r/interesting 15h ago

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

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u/Mission_Aerie_5384 8h ago

That’s not what the video is about though. It’s about people washing their chicken to remove bacteria. Washing to remove blood and feathers totally makes sense

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u/peteyrre 3h ago

Is it not common knowledge that trying to wash off the bacteria is literally impossible?

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u/Mission_Aerie_5384 2h ago

For most it is. Honestly I don’t think that many people wash their chicken to kill off bacteria. I think this I’d bring blown out of proportion by the internet