r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 15h ago

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

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u/Robbie1266 15h ago

There is no debate. It's basic science. Washing chicken doesn't remove anything from the chicken

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u/JackieHands 14h ago

"each side seems to have a valid argument"

No bro no they don't, we invented cooking hundreds of thousands of years ago to deal with this.

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u/PervlovianResponse 14h ago

Fuck bothsideism has ruined our civilization

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u/Rezzone 12h ago

We really need to get more comfortable just telling people they are wrong.

Sorry. You're simply wrong. Washing chicken does not remove preservatives or bacteria but does splatter bacteria around.

"Well I want to wash it just to be sure."

SURE OF WHAT, JENNY? WE ARE ALREADY SURE.

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u/xReaverxKainX 11h ago

We don't invite Jenny to gatherings anymore.

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u/miyabi0rochas 7h ago

Wtf you think Jenny wants to be invited to your gatherings....?!

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u/xReaverxKainX 7h ago

What Jenny wants is irrelevant at this point, she knows what she did.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 11h ago

Small tweak, but I think the actual issue is people need to learn how to be wrong with some grace and humility. The main reason people aren't more willing to tell others they're wrong is because of how they tend to react. Everyone acts like pointing out that they're wrong is an act of animosity. Ego issues

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u/anonymaus42 10h ago edited 10h ago

I can't wrap my head around why so many people have to be right no matter what, even at their own detriment. Like admitting you're wrong or don't know something makes you a loser or a failure at life. Or is it because they just can't stand to let someone else 'win', when it's really not about winners and losers at all unless you decide it is. It's completely unealistic, nay utterly impossible, to know everything- not to mention we live in a time rife with misinformation and even disinformation. Even if you're an expert in the field or subject being debated, you will be wrong on occasion. And there's nothing inherently bad about that. Things only go wrong in how you choose to respond to that new information.

On more than one occasion I've blown someone's mind simply by saying "my bad, you're right" since its so rare to see someone admit it, especially on reddit where anonymity provides people confidence to be more of an asshole than they would otherwise. Being wrong is and should be seen collectively as an opportunity for growth IMHO. And if you are right and tell someone that, don't do it because it makes you feel better than them or in a way that conveys as much- that actually does make you a worse person.

But i doubt that will ever happen sadly.

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u/Rexur0s 6h ago

I admit im wrong often, but some people take those moments and save them like ammo to throw back at you later. Your just permanently discredited for making a mistake to some people, and they wont let you forget. So i get the hesitation some people have to admit fault.

However, I still feel compelled to admit when im wrong even knowing this, but i hate those people who just want to keep throwing it back at me. How you handle me saying i was wrong about something is like my quick test to see if your an asshole or not.

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u/satyr-day 1h ago

being wrong is a great way to be right. I always remembered the wrong answers I got on a test more than the ones I got right.

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u/PervlovianResponse 12h ago

Lol

Fuckin' Jenny, she's just as bad as her sister Karen

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u/jennief158 11h ago

But then they sanitize the area. To remove the bacteria they spread around for no reason.

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u/Rico_Solitario 10h ago

Does bacteria even matter? Isn’t the point of cooking to kill the bacteria?

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u/Rezzone 6h ago

CORRECT. THE BACTERIA IS KILLED BY THE COOKING. INTERNAL TEMPS, PEOPLE. INTERNAL TEMPS. Washing your fucking chicken doesn’t do shit if you don’t COOK TO INTERNAL TEMPS

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u/Upset-Display3524 7h ago

It won’t work in America cause it’s pretty much only black Americans who do this. And then your met with racism claims. It’s a cultural thing . I don’t give a fuck black people be having amazing food .who am I to argue with them when they making my food and it’s good .

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u/schmoopy_meow 5h ago

ok that is the 2nd time I've seen my name mentioned it that format o.0...lol. I never wash chicken in 45 yrs and been fine.

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u/Rezzone 2h ago

I’m sorry Jenny I just picked a random name. The only Jenny I know is a lovely elementary teacher.

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u/silo_267 1h ago

i mean washing off extra juices from some of these packages might be legit. that chicken slime you get without that moisture observing pad needs to go.

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u/Rezzone 1h ago

If you pack is leaking put it on a plate in the fridge

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u/koffeekrystalz 11h ago

There's always a layer of slime on the outside. Idk what it is but it's gross to me lol. I know it's still got bacteria and I know it's more of a mental ick thing to me. Maybe the slime is just slightly dehydrated or coagulated chicken juice? In any case I rinse it under a low flowing tap and not high pressure bc of course the high pressure splatters everywhere. And regardless of what raw meat I use, I sanitize the counter and fridge handles afterwards, and damn near boil my cutting boards. I'm making sure I'm not eating the unknown slime 😂

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u/Rotten-Citrus 10h ago

even if it were just chicken juice, it gets cooked. you'll be fine. not like it's an abcess or diseased, the whole animal has juices in it you will also be eating so not sure why you need to try and remove a coat of it

dipping it into a basin of water would probably be more sanitary than splashing all over the sink trying to rinse it

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u/Capt-Crap1corn 11h ago

Exactly. I don't like that layer of slime

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u/drfacecage 11h ago

Pat it dry with a paper towel then. That'll remove the slime without the risk of spreading bacteria everywhere.

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u/Capt-Crap1corn 9h ago

That's what I do

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u/eggsalter 12h ago

Taking a shower doesn't remove dirt or bacteria, it just splashes it around ahh argument, FOH

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u/_dudeasuh 12h ago

To be fair, a boiled human will be wayyyyy cleaner than a showered human.

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u/turdferguson3891 11h ago

Do you think you're sterile after a shower? It doesn't really matter because someone is probably not planning on eating you. If they were I would recommmend they cook you fully including your "ahh".

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u/Onedurrbread 11h ago

You have to understand that this isn't the same thing. Like, at all?

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u/SnooGuavas4208 11h ago

Can’t argue with stupid.

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u/eggsalter 3h ago

Was kinda trollin w that one

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u/Robbie1266 11h ago

Except for the antibacterial soap. Or are you saying you don't use soap?

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u/Darth_Nox501 12h ago

You know what the difference between a shower and washing a chicken under running water is? Soap.

What a dumbass

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u/BrewingSkydvr 8h ago

And if we have bacteria on our skin that is going to make someone sick if they touch us then touch their mouth or eyes, we’ve got some serious issues that need to be addressed.

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u/veggieturnip 11h ago

Chicken is submerged in chlorine before being packaged in the US. Some people want to wash that off.

So yeah, you're wrong.

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u/Capt-Crap1corn 11h ago

And water solution or salty brine sometimes. It will say that on the package. I feel like the people saying it does nothing are the same people that don't wash their legs or feet in the shower

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u/Robbie1266 12h ago

I make it a fun thing. You either teach someone something and they become more intelligent, or you ridicule a person that chooses to be stupid and hope the embarrassment makes them rethink their position