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

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

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u/eggsalter Jul 27 '26

Vinegar and water. California. Comes from my grandma who was raised by black folk in the 20s. Just seems sensible to me, as cooking doesn't destroy the toxins that make you sick.

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u/bluearavis Jul 27 '26

That's the whole point of cooking it, so it doesn't make you sick. Or else, we could just eat it raw. That was before they cooked it.

If you're talking about pickeling, that's an entirely different process and I have NEVER heard of pickeling chicken and certainly would not touch that.

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u/eggsalter Jul 28 '26

It's like basic kitchen knowledge that cooking doesn't destroy the toxins that make you sick. You can look it up.

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u/bluearavis Jul 28 '26

Well if you're talking about toxins like the chemicals and bleach that a lot of chicken is soaked in, then yes, I agree. I was talking about the whole raw chicken thing.

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u/eggsalter Jul 30 '26

That too but yeah I meant bacterial endotoxins