Muenkel 0 #2 September 28, 2006 Only when I'm not in the mood for a good case of salmonella. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #3 September 28, 2006 Always. If I have some thing else with the meal that needs to be washed, I wash that first. I even have a cutting board just for cutting chicken.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #4 September 28, 2006 You cook it? ....... I voted no Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #5 September 28, 2006 OMG! I must say I'm immediately surprised. I've NEVER washed it. My mom just got on to me, and I thought she was crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #6 September 28, 2006 QuoteOMG! I must say I'm immediately surprised. I've NEVER washed it. My mom just got on to me, and I thought she was crazy. She was probably getting tired of all that vomit and diarhea you were producing. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenz 0 #7 September 28, 2006 i always wash it - and usually with salt - you have to be super careful with that stuff... its always better to play safe :)"life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #8 September 28, 2006 Salt? Is it dangerous? Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenz 0 #9 September 28, 2006 QuoteSalt? Is it dangerous? its just an extra precautionary step - when you're shitting your brains out because you didn't do it - i'll get to say i told ya so "life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #10 September 28, 2006 I have never.... does'n cooking it take care of the bad stuff? ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #11 September 28, 2006 As long as you hold me in the process and tell me it will be all right! Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #12 September 28, 2006 QuoteI have never.... does'n cooking it take care of the bad stuff? Not necessarily. But mostly the bacteria is at its worse when you are handling it and then touching other things. It spreads really easily. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #13 September 28, 2006 I actually had a work mate eat some chicken that was not cooked fully and she was sick for 1 1/2 days..... but I dont know if it was washed or not first!! Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #14 September 28, 2006 I wash my hands after touching it before touching anything else. Honest! ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #15 September 28, 2006 Since all the bad bugs are on the OUTSIDE of the chicken because of the way it's prepared.....basically chicken shit gets beat into its hide....I always opt to clean the bird first. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #16 September 28, 2006 Well, DUH! It HAS to be cooked!!!! ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #17 September 28, 2006 See I didnt know..... I dont cook!Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #18 September 28, 2006 ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #19 September 28, 2006 Yeah, that must be it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #20 September 28, 2006 I only wash it if Clay fucked it. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #21 September 28, 2006 Before or after it was butchered?Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #22 September 28, 2006 Cooking DOES kill the bacteria. But if there was a sufficient quantity of bacteria on the meat to begin with, it can still make you sick. Not likely, but possible. The coating of a gram-negative bacteria such as E coli or Salmonella is covered with Lipopolysaccharide, an endotoxin which does not break down with cooking, even when the bacteria itself is dead. That is why if a piece of meat has already spoiled, you shouldn't eat it even if you do cook it thoroughly. The bacteria will be dead, but the endotoxin on all those little bacteria corpses will still be there & will still make you sick. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmpnkramer 0 #23 September 28, 2006 If a person knows how to prepare food they will. An individual who actually knows how to cook that is. Laters, K-MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .The REAL KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER! "HESITATION CAUSES DEATH!!!" "Be Slow to Fall into Friendship; but when Thou Art in, Continue Firm & Constant." - SOCRATES Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #24 September 28, 2006 I should probably take a cooking class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quack 0 #25 September 28, 2006 QuoteCooking DOES kill the bacteria. But if there was a sufficient quantity of bacteria on the meat to begin with, it can still make you sick. Not likely, but possible. The coating of a gram-negative bacteria such as E coli or Salmonella is covered with Lipopolysaccharide, an endotoxin which does not break down with cooking, even when the bacteria itself is dead. That is why if a piece of meat has already spoiled, you shouldn't eat it even if you do cook it thoroughly. The bacteria will be dead, but the endotoxin on all those little bacteria corpses will still be there & will still make you sick. Unless you slaughtered the bird yourself in the backyard, there's no reason to wash it. Just handle it properly and cook it to the proper temperature. Cooking to 72 C (160 F) for poultry (turkeys should be 80 C or 180 F for those thinking of burning a bird for Thanksgiving) is recommended to avoid the trots, but the main reason for not eating well-cooked spoiled poultry is that the bacterial counts are much greater than the fresh product. So if the 72 C temperature is not reached, there is a greater chance of an infectious dose of bacterial cells remaining on the food. And cross-contamination becomes a greater concern. That, plus it is kind of gross to cook and eat spoiled food. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
