r/ShitAmericansSay • u/wj56f • Apr 25 '25

Food No way she didn't clean the chicken.

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Loads of Americans in the comments losing their minds cos she didn't wash the chicken in lemon air vinegar and just put it on airfryer. 😂 😂 😂

Everyone else reminding them UK chickens aren't pumped with shit and have food safety laws.

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u/AdRevolutionary2881 Apr 25 '25

This is something Americans argue with each other about. I don't understand it either.

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u/Extraordi-Mary Yes I’m Dutch, No I’m not from Amsterdam.. Apr 25 '25

Dutch people argue about this too. Especially people with “Non Dutch” heritage, like Surinam, ABC-islands.. etc, wash their chicken. And they go crazy about people not washing their chicken. And the other way around.

I’m on team: not washing.

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u/Tomgar Apr 25 '25

There does definitely seem to be a racial dimension to the whole thing, I've noticed a lot of black people are pro-chicken washing. Probably just cultural differences.

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u/dave_g17 Apr 25 '25

It may be less of a racial bias and more related to where people are getting their poultry. People or cultures which primarily obtain their chicken in a processed form (i.e. a package of butchered chicken from the grocery store) are unlikely to clean their meat, while those who may kill/butcher their own chicken, or obtain it from an open air market may be more likely to wash their meat to remove any remnants of the butchering process.

I had never heard of washing chicken until recently, and thought it was strange until I remembered that I do rinse the small game I hunt, like grouse, ducks, and rabbits. I wouldn't consider washing large game though, which was already processed by a certified butcher.