Nancy Lowell has spent a lifetime loving, eating, cooking, learning and reading about food. She has owned a small restaurant in Delaware County, New York, a catering business in New York City, worked for fifteen years for Whole Foods Market, and served Breakfast at Tiffany’s during her time working in corporate dining.
Susan -This post is very timely, as I have been struggling trying to reconcile the concept of chicken brining (which I just did a few days ago), with the admonishment not to wash chickens. Are these not contradictory practices?ReplyCancel
September 10, 2013 - 9:57 pm
The Chef's Last DIet-Not really. People wash chicken because they believe they are washing off bacteria, which is not the case. When you brine though, you need to be careful how you dispose of the brining liquid, and understand that it can spread salmonella. Brining serves a purpose, whereas washing chicken does not.ReplyCancel
September 10, 2013 - 9:43 pm
Susan -This post is very timely, as I have been struggling trying to reconcile the concept of chicken brining (which I just did a few days ago), with the admonishment not to wash chickens. Are these not contradictory practices?ReplyCancel
September 10, 2013 - 9:57 pm
The Chef's Last DIet-Not really. People wash chicken because they believe they are washing off bacteria, which is not the case. When you brine though, you need to be careful how you dispose of the brining liquid, and understand that it can spread salmonella. Brining serves a purpose, whereas washing chicken does not.ReplyCancel
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Susan - This post is very timely, as I have been struggling trying to reconcile the concept of chicken brining (which I just did a few days ago), with the admonishment not to wash chickens. Are these not contradictory practices?
The Chef's Last DIet - Not really. People wash chicken because they believe they are washing off bacteria, which is not the case. When you brine though, you need to be careful how you dispose of the brining liquid, and understand that it can spread salmonella. Brining serves a purpose, whereas washing chicken does not.
Susan - This post is very timely, as I have been struggling trying to reconcile the concept of chicken brining (which I just did a few days ago), with the admonishment not to wash chickens. Are these not contradictory practices?
The Chef's Last DIet - Not really. People wash chicken because they believe they are washing off bacteria, which is not the case. When you brine though, you need to be careful how you dispose of the brining liquid, and understand that it can spread salmonella. Brining serves a purpose, whereas washing chicken does not.
A brief history of chicken washing | Bloppy Blo... - […] Reblogged from Eatocracy: Home cooks have been all a-cluck over recent guidance not to wash raw chicken before it's prepared and cooked. […]
A brief history of chicken washing | Bloppy Blo... - […] Reblogged from Eatocracy: Home cooks have been all a-cluck over recent guidance not to wash raw chicken before it's prepared and cooked. […]