Posted on 06/17/2014 2:23:20 PM PDT by rickmichaels
The U.K.'s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is warning consumers against washing raw chicken.
The FSA dedicated Food Safety Week 2014 to raising awareness about how to cook chicken safely. It came up with the slogan "Don't Wash Your Chicken," after an online survey found 44% of adults wash chicken before cooking.
An FSA flyer explains that raw chicken contains campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in the U.K., and if a chicken is washed before it's cooked the bacteria spreads onto hands, work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment through splashing water droplets.
The FSA says removing germs or dirt is the most commonly cited reason for washing chicken, but the agency says any bacteria on a chicken will be eliminated when it's cooked.
"Although people tend to follow recommended practice when handling poultry...our research has found that washing raw chicken is also common practice," FSA chief executive Catherine Brown told BBC. "That's why we're...raising awareness of the risks of contracting campylobacter as a result of cross-contamination."
Roger Stevens actually wrote,
“You can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd,
“You can’t change film with a kid on your back,
“You can’t go fishing in a watermelon patch,
“But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to,
“All you gotta do is set yourself to it,
“Buckle down, knuckle down, do it, do it, do it!
And so on....
But fixing really good roast chicken? Not so difficult.
;^)
Not only chickens, but it’s also ILLEGAL to wash eggs in Europe.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-american-eggs-would-be-illegal-in-a-british-supermarket-and-vice-versa/
Roger Miller. Not to be confused with Ray Stevens. :)
There are recipes for cooking in your dish washer. Not kidding.
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I’ve heard of that, but haven’t seen them.
Back in the ‘60s, when working at a major defense contractor, some of the workers commuted in car pools from 75-100 miles away. ....They would put foil wrapped steak/chicken and a potato on the car’s manifold. At lunch time, they would retrieve their fully cooked meals from the parking lots.
There are recipes for cooking in your dish washer. Not kidding.
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I’ve heard of that, but haven’t seen them.
Back in the ‘60s, when working at a major defense contractor, some of the workers commuted in car pools from 75-100 miles away. ....They would put foil wrapped steak/chicken and a potato on the car’s manifold. At lunch time, they would retrieve their fully cooked meals from the parking lots.
You need to be “hen pecked” for that one!
May you be plucked and “cluck”holded!
You should be a”roostered” and sent to the chicken pen!
If you like your washed chicken, you can keep it. Period.
Put a capon it...
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug.....
;^)
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