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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 279 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Unwashed Chicken is totally safe if you do this one amazing trick.

Cook it properly.

If you don't know how to do that by sight or touch then buy yourself a instant read thermometer.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 112 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Washed chicken won't be any safer if it's undercooked, salmonella isn't a surface only danger, so you can remove the "unwashed" part at the beginning.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Washed chicken is a stupid concept, I was including the unwashed part because that is the default state of uncooked chicken.

Unless you accidentally drop a chicken on the floor and don't want to waste it, there isn't a reason to wash it.

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

And by washing it you might spread the salmonella all over the place.

[–] __nobodynowhere@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do people wash pork chops? steaks? hamburgers?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People of West Indian descent often wash meat like pork and beef with a vinegar solution, but not ground meat

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

I often wash my beef and pork with a vinegar mixture called mustard then scrub it with a dry abrasive spice mix before I put it on a smoker for a few hours before searing the outside for a few minutes.

I don't know how I survived before these meat washing times.