/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.7245656]

Hey I don't watch a lot of cooking stuff or cook a lot on my own, but I've got a cleanliness question.

You'll see chefs in shows, like the old Emeril Lagasse on live shows or even the heavily edited Rachel Ray ones, switch between touching raw meat (chicken, pork) and grabbing other containers, seasonings, whatever. Pushing raw meat off a chopping board with their hand and then grabbing the handle to the pan or pot. That kinda stuff.

I can see you doing that in your own home if you're a filthy pile of something distuging, but in cases like Emeril, isn't he cross-contaminating a lot of things by always just wiping his hands "clean" on his towel he keeps on his shoulder? He never actually washes his hands. Then he FEEDS that stuff to people on the show.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm always trying my best to keep my hands clean after touching something like raw chicken.

[Anonymous No.7245667]

>>7245656
I've thought about his too. I've seen every episode of Good Eats a million times and AB constantly touts cleanliness but he cross contaminates A LOT. I suspect it's the fault of trying to cram everything into the show's time. They can't waste 5 min showing them washing hands

[Anonymous No.7245668]

>>7245656
yeah, i don't get it either. it's definitely contaminating everything, and i guess they do it to save time, but it's a bad habit that people will pick up.

you can see martin yan touch raw chicken, wipe it down with a towel, and then basically touch everything within a 5 foot radius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V37Pc45P4HA

auntie fee also did it in her video where she was washing chicken in her sink, she grabbed a bunch of spice containers without washing her hands

a bunch of people get defensive because they probably do the same thing, and they'll say things like "lol you don't want a strong immune system or something, you're so sheltered!"

i think with emeril, he probably had separate containers of food that's already been prepared so there's no contamination, but it's still not good to do that on a tv show with people watching who will try to imitate him.

[Anonymous No.7245672]

>>7245656
I imagine most of the washing and other "boring" part of cooking is left out of the show to make it shorter and more emtertaining.

[Anonymous No.7245673]

You are all retarded.

[Anonymous No.7245674]

>>7245673
okay. why is washing your hands bad?

[Anonymous No.7245675]

It's the pepper mills that really get to me.
They cram the whole thing up a raw chicken's arse and then just put it back on the counter.

[Anonymous No.7245677]

>>7245668
>auntie fee also did it in her video where she was washing chicken in her sink, she grabbed a bunch of spice containers without washing her hands
I love that video. Makin sauce in the sink.

[Anonymous No.7245678]

>>7245675
That and grabbing the fridge door handle

[Anonymous No.7245683]

>>7245656

Cherry blossom? How can you stand that smell in kitchen? It's fucking disgusting.

[Anonymous No.7245689]

I honestly can't tell if this is a b8 thread or just genuine autism

[Anonymous No.7245691]

>>7245689

tryhard bait by our local genuine autist aka village idiot

[Anonymous No.7245704]

>>7245689
>>7245691
Why don't you wash your hands after handling raw meat?

[Anonymous No.7245718]

>>7245704
>muh cross contamination

Grow a pair of hairy nuts

[Anonymous No.7245720]

>>7245718
Do those come with a complimentary day of pissing out your ass?

[Anonymous No.7245729]

>>7245720
With gain comes pain

I wouldn't expect your limp wristed faggot ass to understand that though

[Anonymous No.7245733]

>>7245729

[Anonymous No.7245735]

A quick rinse under warm water is sufficent, lots of people seem to forget just how long it takes bacteria from one surface to transfer to another, so lets say you grab a chicken titty, cut it in half or something and you have the remaining titty juice on your hand, rinsing it off right away is more then enough to stop the spread of germs, no soap required(though obviously everyone does use soap after handling chicken).

I used to work in a fine dining restaurant, on the protein side, I had duck, short rib, elk meatloaf, venison loin, caribou sirloin, ground beef for a burger, cornish hens, foie gras, skate, wall-eye, and dry aged ribeye, I'd only wash my hands when I went to the pit to clean out my cast irons, rubbing that meat juice off on a rag is perfectly fine, doubly so when you're going to apply a hot exterior heat to it immediately after.

[Anonymous No.7245747]

>>7245733
>acting like a redditor ironically

[Anonymous No.7245762]

>>7245729
So you admit you like to piss diarrhea out your ass. Everything else you have ever said in your miserable life can be safely disregarded.

[Anonymous No.7245763]

>>7245735
I hope I never eat where you worked, you disgusting, corner cutting shithead. Lazy son of a bitch. You are going to kill somebody one day and try and pass it off "it's always been fine before!" no, you just got lucky before. God damn you are disgusting.

[Anonymous No.7246291]

>preparing chicken breast
>take two out the package with bare hands, wrap loosely in cling film, flatten with the bottom of a cup
>season it, whilst touching all the condiments, taps etc
>drip chicken brine everywhere
>finally, the chicken breast is done
>way undercooked
>eat a medium-rare chicken breast because too lazy to cook it again