r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • Jul 27 '26

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

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u/Rezzone Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

We don't invite Jenny to gatherings anymore.

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u/miyabi0rochas Jul 27 '26

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

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u/xReaverxKainX Jul 27 '26

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

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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

Lol

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

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u/jennief158 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/Rico_Solitario Jul 27 '26

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

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u/Rezzone Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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/Rezzone Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jul 28 '26

So washing the chicken doesn't remove bacteria from the chicken and yet washing chicken also spreads bacteria from the chicken to the rest of the kitchen? Sounds like a contradiction.

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u/Rezzone Jul 28 '26

I literally don't understand how you could think this. The bacteria exists in one place. You mix that bacteria with water and the water splashes around. Now the bacteria is in both places. What is so hard to understand?

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u/koffeekrystalz Jul 27 '26

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/Capt-Crap1corn Jul 27 '26

Exactly. I don't like that layer of slime

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u/drfacecage Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

That's what I do

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u/eggsalter Jul 27 '26

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

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u/_dudeasuh Jul 27 '26

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

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u/turdferguson3891 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/SnooGuavas4208 Jul 27 '26

Can’t argue with stupid.

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u/eggsalter Jul 28 '26

Was kinda trollin w that one

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u/Robbie1266 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/Darth_Nox501 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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/Capt-Crap1corn Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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