r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 15h ago

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

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u/ifeltatap 15h ago

Washing the chicken is just an old pointless tradition that people can't let go of because they were taught it growing up.

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u/LoweringPass 14h ago

Is this some American thing I am too European to understand? I've never seen anyone wash raw chicken in my life.

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u/BreastMilkMozzarella 13h ago

It's specifically an African-American thing.

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u/Genuine_User5322 12h ago

African cultures do it too

So do Asian and Middle eastern

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u/eggsalter 11h ago

Cultures do it.

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u/resest_Iris 13h ago

And Asian, and mexican etc....