as others have pointed out, you don't
know what else has happened along the way to chickens, or any other food for
that matter (and I'm no fanatic).

Dora