Every bird I cook, I run water over it, rub kosher salt all over it, then rinse the salt off. Never had a problem.
The salt kills all of the germs -so I’ve been taught.
I’ve always used hot water not cold and I don’t spray the water all over the counter and myself. I think I’ll continue doing just what has worked well over the years.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper washes her chicken and that’s good enough for me.
If your method of washing is spraying anything you’re doing it wrong. Nothing bad happens with a low pressure rinse off of things before you cook them.
That's why you should wash your chicken in the dishwasher.
Will continue to wash all poultry in a baking soda bath and then rinse well.
I hold ‘em up and spray ‘em towards the neighbors...I don’t want that nasty bacteria around my house...
How do they feel about corporal punishment as it relates to pet simians?
The most common found on raw chicken is:
Salmonella Enteritidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni, and Listeria monocytogenes.
The best way to deal with these is through proper cooking, which can be a little tricky with chicken. The best form of antibacterial cooking is boiling. Pressure cooking doesn’t achieve much more effect until you get to 15 psi for 30 minutes, which would ruin most food.
However, other ingredients can also be very potent as antiseptics. Oregano, for example, is an incredibly powerful herb.
Oregano oil is the most potent plant oil on the planet – Antibacterial, Antiviral, Antifungal, Anti-parasitic, Anti-allergy, Anti-venom, and an Antioxidant. It has a huge list of chemicals with potent effects, and its combination of anesthetics almost rises to the class of morphine.
If you have cooked your chicken enough to sanitize it, then use some oregano oil in your recipe to help keep leftovers clean.
I watched the video. She said this “campaign” started with a USDA grant (taxpayer dollars) to “study food safety for the minority community.” They spent tax dollars to poll minority households and learned they were washing their chickens. I guess you can get tax dollars for anything if you stick the word “minority” in front of it.
The government’s slithering through our plumbing too.
I intentionally grow bacteria in my food. It’s a process called “fermentation”.
Bacterophobia sells a lot of hand sanitizer and wipes, so it’s at least good for the economy. Plus it gives our polluted food supply a free pass.
I always wash our chickens - typically on the “whitest whites” setting, hot water, organic detergent and fabric softener in the final rinse cycle. Medium spin. Then of course the dryer setting is best at “casual” using a “cool” temp. We hang the chickens instead of folding.
When I read these “Studies now show” I just want to scream. I don’t flow with the wind. I’ll keep doing what I’ve always done, by using my head. It has worked so far, and I’m probably the oldest one here.
Important new info:
Schick razors just came out with a special razor for chicken fuzz. They now have a man’s Schick, a woman’s Schick and a chicken Schick.
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