Julia Child did it and, according to recent studies, so do about 90 percent of people: rinse their raw birds before cooking.

The idea is to get rid of bacteria that may cause food-borne illness like salmonella.

But a food safety researcher at Drexel University wants you to stop -now.

Jennifer Quinlan, who conducted a study as part of a research project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says that washing your raw poultry actually increases the chance of spreading the bacteria around the kitchen.

"It does not get rid of the bacteria, it does not kill the bacteria. However, there is a chance that it will spray that bacteria called aerosolization," Quinlan said in a video as part of a new public service campaign to stop the practice.


According to Quinlan, as many as 90 percent of people rinse their raw birds. That's not surprising since many recipes actually call for you to wash the chicken and pat dry with paper towels.

The origin of the practice stems from some who like to wash away the sliminess that can come with commercial packaging. Others wipe the raw birds with vinegar or rub it with lemon. All these practices are not recommended by the USDA. Instead, you should make sure you clean your knives, cutting boards and other surfaces --and don't let raw poultry or its juices touch other foods.

Got more questions about how to handle your raw poultry, check out what else is recommend by the USDA.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/08/26/researches-say-shouldnt-wash-your-chicken/#ixzz2dADFW9F3

Yea right,not wash raw poultry iindeed ,so I'm sposed to add spices wth all the blood stil stickin to it

What am i doing here?

Ok

#Yucks#

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST WASH THE BIRDS OUTSIDE

En En...nawah o...so I will cook it with blood...anyway that one no concern Nigeria.

WTF?

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Bird flu in view

i dont understand. Ow wld bacteris be contacted by making d chicken clean?#confused#

crap....not in Nigeria

the oyibo people are confused. SMH

I don hear. Should we not boil it before we eat it too?

Wetin dem come mean na?

Mumu researcher...


Mtcheeeeeeeeeeeeewwwww

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bbpreye.:
What am i doing here?

na Question abi?

bbpreye.:
What am i doing here?

na Question abi?

This is people don come again with their dos and donts. Which one we go believe oooo!

Hey! I said fvck dat chicken again.

Cooking my chicken without washing it, this one no go work.

Make i first see chicken to chop, before i decide whether to wash or not.

Dis cannot work in Naija where millions of market women/men have romanced the raw meats with their dirty hands.

I will rinse it. Cook it. Cooking will surely kill any lurking bacteria on/or in the chicken. The researcher is a learner.

Nawa o! Na which one we go do sef?

My pastor says science is CONFUSED. This is getting obvious!

Doctors don dey talk say na stress dey cause malaria...

ShiO! Mi o raye!

#prays on roasted shicken and starts to munch...

sounds really tasty with the blood still on it,,,nyway m not a vampire,,,so i still rinse it

interesting!!!!!!

Are these researchers taking us as cannibals?




So we should boil the chicken together with blood on it?




In the news next time would be, 'Boiling your chicken before eating is bad, eat it raw'.



Ndi Ara!

We kip hearing 'weird' tinz evryday....befor d end of dis week,,anoda researcher wil tell us to eat d featherz cos it makes bald guys have hair n transform gals hair to brazilian/chilean/peruvian hair....

Why not just tell me to stop boiling my meat abeg! go do better research like how to make a meal of rice
Satisfy human for one month then your discovery will be the 9th wonder of the world. Mtchew

And how is this supposed to make ASUU call off the strike
Btw,@topic,D oyibo pple are jst confused........Too much of research leads to Isokuso!!!!!!smh

That one is not applicable to Nigerians because the environment here requires that we should at list wash it 4 0r 5 times b4 cooking.
nawaaa o! that is for them any way i do my own the way i wish.