Don't wash your chicken!

[Larry Gude]

You can argue in both directions. The "cuties" floored me.

I need a prof reeder.


Cooties.

 

[Wenchy]

I worked at a McD's for four hours when I was 17. If you think that's a sanitary option, I have news for you.

Yeah, I had friends in high school who worked at McD's, Burger King and Roy Rogers.

The heat kills most of the spit and special sauce. No worry here.

 

[NextJen]

"The effort stems out of research funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to help identify and limit food safety risks among minority populations."

Why would this only be a concern for minorities? Seems like lots of people wash their chicken.

 

[MMDad]

"The effort stems out of research funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to help identify and limit food safety risks among minority populations."

Why would this only be a concern for minorities? Seems like lots of people wash their chicken.

You can't get a grant for a study that helps white people.

 

[vraiblonde]

My place is spotless and the toilet seat is always down.

DID YOU KNOW that when you flush your terlet the power swirl releases millions - perhaps billions - of toilet germs, including whatever else was in the bowl, into the air? This means every time you use a public restroom you get showered with everyone else's pee and poop. Even in your own home, flushing coats your skin with urine and fecal matter. And not only your skin but EVERYTHING in the bathroom.

I am not making that up:
Think before you flush or brush | Serendip Studio

 

[vraiblonde]

I'm not so afraid of poop germs as I am of Baja's dirty choked chicken.

 

[NextJen]

DID YOU KNOW that when you flush your terlet the power swirl releases millions - perhaps billions - of toilet germs, including whatever else was in the bowl, into the air? This means every time you use a public restroom you get showered with everyone else's pee and poop. Even in your own home, flushing coats your skin with urine and fecal matter. And not only your skin but EVERYTHING in the bathroom.

I am not making that up:
Think before you flush or brush | Serendip Studio

Remember that old saying, Ignorance is bliss.....

 

[GWguy]

It depends on why you are washing things. With chicken there are sometimes pieces of guts in the cavity that I want to get rid of. I like to get rid of the sliminess of the skin before patting dry, rubbing down with oil or butter, and seasoning.

If wash it because you think it's more sanitary, don't bother. The outside is the least likely part to make you sick since it is exposed to the most heat.

But we seem to get too scared of a few germs. We freak over the thought of a couple of germs splashing onto the counter, yet the real threat is largely ignored. We can prevent a lot more illness by informing people about how to safely store, defrost, and cook food.

This is why I wash it, even before I freeze it. The 'slime' is the first thing to start smelling foul. No pun intended, but not bad!

I've never gotten ill, I wash the counters when I'm done. I'll continue to wash my chicken.

This probably comes from the same people who insist you close the cover on your toilet because flushing with the lid open spreads disease and you will get sick.

EDIT: posted before i saw Vrai's comment on the toilet.... GTMA.

 

[vraiblonde]

Remember that old saying, Ignorance is bliss.....

Don't read this:









Think about the world of public toilets we live in. People use them, wash their hands, dry their hands with poop covered towels, or touch the poop covered button to turn on the poop infested air dryer and blow more poop all over everything, then open the poop covered door handle to go out into the grocery store and fondle poop crusted produce.

We live in a #### world. It's invasive; worse than vinca.

Now, I'm not squeamish about poop molecules - those are just a fact of life and I've come to terms with being hosed down constantly by stranger poop. What grosses me out are the bins at the grocery store that contain bread or bagels or donuts. Some little kid whose been picking his nose or digging in his incompletely wiped butthole comes along and Mommy says, "Li'l Cletus, reach in there and get us a dozen jellyfilled...."

Do you think that child is using the paper thingie (which are covered in toilet sprayed poop, btw) to choose his donuts? So now you have aerosol poop, kid boogers, and crusty butt clingons added to the bacteria stew that gives these loose bread products their flavor.

We can talk about buffets, too, if you want......

 

[NextJen]

'crusty butt clingons'

 

[BadGirl]

"The effort stems out of research funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to help identify and limit food safety risks among minority populations."

A huge number of minority populations worry about where their next meal is coming from, and not necessarily the cleanliness of that meal.

Heck, most of the minority populations scrounging for their next meal eat dogs out of a back alley, spear goats on a mountaintop with a rusty machete, cook their fresh killed boar in a hole with rat-infested grasses and banana leaves, etc.

Do you really think they are terribly concerned about a little salmonella?

 

[MMDad]

Remember that old saying, Ignorance is bliss.....

Not if you're aware that you're ignorant!

 

[Dupontster]

What I wanna know is, is it safe to choke my chicken?

As long as you don't wash it... :shrug:

Wash Willy, Choke yer chichen or spank yer monkey. Doesn't matter

 

[Wenchy]

DID YOU KNOW that when you flush your terlet the power swirl releases millions - perhaps billions - of toilet germs, including whatever else was in the bowl, into the air? This means every time you use a public restroom you get showered with everyone else's pee and poop. Even in your own home, flushing coats your skin with urine and fecal matter. And not only your skin but EVERYTHING in the bathroom.

I am not making that up:
Think before you flush or brush | Serendip Studio

Yes. I am not the dullest tool in the box. I figure it raises my immune level...so be it. (I do keep my toothbrush and paste in the medicine cabinet)

I have become rather OCD about this:

Your Keyboard: Dirtier Than a Toilet - ABC News

 

[GWguy]

I have become rather OCD about this:

Your Keyboard: Dirtier Than a Toilet - ABC News

The way I see this: the keyboards that came back with high levels of contaminants are probably those belonging to people who don't wash their hands when leaving the wash room. As such, they more than likely have a much higher tolerance to those strains and are less likely to get ill from their own keyboards.

But that's really good incentive for others to NOT share keyboards. Those that wash all the time have a lower resistance and are more likely to catch a bug.

Does that make sense?

 

[Larry Gude]

I should scrape some of the pasty goo off of my mouse, stick it in an envelope and mail it to some congress person's office.

Probably get me a free trip to Cuba.

 

[Wenchy]

The way I see this: the keyboards that came back with high levels of contaminants are probably those belonging to people who don't wash their hands when leaving the wash room. As such, they more than likely have a much higher tolerance to those strains and are less likely to get ill from their own keyboards.

But that's really good incentive for others to NOT share keyboards. Those that wash all the time have a lower resistance and are more likely to catch a bug.

Does that make sense?

Yes.

DON"T TOUCH MY KEYBOARD! NO! YOU CAN NOT USE MY COMPUTER!

 

[slotpuppy]

I should scrape some of the pasty goo off of my mouse, stick it in an envelope and mail it to some congress person's office.

Probably get me a free trip to Cuba.

They dont wash the chickens in cuba.

 

[NextJen]

A huge number of minority populations worry about where their next meal is coming from, and not necessarily the cleanliness of that meal.

Heck, most of the minority populations scrounging for their next meal eat dogs out of a back alley, spear goats on a mountaintop with a rusty machete, cook their fresh killed boar in a hole with rat-infested grasses and banana leaves, etc.

Do you really think they are terribly concerned about a little salmonella?

Heck, I thought they just shopped at Aldi.

 

[GWguy]

Yes.

DON"T TOUCH MY KEYBOARD! NO! YOU CAN NOT USE MY COMPUTER!

I was a computer tech for over 30 years. I had to touch some of the grungiest and most foul keyboards and mice ever on a regular basis. I never got ill, and i don't know any other tech that ever got ill from touching a keyboard or mouse. In fact, most of the time when a mouse wasn't responding, it was the gook underneath that no one ever cleans out. I'd get a scraper and clean them all the time, and never ran the the wash room fearing I'd die.