Washing your Meat

[marymac]

I was wondering how many people here wash their meat before cooking it? My mom always rinsed off her beef, chicken pork etc. before cooking, but I have noticed on many of the cooking shows, actually all of them, that they never rinse off the meat before cooking. So, what is right or wrong?

 

[Equus5O]

If you buy a roasting chicken, it says right on the package in the cooking instructions to rinse the chicken inside and out.

 

[ranchhand]

You have to remember, the cooking shows leave a lot of steps out when they edit. And they have other cooks in the backgound doing a lot of the "real" work.

I wish I had the people who magically produce a clean kitchen every time they come back from a commercial!

I often do rinse meat because Mom did, but I doubt it really does any good. Just habit.

 

[ranchhand]

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That's true, and I do rinse whole chickens in and out.

 

[ChickenToes]

I don't rinse meat. It never occurs to me, I guess.

 

[charmed one]

I always rinse my meat off. (Hehehe)....sorry...that just sounded funny! Anyway...I had a friend that use to wash her stuff with soap! Yeck! A good rinsing off under the faucet never hurt anything!

 

[DuckLady]

I always rinse meat.
It helps the shake n bake stick better.

 

[The Chicken People]

My Uncle worked for Tyson and he said to wash all your meat! So I do now! Not just the chicken!

 

[EweSheep]

I never did! Now if that uncle said to wash your meat, he got a good reason!

From now on, I'm washing meats!

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

After watching Food Inc. dvd and how they are processed and handled I make sure I wash my meat. I read in a magazine (can't remember where) stating it was not a necessary step anymore probably because commercial chicken is dipped in bleach but who knows.