Why do we clean chicken, but not beef?

[SupaHotIce]

White people right behind Indians on the hygiene scale, but when it comes to putting shyt in your mouth, that's when nikkas wanna take hygiene advice from them

shyt don't make sense either. When you put your chicken in a mixing bowl or whatever to season it, what are you gonna do next? Throw it in the trash?

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

So if somebody "washes" their body with just running water, no soap, are they clean?

 

[jerniebert]

I work in the beef industry and prior to that in the poultry industry for over 20 years. Some interesting answers in here.

 

[Grand Conde]

Washing rice is crazy to me. Maybe when factories were unregulated. Maybe in the third world. Whats next washing grits, pasta, oats, quinoa, couscous?

I asked because as a foodie I’ve seen many, many people talk about this recently.

It's to get rid of the excess starch in the rice which affects the texture of the rice.

 

[Morethan1]

I didn’t think their would be this much discourse in this thread.

I usually just run the meat/chicken under running water to "clean" it.

I did

 

[NYC Rebel]

White people right behind Indians on the hygiene scale, but when it comes to putting shyt in your mouth, that's when nikkas wanna take hygiene advice from them

shyt don't make sense either. When you put your chicken in a mixing bowl or whatever to season it, what are you gonna do next? Throw it in the trash?

They will sit on the floor of a dirty subway.

 

[Supa]

Ok. The US is one the few countries in the world that chlorinates chicken.

If you have freshly killed chicken or unchlorinated chicken you notice a tainted flavour that cooking thoroughly doesn't get rid of. "Cleaning" the chicken in a lemon/lime water or a vinegar water solution removes the taste

You ever order chicken from a restaurant?

They're not cleaning the chicken you eat. Washing chicken is against USDA guidelines because water and other liquids can splash and carry bacteria. You risk contaminating the kitchen with salmonella.

Cooking meat to the proper temperature will kill bacteria.

 

[Eternally Jaded]

I cleaned chicken when I started cooking as a teen but once I hit my 20s n learned that it doesn't actually DO anything, i stopped.

Yeah I'll trim the fat, pluck/burn off any hairs or feathers but that lime wash ish I don't do and have yet to be sick from anything I've prepared in the decade+ since.

Y'all do y’all but it literally doesn't do anything so I'm good on the redundancy.

 

[broller]

I work in the beef industry and prior to that in the poultry industry for over 20 years. Some interesting answers in here.

What's your take?

 

[dj-method-x]

if you ever ate chicken in a restaurant it wasn't washed. You won't catch a professional chef washing chicken

 

[Supa]

I rinse off steak when preparing, I’ve seen some rinse ground beef before but the heat kills off bacteria when cooking it.

Why are you rinsing off steak?

Rinsing ground beef?

 

[jerniebert]

What's your take?

Do you what you feel comfortable with but just know your meat gets a lot of chemical on it in the name of food safety.

 

[BK The Great]

Why are you rinsing off steak?

Rinsing ground beef?

I never rinsed ground beef, but I have rinsed off chicken or beef. You don’t know where that meat been before packaging. It could’ve been thrown on dirt or anything gross for all you know.

 

[Space Cowboy]

I used to wash chicken in the sink but just wipe with paper towels now so I don’t spread germs in my kitchen.

 

[Grand Conde]

I never rinsed ground beef, but I have rinsed off chicken or beef. You don’t know where that meat been before packaging. It could’ve been thrown on dirt or anything gross for all you know.

On the other hand, some water isn't going to make any difference.