On the Cooking Manager Facebook page (have you “liked” it yet?) I asked readers to share ideas for leftover chicken in response to Aviva Hadas’ comment on 13 Smart Ways to Manage Your Leftovers. Leftover chicken, especially white meat (the kind that is usually left behind in my house), requires special care. Because white meat […]
March 4, 2010
Handle Raw Chicken Safely to Prevent Illness
I read in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that there’s been a seven-fold increase over the last twenty year in the number of children hospitalized with intestinal ailments caused by campylobacter, a bacterium commonly found in raw poultry. More than half of children admitted to the hospital for intestinal problems tested positive forthe bacterium.
The newspaper (print, Hebrew version) reviewed safe methods for handling raw chicken:
