On Wednesday, 26 June 2013 20:45:33 UTC-3, BAR wrote:
In article , says...



On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:17:05 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



The United States Department of Agriculture advises against the

practice of rinsing poultry or meat before cooking it. It runs the

risk of spreading bacteria on your sink, countertop and utensils where

it can be further spread.



Cooking at the correct temperatures kills any harmful bacteria.





Maybe some of us just want to wash the **** off the bird instead of

simply cooking it long enough to make it "safe".



This makes me wonder how they "wash" their birds, with a pressure

cleaner?

You are going to expose your kitchen surfaces to the bacteria as soon

as you take the bird out of the bag from the store. The answer is to

clean the surfaces.



BTW do you use those reusable bags? How often do you wash them and how

do you wash them?

To the contrary of what you hear, your dryer is probably not going to

get the contents hot enough to kill all of the bacteria, particularly

on the "energy saver" setting.



Here in the Peoples Republic of Montgomery County we have a bag tax. If you want a bag to

carry your purchases out of the store it will cost you 5 cents a bag. After this was

implemented there was a rash of cases of food poisoning. This was due to people buying re-

usable bags to cart their groceries home from the store. The problem is that people through

away bags where the contents leaked and since they paid a few dollars for their reusable bags

the just foled thme up and put them back in their cars which resulting in massive bacteria

colonies affecting the next batch of groceries.



The law of unintended consequences strikes again.

One of the two major chains implemented that policy a couple years ago. When the other didn't follow, the first relented.
One store from that chain did keep the policy, along with at least one boutique type grocer chain.
Most people up here use the big re-usable bags that all the grocery stores sell for $1.00.