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[–] [email protected] 89 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Apparently washing your chicken was an old practice to "rinse the germs off". In reality it just sprays germs everywhere. I can't believe anyone thought it was a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it's common where meat is sold in open-air markets. I read an article about the practice last year.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the days before plastic packaging?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Those things still exist. Heck they might come back in the US once food prices rise and the FDA is disbanded.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It's a leftover practice from days when standards were lower. Just like cooking pork to 165, it's not necessary anymore, but habits die hard