wash & dry your meat?

NDG · December 2012

I normally wash & dry chicken but after reading posts on the forum I started washing and drying my pork butts as well. Is this normal, and if so, where do you draw the line? Should I wash my flat iron steak tonight before rub/grill? Shesh . .

nolaegghead · December 2012

I always wash fish before I cook. Everything else, no, unless it falls on the floor or feels slimy.

Little Steven · December 2012

I find washing meat with a mild bleach solution (10%) puts my mind at ease

nolaegghead · December 2012

Steve, the dark meat's not gonna turn white.

Little Steven · December 2012

Sometimes I will spray with Raid in the summer. Hate flies.

Plan-O-Bob · December 2012

you don't need to wash your meat unless you plan to eat it raw. However, you need to dry it when you are browning it in a pan / skillet so that you don't end up steaming the meat. If you are searing it, no real need to dry, but I have a reflexive reaction that causes me to dry it anyway. The only other time I dry the meat is after washing off a brine, especially with whole chickens or turkeys.

nolaegghead · December 2012

I hate flies too. I usually sprinkle on a little plutonium/DDT/Chlordane/Toxaphene rub for those buggers.

Little Steven · December 2012

I saved a few gallons of carbon tet when they outlawed it. Have to use it very sparingly now though

cajunduck · December 2012

Just pour some beer on it and it'll be fine

nolaegghead · December 2012

That explains the giant hole in the ozone layer over Caladon. That's some good sh*t.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · December 2012

cajunduck said:

Just pour some beer on it and it'll be fine

I just wait for it to hit all the beer in my stomach. All safe......

Little Steven · December 2012

Used to clean circuit boards with it and there was nothing like it.

nolaegghead · December 2012

Plan-O-Bob said:

you don't need to wash your meat unless you plan to eat it raw. However, you need to dry it when you are browning it in a pan / skillet so that you don't end up steaming the meat. If you are searing it, no real need to dry, but I have a reflexive reaction that causes me to dry it anyway. The only other time I dry the meat is after washing off a brine, especially with whole chickens or turkeys.

what's the difference between searing and browning?

Village Idiot · December 2012

Wash and dry your meat? That's what she said !

nolaegghead · December 2012

VI - I think you're confusing this food forum with the oriental massage forum.
=))

NDG · December 2012

i thought helped with rubs or something rather than safety reason. You ever wash after a salty marinade like a soy or just pat dry?

nolaegghead · December 2012

I always wash the hell out of anything after brining.

bud812 · December 2012

I just rub with Kentucky Jelly.

Little Steven · December 2012

Drying in a fridge overnight works fine for drying. It's pretty amazing how little salt permeates the meat with marinades. I do a two day marinade for sates and put it on the egg coated. The French will coat a piece of beef with salt and leave it for 24 hours and ir doesn't really pick much salt up. Poultry is another story though.

NDG · December 2012

k, didnt wash my steak, ha, and looks safe to me. Its still resting now, but hope i make it through the night!

FlashkaBob · December 2012

Village Idiot said:

Wash and dry your meat? That's what she said !

Exactly what I was thinking

SamFerrise · December 2012

I wash my meat before I go to bed.

Griffin · December 2012

I used to until I read some article about how contaminated most home sinks are due to washing chicken in them. it went on to say that as long as you cooked it properly, there was no real need to wash it.

fishlessman · December 2012

open package, add rub, flip pieces in open package and add rub on the other side. flip package upsidown over grill, its cooking.if its safe when you buy it hou dont need to wash it, if its not safe when you buy it, you cant wash off the really bad germs that are on it anyways. you can spread the germs by washing though, on the sink, counter, plate, board, hands, face, shirt etc

nolaegghead · December 2012

SamFerrise said:

I wash my meat before I go to bed.

I'm sure your wife is glad you do. ;)

henapple · December 2012

Griffin said:
I used to until I read some article about how contaminated most home sinks are due to washing chicken in them. it went on to say that as long as you cooked it properly, there was no real need to wash it.

Since I read that article I quit washing chicken butt occasionally will clean the meat. Whatever you do..hope you have a happy ending.

Griffin · December 2012

henapple said:

I used to until I read some article about how contaminated most home sinks are due to washing chicken in them. it went on to say that as long as you cooked it properly, there was no real need to wash it.
Since I read that article I quit washing chicken butt occasionally will clean the meat. Whatever you do..hope you have a happy ending.

I'll occasionally wash meat (beef or pork), but not chicken. Especially if it comes out of a cryovac and it feels "slimey"

Eggcelsior · December 2012

Griffin said:

henapple said:

I used to until I read some article about how contaminated most home sinks are due to washing chicken in them. it went on to say that as long as you cooked it properly, there was no real need to wash it.
Since I read that article I quit washing chicken butt occasionally will clean the meat. Whatever you do..hope you have a happy ending.
I'll occasionally wash meat (beef or pork), but not chicken. Especially if it comes out of a cryovac and it feels "slimey"

Yins can do dat.. I still warsh my chickin in da wudder. I always wipe down da sink with Lysol wipes and den rinse after 5 minutes, since I warsh the biberons in der as well.

ratcheer · December 2012

I always dry my meat. Decades ago, I learned from Julia Child that meat will not brown properly if it is wet.

OTOH, I never wash it.

Tim

scaryangel · December 2012

You guys are too much tonight =))

LateToTheGame · December 2012

Rinse and pat dry everything. Ribs, butts, briskets, chicken.

Not so much Steak I am going to sear on the grill.

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