raw chicken: to wash or not to wash??

[lordknight_aiz.18]

Hi ladies! Do you know that USDA advised against washing poultry since 2005?

Do you rinse your chicken before cooking or not? Please share your thoughts regarding the matter..

[mysterioza_me]

Sa bahay namin wina-wash ang raw chicken kahit sa supermarket pa namin binili. Even at my granny's house they still wash raw chicken kahit sa manukan pa nila or sa manukan ng cousins ko galing. Is there an explaination kung bakit bawal hugasan?

[lordknight_aiz.18]

Sabi sis, it increases the risk of bacterial contamination. There are lots of articles about not washing the chicken..

Here's one article that explains why it's better not to wash the chicken..

Nagulat din ako and ngayon ko lang nalaman 'to..

[mysterioza_me]

Parang kadiri ata lalo paghindi hinugusan lalo na kung sa public market galing yung chicken. Kahit punasan pa yun ng paper towel iba pa din kapag hinugasan.

[yannuh]

bakit may ganitong thread? hehe! syempre naman kahit saan mo pa binili ang kahit anong raw products e need i-wash ng mabuti. tapos after iwash yung chicken, irurub ko sya ng asin para mawala lansa then rinse again with water. turo yun ni mama sken:)

[lordknight_aiz.18]

^ i understand your reaction. it may sound foolish to not to wash the chicken.

I started this thread to raise awareness and to exchange ideas about the topic. Because according to recent studies, washing raw chicken is not advisable. This idea is not just from someone na di expert. It came from microbiologists and food science specialists so I think it might be noteworthy to consider this. Consider lang naman and not necessarily accept..

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[shinies]

Nabasa ko din yan at nagawa ko na pareho pero wala naman nagkasakit. Depende sa itsura ng chicken kung huhugasan ko o hindi hehe.

Ganun talaga TS pag nakasanay na ng mga tao

[Vans]

Matagal na rin atang nirerecommend ng USDA to. Nung lumipat ako dito sa Canada, na prapraning ako pag dating sa food safety. Bawal iwan sa labas for more than 2 hours yung mga ulam, kasi nag mumultiply yung mga bacteria sa room temperature.
Yung mga paghandle ng mga raw poultry, fishes, meats - kailangan separate na cutting board/mat ang dapat gamitin para iwas sa cross contamination.

Pero hindi ko pa nasusubukan na pabayaang wag hugasan yung raw chicken.
Sa totoo lang, parang antindi ng effect ng bacteria dito, kesa sa pinas. Kasi nung andyan pa ako, pag pasko - nagiiwan pa kami ng pagkain sa mesa overnight - pero nakakain naman namin ng walang problema.

[mysterioza_me]

^siguro sis dahil mas mabilis magmultiply ang bacteria sa cold places compared dito sa Pinas na humid ang weather. Pero di ba paghumid ang weather mabilis din mapanis ang food? Oh well, siguro let's follow what works for us na lang hehe

medyo OT: Naalala ko ang sabi ng lola ko sobrang selan daw ng mga tao ngayon pero mas maiksi ang mga lifespan compared sa mga sinaunang matatanda, Nung panahon daw nila tubig balon na madalas di pa napakuluan ang iniinom nila pero hanggang ngayon naman buhay pa sila. Maski sa pag-aalaga ng mga bata, wag daw sobrang selan kasi mas nagiging sakitin ang mga bata kasi di daw nagdedevelop ng antibodies pagsobrang linis, hindi ko lang alam kung totoo yan pero kasi ayaw ko naman ng batang madungis.

[Vans]

^oo maselan tao ngayon.
Sorry sobrang OT,  sa tingin ko may connection ito sa mga processed foods, fertilizers na ginagamit sa mga tanim, at yung mga antibiotics.

[etxetera]

My mom washes it eversince I was a kid kaya pati ao wash ko din so far buhay pa naman kami

[Kim]

My friend, who is a chef, also warned me against washing fresh chicken meat. Kaya what I do is I boil water, then dunk the chicken meat in there for just about a minute to kill the bacteria.

[lonely_dad]

i always wash raw food pwera lang yung giniling

[miguel629]

Thanks for the ideas of hot water washing. I was using just normal water to wash chickens.... It is really a good way to kill all the bacteria and other types of dirt.

[choco_monster]

nasurprise din ako sa subject because I didn't know meron na pala advisory/studies etc. Is this before you put the chicken on the fridge or before cooking or both?

Anyway, we buy fresh meats sa SNR which are already prepacked so we don't wash na before we put it in the fridge, but we still wash it before cooking.

But if hindi sya prepacked, we wash before we put on the fridge and before cooking.

[voluptuousice]

should be washed.. there are some parts on the chicken that is sticky..