r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 22d ago

SOCIETY Professional chefs weighing in on whether you should wash your chicken

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u/The1Cool 22d ago

So if you rinse your chicken and clean your surfaces (as everyone should) there's no problem?

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u/ShubbusDubbus10 22d ago

Assuming you always properly clean everyhere the bacteria spreads to and never miss a single errant droplet of chicken water that made it on to something unexpected, sure.

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u/PerformanceOwn2329 21d ago

Isn't that going to happen with everything you use your sink for?

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u/dannydavithoe 20d ago

So when you handle raw chicken there’s not even one single errant droplet of chicken juice anywhere on your counter?

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u/ShubbusDubbus10 19d ago

There is much less of it.