SPOONS had something important to tell us on Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:15:43
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>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?

I always wash chicken before I cook it. I'm not really under the
illusion that it's de-germing it, but I don't like the thought of
cooking the juices that have come out of it and been sitting in the
bag. It always feels sort of slimy until you wash it well.
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