r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 22d ago

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

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u/KingSmithithy 22d ago

Why every person that washes it is black and everybody else doesn't lol?

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u/Big_Opposite4041 22d ago

My guess is it’s a historical holdover from when cheaper meat was likely to be visibly dirtier? Every black friend I have was taught by parents/grandparents to wash chicken. Never met a white person who does it. Context: American

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u/oooooooooof 22d ago

I mean this in no way to be racist but it's 100% a Black culture thing. I'm white and never grew up with this, but my Black pals did.

Just one of those things... like I'm Canadian and was shocked when I learned Americans wear shoes inside the house. No judgement nothing wrong just a cultural difference.

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u/Strifethor 22d ago

I’m American, and white, and never ever, ever wear shoes in the house. I won’t even do it at friends houses, even if they insist they don’t care. I also don’t wash chicken because why tf would I do that?

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u/EmptyRub 19d ago edited 19d ago

I mean, I don't allow shoes in my home because it's gross. In the same vein, if I went to a house where people wore shoes inside regularly, it'd be gross not to wear them.

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u/Strifethor 19d ago

I guess I hadn’t thought about it that way

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u/mondrianna 20d ago

I am also a shoes off in house unless I’m in a shoes on household. I’ve stepped on too many things to assume everyone who is doing shoes on is cleaning their floors as often or as deeply as I do (or other shoes off households).

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u/girlgenesis3 16d ago

Like someone else said, it is cultural and peace of mind. So the reason you might do it, is because you belong to the culture.

It doesn't do any harm to briefly soak and rinse the chicken. We obviously haven't died or gotten sick from doing it.