Omelet wrote:
> 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!

I totally agree. What can it hurt? I wash everything and always keep
meat separate.

The weird thing was that my friend didn't really have a reason why she
didn't bother. If she had come out and said the USDA says..blah blah
blah...but she didn't.

She's not the best of cooks, but she at least tries.

I don't remember my mother washing chicken. My husband used to work in
the food industry (college dining) and is vigilant about food safety.

-Tracy