Why don't white people wash raw chicken in the sink?

Great, we'll have a bitchfest that is equal parts washcloths and drained pasta.

Why are certain people "obsessed" with white people.

Seriously? White personal here. I aways wash my chicken and other poultry. It would never occur to me not too.

I don't wash my own legs, I certainly am not doing a chicken's

I think Jacques Pepin shamed me out of washing the chicken. Somebody like that.

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The CDC says you're never supposed to wash raw chicken. It spreads bacteria and increases risk of cross-contamination.

Washing the chicken works against cooking it properly:

- it doesn’t clean the bird of bacteria etc, so you don’t miss out health-wise by not washing it

- for a crisp chicken, you need to DRY the skin, not wet it, so washing the bird just creates more work for you and works against a well-cooked chicken

Most store bought chicken has been dipped in bleach. I'd give it a rinse for that reason alone.

The rebloggs are quite fun.

I know they say you’re not supposed to but I’m not just anybody. I can rinse the poultry under the tap without splashing all over and I can clean the sink afterwards. It’s fine.

This is the kind of thing they tell lazy stupid people not to do because they’re already a hazard to themselves.

US chicken is washed with chlorine to remove traces of bleach (better than tap water ever could).

[quote]The CDC says you're never supposed to wash raw chicken. It spreads bacteria and increases risk of cross-contamination.

Right. When you run water over the raw meat you're splashing droplets of raw chicken juice all around your sink. Plus it's unnecessary--when you cook the chicken you're killing the germs. I mean, if you dropped your chicken on the floor or something you might want to wash it.

It's dropped on nasty floors before being packaged, so of course I wash it. I always bleach the sink and surrounding areas afterwards.

That's a no no for me. It's pretty much the first thing I learnt in both my Infection Control and Food Prep courses at work. If you wash chicken any bacteria on the surface can become air born in fine droplets. You should always handle raw chicken with disposable gloves and seer it to kill off the surface bacteria. Any utensils that have touched it go straight in a dishwasher that is set at least 65 degrees celsius and don't touch anything with the gloves before they go in the bin. I usually double glove for chicken. One set to do the cutting etc and a second set to do the clean up

This debate reminds me of the consumer confusion and miseducation that led to “GMO-free” labels on anything including “organic” cheese puffs.

The things in that chicken that are a threat to you are killed by the heat of your oven—not water, chlorine, or even bleach. Rinsing it with water is the food safety equivalent of making us take our shoes off at the airport.

I am confused by the headline. Does it mean white folks wash their chickens elsewhere than their sinks? Thee bathtub? Toilet? Garden hose? Where?

Does it mean black folks use sinks and white folks don't.

Or did the idiot OP mean to ask - why don't white people wash raw chicken?

The answer would be - many white people are guided by expert advice, and smart mothers and grandmothers, all who explain that one does NOT wash raw fucking chicken!!!! This isn't the depression! Your chickens have been washed of filth. But not bacteria. Wash your raw chicken spread the bacteria all over the place.

Do you live in a developing country R15?

[quote] Why don't white people wash raw chicken in the sink?

I prefer to do it in my infinity pool!

Is there another way to do it?

Don't wash the damn chicken, no one can clean up afterwards properly, you just think you can.

Sounds like eating poisonous pufferfish or something. Maybe somebody needs to rethink their national poultry supply chain?

I put a mask on my chicken, to stop the spread of any diseases it may have.

R22 You limey brit shit will be eating bleached chicken soon thanks to Brexit, perhaps it will help with those rotten teeth.

[quote]I don't wash my own legs, I certainly am not doing a chicken's

If you didn't have a well established reputation as a dumbass, I'd think you were trolling VSB.

I rinse the cavity of a turkey if i'm stuffing it. also if ive thawed the turkey. Don't do it with chicken though.

The guy up above made me feel scuzzy for not using gloves when I handle raw chicken. I just thoroughly wash my hands in hot water afterward.

This is fascinating, I never knew any of this. I can't imagine wearing gloves to handle raw chicken, but now I might! Thanks, DL!

Thank heavens I don't cook so I don't have to worry about any of this shit!

i am white, and i rinse my chicken under the kitchen faucet. then, i wash my hands with antibacterial soap and spray the sink with clorox.

