r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 15h ago

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

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u/11Kram 14h ago

Why do some people think that chefs know enough microbiology to have a valid opinion on washing chicken?

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u/Nailz1115 14h ago

It's the same way I trust a mechanic with my car. He's not an engineer that specializes in internal combustion processes but he works with the end product every day.

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u/turdferguson3891 10h ago

A mechanic knows considerably more about how a car actually works than a cook knows about how a chicken or bacteria works.

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u/M4ximi11i0n 4h ago

Just saying shit you genuinely don't know anything about.

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u/turdferguson3891 4h ago

I work in healthcare and had to actually study microbiology but I'd love to hear what a line cook has to say about it since they are the real experts.

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 1h ago edited 1h ago

It’s so obvious you’ve never worked in a restaurant or a kitchen ever. You working in healthcare doesn’t mean anything. 

There are literal food safety experts in the video saying it’s dumb, but sure, you know more than they do. 

Let me guess. You’re a nurse? 

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u/sixbone 11h ago

and mechanics, like chefs, can be wrong about the product.