To ask if you clean your meat?

[Cleopatois]

I use lemon and water or white vinegar and water to clean all my meat.

A colleague said she didn't just through it from pack to pan :O

Her reasoning was 'its free range so that means it clean'.

Another colleague said it is a culture thing. What do you do?

I'm going to assume that Cleo is Jamaican or at least from the Caribbean

And does that give this first time poster a free pass?

Her posts are tactless and would not be tolerated on MN for a single minute from someone saying that they found the cultural habits of a non-white person distasteful or unusual.

And so they shouldn't. But it cuts both ways.

Please feel free to come back to me, OP.

And I don't care that you've said you have a white mother. Because on the internet we can all do that, can't we?

Yeah, then I put a bit of salt and pepper on it afterwards....

Have you tried meat seasoning cunty?

Hmmm.
To think I've eaten unwashed steak tartare.
What do I do now?

Cunty, the question on everyone's mind is "Do you then marinate?"

And stick it in the oven?

I shampoo my meat.

re page 5, you don't rinse rice to get rid of grit, you rinse it so there is no rice flour or starch clinging to the outside of the grain so it doesn't become risotto. I would be shocked to find any foreign object in my rice barring the odd husk... which would float to the top while cooking anyway

Cunty,

It's when I've been "marinating" for a day or two, that I feel the need to clean my meat. (No toothpaste is going near my bum hole though).

No, I don't clean it. If the shop/factory etc. follow the hygiene rules and all other precautions, it shouldn't be necessary at all. Never heard of anyone washing meat actually.

I run it under the tap.

Well we have had a lovely stew, English beef. Not washed, not slimy or smelly and no grit anywhere1

If you want to wash your meat, then carry on, it's up to you. Think it's daft, but it's a fee country...

But what abut the slime,Cunty?

Do you rinse it under the tap or just rub it with a slice of lemon?

My mum used to rinse the cavity of a chicken under the tap, in case any of the gizzards had been inadvertently damaged during butchering - apparently any trace of bile etc would have ruined the bird. But she grew up in the 40s/50s where local butchers did the prep of your Sunday roast. Now that abbatoirs are more regulated, butchery is more precise, so it shouldn't be necessary. I certainly don't bother.

I have, on occasion, given meat (especially chicken) a pre-cook "rinse" in lemon juice and a little water and salt for a few minutes, before frying. It can help tighten the meat fibres and make it less likely to stick to the pan.

I do. Definitely cultural.

And my family's still alive from 'splashing bacteria' around.

No, but I don't bleach my sink either. A quick wipe with cleaning spray once in a blue moon.

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/homehygiene/Pages/Foodhygiene.aspx

Please read the above!!

It has never even crossed my mind to wash meat.

Nobody I know washes their meat.

I've also never heard of this till I joined mn. (Lots of things were introduced to me through mn. Most of them just plain weird).

I do have a fairly robust approach to bacteria and germs though.

Very interested to know what meat washers do with mince.

Why are people getting all "You're so ridiculous for washing/not washing your meat"? (Delete as appropriate.)

It's clearly just cultural differences. Since when were so many MNers unable to comprehend cultural differences?

Incase you missed the quote in the link I provided previously:

"Lots of people think they should wash raw chicken, but there's no need," says food hygiene expert Adam Hardgrave. "Any germs on it will be killed if you cook it thoroughly. In fact, if you do wash chicken you could splash germs on to the sink, worktop, dishes or anything else nearby."

If your meat's covered in grit or slime then maybe you should go to a more reputable butchers.

A good scrub with neat vinegar gets rid of the slime, Worra, then I tuck some lemon in for freshness.

Am i doing something wrong with my chicken?

Nope. Never washed meat. All that splashy water is only going to spread bacteria around anyway. Heat will kill any nasties when you cook it. Lived to the ripe old age of 42 without washing meat too.