On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:35:25 -0400, Tracy > connected
the dots and 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

Rinse. Sometimes spray with vinegar or hydrogen peroxide, then rinse.
Fish I always rinse off and pat dry with paper towels. Chicken I
rinse if it's fresh, not frozen, tho. Don't do much with red meats.
Veggies always get rinsed before cutting or peeling, ditto fruits and
melon rinds get sprayed with one of the above and then rinsed before
the knife hits them.

maxine in ri