In article >, Tracy > wrote:

> I visited a friend this past weekend and we cooked together. I always
> wash/rinse my chicken before cooking and she said she never does. I was
> shocked. She even said to me "why" and I was even more shocked. She
> said she never washes/rinses any meat products. I wash everything. I
> don't think she even washes the veggies. No wait, she did use a salad
> spinner for the greens.
>
> She also uses hot tap water for pasta- she says it's quicker to boil.
>
> But then I got curious so I googled and found this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/22bowf
>
> Do you wash?
>
>
> -Tracy

I always rinse meat off.
For steaks and stuff, it rinses off bone dust/fragments that are gritty
when eaten. For other stuff? Well, it just seems tidier and it was what
mom taught me to do.

It sure won't hurt it!
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