We love using the networks to discover new recipes, bargains or cleaning and makeup tricks. However, we must be very careful and do fact checking always everything before believing it or putting it into practice because, as we already know, they also serve to spread many hoaxes. In addition, we are entering a time in which it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is not, what is information and what is disinformation. Thus, TikTok is helping to spread a very dangerous custom of the United States that we should not copy in Spain.
the last advice made in usa that has gone viral on the social network of Chinese origin and that, from there, has jumped to others is a practice so ingrained in the customs of many Americans that even the United States Government has had to issue an official notice so that people stop doing it.
Is about wash raw chicken with dish washer and sponge before cooking. Although it may sound bizarre, it is a custom that was not born from social networks and was already very present in the country’s African-American community before it began to be shared on TikTok.
Although it may seem unpleasant to us, the intention of those who follow this practice is to that the chicken is very clean before cooking it. However, it is a dangerous habit because, by doing this, we get the opposite effect.
Since you guys don’t know how to season chicken, I’ve added several videos to inform you on the methods. pic.twitter.com/MTv0Hk8jBF
— jny the human (@jnyboy) March 20, 2023
The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have explained that the kitchen can be contaminated with bacteria that would spread through splashing water. And it is that this particular type of meat, as well as that of geese and pheasants, often contains campylobacter, a bacterium that is usually present in the organs of the digestive system.
Contact of campylobacter with humans can cause problems such as diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting and, in more severe cases, high fever. The solution to avoid getting infected is as simple as avoiding washing the chicken (not even just with water) and cooking it directly. This and other pathogens disappear with proper cooking. In addition, you also have to clean any utensils or kitchen surfaces that have been in contact with said meat.
Why do they wash chicken with dish soap? How did this practice become normal? pic.twitter.com/S39db4uYnT
– iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) March 21, 2023
Cover photo | JK Sloan
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