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Anon doesn't wash (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

This is reasonable time to wash your chicken and also likely where this habit comes from. Before the age of factory farming and the advent of reliable home refrigeration a lot of meat was improperly stored before and after selling.

Washing your produce was likely a good defense mechanism to wash away actual dirt, grime and bugs that may have adhered to it. Nowadays it's largely unnecessary unless you're still living in a place where butchering and processing techniques may not be of the greatest quality.