On Aug 22, 8:15 pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > People seem to be misled about organic to the same degree they are
> > about those "health" stores that sell things advertised as "all
> > natural." Well, I suspect botulism is all natural, too, along with
> > lots of other icky bacteria.
>
> > I wash all poultry, under the faucet with running water, never so that
> > what runs off accumulates somewhere. That's the only protein I wash.
>
> > I wash all greens and produce. Right out of the bag, if you indulge
> > in those, they are very, very dry, and just plain tough and
> > unappetizing. Crisping them up in a spinner and some further
> > refrigeration makes them a lot better.
>
> The ignorance about "organic" and "Natural" food is shocking. I've seen
> that here on RFC at times. Some people will believe anything even if it
> flies in the face of common sense.
>
> I do rinse my poultry but also pork chops which sometimes have ground
> bone on them from the slicing process.

Use a butter knife to scrape that off. The butchers call it
"sweeping." Don't rinse your pork chops.

> Never wash beef or lamb.

Lamb can sometimes have that residue on it too. Again, sweep, don't
rinse. Rinsing is for the birds.

--Bryan