Julia Child Was Wrong: Don't Wash Your Raw Chicken, Folks - Polidicks

[QUOTE][/QUOTE][IMG]http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/08/22/julia_chickens_custom-33d1529e25cfcc522fa90565b19eeed02ed3c516-s40-c85.jpg [I]Julia Child poses with "the chicken sisters" before an episode of The French Chef in which she teaches us how to roast a bird.[/I](With the "I'm going to fucking kill you look going on.)[/IMG] [QUOTE]It seems almost sacrilegious to question the wisdom of Julia Child. First with her opus Mastering the Art of French Cooking and later with her PBS cooking show, the unflappably cheerful Child helped rescue home cookery from the clutches of convenience food. She taught us how to love — and take pride in — making something from scratch. And yet, in at least one important kitchen skill, Child got it dead wrong: rinsing raw poultry. "I just think it's a safer thing to do," Child tells viewers in one clip from The French Chef in which she shows us the ins and outs of roasting chicken. [B]...[/B][/QUOTE] [url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/27/213578553/julia-child-was-wrong-don-t-wash-your-raw-chicken-folks[/url]

I've never in my life washed chicken, or any other meat for that matter.

Why would you wash your food when proper cooking will destroy all unwanted bacteria Who thought this up

I've honestly never heard of this practice before. It would never even occur to me to run a chicken under a tap unless I dropped it in the sandbox or something.

Why would you rinse any meat aside from cleaning dirt? It makes the meat taste terrible!

apparently this increases the amount of salmonella on the chicken.

[video=youtube;JZXDotD4p9c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXDotD4p9c[/video] Germ-Vision...

I didn't think people even did shit like this, i though everyone knows once you past a certain temp you kill any type of bacteria. You got your cold and hot zones that bacteria can't grow or live in. Anything in the middle is a bad area.

I've always washed it, more than bacteria can get onto your food

[QUOTE=BowedYapper;42003457][video=youtube;JZXDotD4p9c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXDotD4p9c[/video] Germ-Vision...[/QUOTE] Yet the tap/faucet is germ free. What

The only time I wash chicken is when I have had it in a brine, this gets rid of that jellied skin that forms around it.

Don't people run cold water on chicken and turkey in order to thaw it out? She probably watched people do that and assumed they were trying to clean it. [editline]oops[/editline] oops, I didn't watch the video in the article.

[QUOTE=MR-X;42003470]I didn't think people even did shit like this, i though everyone knows once you past a certain temp you kill any type of bacteria. You got your cold and hot zones that bacteria can't grow or live in. Anything in the middle is a bad area.[/QUOTE] 40F - 170F is your danger zone. [editline]29th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Vasili;42003951]The only time I wash chicken is when I have had it in a brine, this gets rid of that jellied skin that forms around it.[/QUOTE] If you do this, be sure to pat it back dry to get a good brown, should you so intend to brown it.

I didn't listen to Julia Child and evidently no one else in this thread did either.

Baha, washing chicken. Unless it's covered in dirt and soot there is no reason to do this other then to waste your time. Put more effort in making sure your chicken is thoroughly cooked to avoid disease, and properly flavored to avoid embarrassment.

In a common household, the kitchen is generally the least hygienic place. The toilet is the most hygienic place.

so i shouldn't leave it soaking with my dishes in soap water?

[QUOTE=Trogdon;42005694]so i shouldn't leave it soaking with my dishes in soap water?[/QUOTE] For that downhome flavor

[QUOTE=Trogdon;42005694]so i shouldn't leave it soaking with my dishes in soap water?[/QUOTE] Oh man, bummer... I love the taste my grapefruit soap adds to my Parmesan Chicken.

[QUOTE=MR-X;42003470]I didn't think people even did shit like this, i though everyone knows once you past a certain temp you kill any type of bacteria. You got your cold and hot zones that bacteria can't grow or live in. Anything in the middle is a bad area.[/QUOTE] Technically there are thermophile bacteria which can thrive outside the range but still yeah :v:

Unless you plan on eating your chicken raw, I don't see what this could possibly accomplish.

Why would you wash something you're basically gonna set on fire? Never heard of that shit before.

[QUOTE=Irkalla;42005140] If you do this, be sure to pat it back dry to get a good brown, should you so intend to brown it.[/QUOTE] Yeah I don't put soaking wet chicken into the pan.

[QUOTE=nessman;42005111]Don't people run cold water on chicken and turkey in order to thaw it out?[/QUOTE] No, when you're thawing it out you fill the sink with slightly warm water and place the frozen food into the sink carefully and leave it sit for a few hours.

[QUOTE=BowedYapper;42003457][video=youtube;JZXDotD4p9c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXDotD4p9c[/video] Germ-Vision...[/QUOTE]If JC Denton retired into Janitorial work.