PatchworkPuss
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Just to add that it's not recommended you wash your chicken any more as bacteria can be spread around the sink area in the water.
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AnnaFaraday
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is it not logic to clean the sink afterwards lol (im saying this in a friendly tone
You are right, but I do remember seeing tests that they had done and found that bacteria had spread far beyond the immediate area. And there is nothing to be gained by washing meat anyway.
Scorpiolady2710
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So don't wash, inject with chocolate before hemming, adding buttons for added flavour/HEX/Style???
Have i got everything hehe :8855:
Chicken for tea anyone???
Count me in!
Scorpiolady2710
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I agree with you lauratrev. I have to wash my meat too. It's habit of a lifetime....and I'm alive to tell the tale.
Maddysmum
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Something to think about:
You might want to think twice before rinsing off raw chicken in your kitchen sink.
Recent studies by the British Food Standards Agency show that rinsing chicken can potentially spread bacteria on work surfaces in a three-foot radius, The Daily Telegraph reported. The report says up to 75 percent of consumers wash poultry before consuming it.
The FSA says 65 percent of raw chicken is contaminated with campylobacer, the most common cause of food poisoning, the paper reported. And while cooking will kill the bug, Campylobacter causes more than 300,000 cases of food poisoning and 15,000 hospitalizations a year in England and Wales.
That means washing your bird can spread harmful bacteria around your kitchen, potentially contaminating other foods in your kitchen that may not be cooked before eating.
The FSA is looking into ways to reduce contamination across the chicken production line, including disinfecting chickens with an antimicrobial wash -- a method not yet approved in the EU.
"Washing raw poultry is a common kitchen mistake, and it simply isn't necessary," an FSA spokeswoman told the Telegraph.
"Tap water won't get rid of the germs that cause food poisoning but they will be killed by thorough cooking. By washing your raw bird, you're actually more likely to spread the germs around the kitchen than get rid of them."
You might want to think twice before rinsing off raw chicken in your kitchen sink.
Recent studies by the British Food Standards Agency show that rinsing chicken can potentially spread bacteria on work surfaces in a three-foot radius, The Daily Telegraph reported. The report says up to 75 percent of consumers wash poultry before consuming it.
The FSA says 65 percent of raw chicken is contaminated with campylobacer, the most common cause of food poisoning, the paper reported. And while cooking will kill the bug, Campylobacter causes more than 300,000 cases of food poisoning and 15,000 hospitalizations a year in England and Wales.
That means washing your bird can spread harmful bacteria around your kitchen, potentially contaminating other foods in your kitchen that may not be cooked before eating.
The FSA is looking into ways to reduce contamination across the chicken production line, including disinfecting chickens with an antimicrobial wash -- a method not yet approved in the EU.
"Washing raw poultry is a common kitchen mistake, and it simply isn't necessary," an FSA spokeswoman told the Telegraph.
"Tap water won't get rid of the germs that cause food poisoning but they will be killed by thorough cooking. By washing your raw bird, you're actually more likely to spread the germs around the kitchen than get rid of them."
Maddysmum
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The only meat I've ever washed is liver. Strange but true.
I currently have a chicken defrosting for tomorrow night. It has not been injected, deep fried, hemmed or buttoned and it will be slow cooked not spit roasted
What time do you want us round??
Starlight
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I currently have a chicken defrosting for tomorrow night. It has not been injected, deep fried, hemmed or buttoned and it will be slow cooked not spit roasted
Awwww jaylou, youve let us down
Scorpiolady2710
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Ok...well if it's true what they say about what happens when you throw coca cola down the loo (removes all stains, limescale etc) then washing/cooking chicken in diet coke must be a healthy way to enjoy chicken. At least it'll remove bacteria and also taste good.
Joking...I'm only saying this as I'm giving diet coke chicken a try for the first time.
Joking...I'm only saying this as I'm giving diet coke chicken a try for the first time.
krupskaya
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Ok...well if it's true what they say about what happens when you throw coca cola down the loo (removes all stains, limescale etc) then washing/cooking chicken in diet coke must be a healthy way to enjoy chicken. At least it'll remove bacteria and also taste good.
Joking...I'm only saying this as I'm giving diet coke chicken a try for the first time.
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