Damn, i am a pig. I don't know anything.

What about other types of meat? Do you wash it?

The rule I learned is that anything in your kitchen that raw chicken (or any raw meat for that matter) touches should be washed down with soap and water. I rinse fish in the sink, but then I disinfect the sink. I'm more afraid of parasites than of bacteria, but I would suppose it works for both.

Chickens? What about Game hens? What are they, chopped livuh?

My kitchen is about 81 square feet or 7.5 square meters (a little over 9' x 9' or 2.75m x2.75.m. There wouldn't be room to do wash chickens safely unless I set up a Dexter splatter tent — and the truth is that most kitchens however much larger have the same problem.

I prefer to concentrate on extricating the chicken from its wrappings and disposing of those safely, and controlling the contact areas of the uncooked bird. The rest of you can do as you fucking well please, but I don't want juice glasses splattered with raw chicken juice.

No, I don't wash my chicken. It is not advised and it spreads germs that no one can possibly see to make sure every last one is cleaned away and there has to be proper cleaning. For instance, if you use something like Lysol or Clorox cleaning sheets they have to stay wet on the surface for 10 minutes (read the directions) to disinfect. If you splash the wall how do you plan on holding the sheet on there for 10 minutes. Besides, the wipes are never really that damp, (cheap fucker companies make them that way) so even if you leave many of them laying across your counters and sink they will not stay dry for 10 minutes without applying fresh wipes after about 5 minutes.

I do however blot my chicken with paper towels to remove any moisture so it will brown better.

Outside of the US salmonella isn’t such a problem so all this double gloving shit isn’t necessary. In the UK, we wouldn’t be hyper about raw chicken, because salmonella is long gone.

I’ve eaten raw chicken (Tori-zashimi) in Japan. Where there’s no salmonella, it’s fine.

I boil my chicken for an hour before I cook it.

Sorry, tori-sashi

I soak all raw poultry in Kosher salt and water mix for a while even though I am not Jewish. Jews were generally more hygienic in Middle Ages.

I bleach the sink after handling raw poultry.

I boil my sink for an hour after I put chicken in it.

If chicken needs to be handled as if it's toxic waste, perhaps we ought to rethink eating chicken.

Because chicken doesn't need washing?

I don't care what the CDC has to say on the issue: I do wash chicken now that I'm in the US.

In Italy were I regularly bought chicken from the butcher, I did not.

I guess I’m a dangerous slob or impervious to salmonella somehow, but I wouldn’t bother eating chicken if I had to do a bleach wipe down of my kitchen and one of those Hot Zone showers every time I cooked it.

In fact, I pound raw chicken breast with my ice cream scooper for chicken piccata. I probably send bacteria flying all over my home!

Washing poultry is possibly dangerous, that is why. Are you eating it raw? Don’t.

The bleach queens are so OTT. Ask yourselves, when was the last time anyone you know of got sick from (supposedly) improperly handling chicken? I’m not suggesting that undercooking or not washing your hands is a good idea but you don’t need to act like there was a biohazard event in your house after you make wings. Sheesh. Think about the damage to the environment all those stupid products cause.

R15 back - I had to do regular infection control and food prep courses for work. I work in disabilities and need to prep meals for people with poor personal hygiene, compromised immune systems and eating and swallowing issues. I even boil a jug of water before I start meal prep, so I can scald any utensils or boards straight after use. But in 20 years I've never had a case of food poisoning, a gastro outbreak or a choking incident at work.

You don't need to do this shit at home. But if you want some more hygiene tips....use a paper towel to wipe your benches and touch surfaces (handles, taps, dials and buttons) down with hand sanitiser and don't use a dish drying cloth; better to either use a dishwasher or air dry on a rack.

All of you frequently spraying Clorox bleach all over your sinks must have a lot of clothing you don't mind getting covered with bleach spots.

Don't tell me that you just have to be careful. I've spent decades being careful around bleach, it still splashes on occasion.

[quote]But in 20 years I've never had a case of food poisoning, a gastro outbreak or a choking incident at work.

Nor have I ever served a hot meal on time because you start Tuesday's dinner on Monday at noon.

I rinse it, for sure. Why wouldn’t you wash anything not boxed or canned, with some meatcutter’s fingerprints on it?

You can't tell these people anything.

No wonder their kids get sepsis from sitting in the same tub water as those turkey drumsticks.

I install a new sink after I was chicken.

I only wash chicken when I raw-dog it. If I fuck it with a condom, there’s no need.

Have never washed a chicken and never will. I let it get to room temp for about 30 minutes and pat it dry before cooking.

My Mom did the same as did my Grandmother. My Grandmother lived to 100, my Mom to 82 before she died from Dementia-related illness, and I'm still kicking at 59. I think I'm good but thanks.

I don't know OP, go ask a white person in person. While you're at ask some black ladies how to fry chicken and don't forget to hit up that reservation and ask for fire-water and buffalo organs. Idiot troll.

My New Orleans born, Creole, queen of a cook great-grandmama said wash it. I wash it. In her honor I will always wash it. I'm making chicken tonight. And I will wash it. Because the queen, she say wash it.

C'est du temps a pour la reine.

[quote] All of you frequently spraying Clorox bleach all over your sinks must have a lot of clothing you don't mind getting covered with bleach spots.

r48, there's this new invention called aprons, created to shield your clothes. You may want to look into it...

You don't want bleach spots on your aprons either, though. Those spots turn into holes pretty quickly, bleach doesn't just lighten the fabric, it damages it as well.

I refreshed my food hygiene training last year and the advice is the same here in the U.K. - do not wash poultry. It's less hygienic!

I always assumed that you wash all the chemicals off the chicken for the heat not to react with the chemicals, used to kill bacteria and preserve the meat, in some bad way. I mean, there are spices you are not supposed to heat up on high temperatures, because they can turn carcinogenic. Who's to say that doesn't happen with those chemicals used keeping meat fresh and shiny, too?

I was reprimanded for not washing chicken so I printed out the state's food handler guide and insisted it be added to my file.

I invested time cutting up birds, removing fat and stray feathers. Why add more moisture to the bird.

[quote]there are spices you are not supposed to heat up on high temperatures, because they can turn carcinogenic

There are? Which ones?

Many of you gays eat asses, so no wonder you don't worry about spreading bacteria. I also don't believe those of you who say you haven't gotten parasites from eating ass. You lie like mofo.

I choke a bit each time I read these thread titles with "White People" unnecessarily thrown in. (same as I do with Black, Asian, Jews, Italians, etc. as if these sweeping generalisations are correct).

Plenty of odd White peopke wash chicken, steak, pork, etc. They don't know any better, because they don't keep up with scientific studies, or they don't know anyone in food service, or they don't read much. Same as the Asians and Blacks who wash chickens.

One of my first invites to a Thanksgiving dinner, the hostess proceded to wash the turkey, inside and out Dawn dish liquid. Very WASPY young lady, whose husband was a member of the illustrious American Pierrepont family. They "washed" all birds and pork with Dawn. Freaks, I tell you.

^with Dawn.

LOL, R64/R65! No bubble bath with scented candles and Mozart playing???

When did chicken become a biohazard?

R66 HA! Good one. I went over early to help my friend cook, and was shocked. I wasn't going to say anything, but in my best non-reactionary way, asked if this was an American thing. She said she assumed so, then told me about the other washing of chicken, and pork. She added, "you only need to use a little bit, and rinse well." They were weird in many other ways. You cannot get much whiter than this couple, and I'm glad to share them as an example. They used Dawn on most fruit and veg as well.

^sorry, meant tor Cosmo

I spray my chicken with Lysol SPRAY. Not the liquid. Then the husbear and I toss it back and forth for 45 seconds to tenderize.

For a very stupid reason, I'm wondering if the hostess specified BLUE Dawn. Dawn recommendations always specify the original blue version.

Also, why wouldn't they use a bit of hydrogen peroxide in water if they were sanitizing food?

R71 You need not wonder any longer: it WAS the blue coloured Dawn.

I take my chicken down to the river. Rinse. Pound on rocks.

Why? Because white people dont buy filthy chicken.

R61 what are the 9 pieces?

Why do Black fathers never bring up their children?

R63 - many of us gays may eat ass but it sure doesn't mean that's also where we marinate our chicken.

From the way the cooking threads go around here, it's a safe bet that most of the chicken tastes like ass too.

Well if you cut the bird before cooking, you may want to rinse it.

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Yeah rinsing off a raw chicken seems almost anti-science. What, the 400 degree oven won't kill the bacteria but the lukewarm tap water will? I refuse to believe the washing raw chicken is something that people do.

Double gloving? WHY? Unless you have an open sore on your hand you need to protect, that's ridiculous.

I rinse off chicken. Sometimes other kinds of meat, too, depending on how bloody they are. AND where the meat comes from...if it's cheapass mass produced and processed shit from a chain store, then I want to rinse off all the damn chemicals on the meat.

Oh, then you thoroughly dry the poultry/meat with paper towels and let them air dry for a bit on a platter to make sure they're good and dry.

As for cross contamination, that's what Chlorox Spray Bleach is for...after handling raw meat, you wipe down counters/surfaces and the sink with it. And, your hands.

[quote] I rinse off chicken. Sometimes other kinds of meat, too, depending on how bloody they are.

That red liquid that comes with raw meat is not red from blood; it’s red from the break down of myoglobin, an iron-rich (hence the red color) protein found in muscle tissue.

I spray the chicken before washing with scalding-hot water, then I spray each piece liberally with Lysol; then, before cooking, I boil the chicken, then bake it, then pass it under a super-hot broiler. I wash out the kitchen sinks with scouring powder (twice), then I fire up a culinary torch and burn all surfaces in the kitchen. Then I leave the house, taking care to light fires on the way out so that the whole place goes up.

Is this a stealth pedo thread?

R75,

2 legs,

2 thighs,

4 pieces of breast,

wings (both count as one serving)

When you cook under strict RDA guidelines for poor people, they make you keep the expensive protein under control.

I just had this argument with a sibling. I wash my chicken, she doesn't. I don't do it because of the bacteria per se but because of the slime and residue on the chicken. It doesn't seem to matter if I buy the highest quality chicken there always is some slime. And that shit is coming straight from a slaughterhouse where God knows what was splattering all around before it was packaged.

Also, I'm not rinsing the chicken on the dinner table with a fire hose so that bacteria gets all over the walls. I wash it in a large sink with gently running water wearing disposable food grade gloves. I then transfer the chicken to a tray lined with paper towels and pat it dry before cooking.

I give it the respect it's entitled to!

R84 I just nuke it from orbit.

You had better wash your chicken! Because if one of those things gets down here then that will be all! And all this, this bullshit that you think is so important, well you can just kiss well you can just kiss all that goodbye!

R84 - no exorcism?

BITCHES - YOU MUST SOAK THE CUT FRUIT IN BLEACH WATER!!!!!

I caught limoncello from raw Sicilian once.

The bacteria on chicken? You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.

I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

We will wash the chicken then we will blow it the fuck out into space!

R94 You know the quarantine procedure. Twenty-four hours for decontamination.

This is why I don't like to eat food at people's houses, people are nasty. Yes restaurants can be nasty too, but at least they are supposed to have regulations even if they don't follow them all the time.

Hi Sigourney/r93!

Since many, many years I take the chicken filet out of the package, put it on my steel cutting board to chop it up, and then it goes straight in the pan.

The knife and cutting board get a quick wash-up, then left to air dry. I quickly towel off my hands, and resume cooking. I survived.

Isn’t cutting on steel bad for the knife blade?

the bacteria was never a concern on washing or not washing chicken or any other American raw meat, it's the chemical solutions they injected to keep the meat "fresh" looking, so yes I wash and rinse the meat before cooking.

It is, R99.

But I’m hardcore.

FUCK YEA R101! FUCKIN' USE A CHAINSAW NEXT TIME! FUUUUUUCK!

It's all the GMOs in the chicken! You have to wash them off!

I've always rinsed off my chicken and patted it dry with paper towel before cooking. It's just to get rid of those slimy chicken juices.

veggie, sucks to be you!

I always rinse in cold and pat dry. I can't fathom not doing that.

Does Martha wash her chicken? I'm doing whatever she does.

What is chicken?

I bet the nasty people who don't wash their chicken also don't wash their rice three times.