Re: Raw chicken-your clean up method?

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How do you clean up after fixing a recipe that calls for raw chicken? Do you wear gloves while handling the chicken? Does the type of chicken you buy make a difference - organic and/or free-range vs. nothing artificial, fresh vs frozen, etc.? I seem to keep getting sick when I handle raw chicken.We have a meat only cutting board, and that and the knife go in the dishwasher as soon as I'm done with them. I don't wear gloves, just wash my hands thoroughly. Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

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Wash everything that touches the chicken with warm soapy water. Same

with hands, knives, cutting board, under the cutting board. Sometimes

I use the citrus spray for fruit for extra cleaning in case I missed

something. It doesn't take much. I also use anti-bacterial

dishwashing soap and have anti-bacterial hand soap next to it. The

cutting board is over the sink. Sometimes you have to wash the same

thing several times-everytime it touches the chicken.

Probably good thing to research. I cook/cut up chickens often and

have never been sick from it *touch wood*.

Debbie 40 cd

>> How do you clean up after fixing a recipe that calls for raw

>> chicken? Do you wear gloves while handling the chicken? Does the

>> type of chicken you buy make a difference - organic and/or free-

>> range vs. nothing artificial, fresh vs frozen, etc.? I seem to keep

>> getting sick when I handle raw chicken.

>

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> We have a meat only cutting board, and that and the knife go in the

> dishwasher as soon as I'm done with them. I don't wear gloves, just

> wash my hands thoroughly.

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 15 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Wash everything that touches the chicken with warm soapy water. Same

> with hands, knives, cutting board, under the cutting board. Sometimes

> I use the citrus spray for fruit for extra cleaning in case I missed

> something. It doesn't take much. I also use anti-bacterial

> dishwashing soap and have anti-bacterial hand soap next to it. The

> cutting board is over the sink. Sometimes you have to wash the same

> thing several times-everytime it touches the chicken.

>

> Probably good thing to research. I cook/cut up chickens often and

> have never been sick from it *touch wood*.

>

> Debbie 40 cd

>

>

>>> How do you clean up after fixing a recipe that calls for raw

>>> chicken? Do you wear gloves while handling the chicken? Does the

>>> type of chicken you buy make a difference - organic and/or free-

>>> range vs. nothing artificial, fresh vs frozen, etc.? I seem to keep

>>> getting sick when I handle raw chicken.

>>

>>

>> We have a meat only cutting board, and that and the knife go in the

>> dishwasher as soon as I'm done with them. I don't wear gloves, just

>> wash my hands thoroughly.

>>

>> Peace =)

>> Alyssa 15 yo

>> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

>> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

>> Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I had not gotten sick in a while until this. I thought I had rinsed all of the dishes and sink thoroughly with soap. My husband said he feels fine - he ate it too. I didn't use a cutting board as it was already cut up. I'm thinking that the water that I used to cleaned the raw chicken with might have bounced up into my face or on something that I came in contact with. I usually cook whole chickens and don't take them apart until they're cooked. I haven't gotten sick from that. I'm going to look up some info. on the internet.

Debbie, what kind of citrus spray do you use? I'd rather use something that's more mild than formula 409 for cleaning where chicken has touched as long as it will kill the bacteria. 409 gives me heartburn.

Thanks Alyssa and Debbie.

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 8:19:39 PMSubject: Re: Raw chicken-your clean up method?

> Wash everything that touches the chicken with warm soapy water. Same> with hands, knives, cutting board, under the cutting board. Sometimes> I use the citrus spray for fruit for extra cleaning in case I missed> something. It doesn't take much. I also use anti-bacterial> dishwashing soap and have anti-bacterial hand soap next to it. The> cutting board is over the sink. Sometimes you have to wash the same> thing several times-everytime it touches the chicken.>> Probably good thing to research. I cook/cut up chickens often and> have never been sick from it *touch wood*.>> Debbie 40 cd>> >>> How do you clean up after fixing a recipe that calls for raw>>> chicken? Do you wear gloves while handling the chicken? Does the>>> type of chicken you buy make a difference - organic and/or free->>> range vs. nothing artificial, fresh vs frozen, etc.? I seem to keep>>> getting sick when I handle raw chicken.>>>>>> We have a meat only cutting board, and that and the knife go in the>> dishwasher as soon as I'm done with them. I don't wear gloves, just>> wash my hands thoroughly.>>>> Peace =)>> Alyssa 15 yo>> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008>> SCD June 2009 (restarted)>> Chinese Herbs (not legal but

helping!)>>>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

At 08:34 PM 2/8/2010, you wrote:

I'm thinking that the water that

I used to cleaned the raw chicken with might have bounced up into my face

or on something that I came in contact with.

That's entirely too much of a possibility. We handle raw chicken daily

because our fur kids eat it (raw) for dinner. In almost 12 years of raw

feeding, I've gotten sick exactly once: when I forgot (don't ask me why

or how) to wash my hands thoroughly after handling it. I don't remember

the circumstances. I just remember how horrid I felt.

Hope you are better soon -- and btw, plain white vinegar is an excellent

disinfectant. Cheap, too.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 08:34 PM 2/8/2010, you wrote:

I thought I had rinsed all of

the dishes and sink thoroughly with soap.

Another item we use to prevent cross-contamination are these:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1 & SKU=13615004 & RN=2060

or

http://tinyurl.com/n2nouv

They're cheap, and we have four or five sets, so we always have them

clean, even on the craziest of cooking days.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

I use Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) as a kitchen cleaner. It's very safe to use

(I can even use it around my very sensitive pet bird). I mix about 30 drops into

my spray bottle of water. It's supposed to kill about every nasty known to man

:-)

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> Debbie, what kind of citrus spray do you use?  I'd rather use something

that's more mild than formula 409 for cleaning where chicken has touched as long

as it will kill the bacteria.  409 gives me heartburn. 

>

> Thanks Alyssa and Debbie.

>

[Guest guest]

Laurie,Always use a wooden cutting board. As mentioned by Alyssa, have a separate one for raw meats. When you are done, wash in warm soapy water then spray with straight vinegar. Let it sit on the board for a couple of minutes then rinse off with clean water. This should make it about 99% bacteria free. Also, keep your wooden cutting boards wiped down with oil occasionally. Coconut oil is really good for this--antimicrobial and doesn't go rancid easily.I would wear those thin vinyl gloves -- just wash your hands after putting them on just to make sure they are clean when you handle food. When you remove the gloves, peel it off one hand starting at the wrist so that it is turning inside out. Go down to the fingers and stop (leaving the

glove still a little bit on the hand). Then while holding the fingertips of the peeled glove with the fully gloved hand pull off the peeled glove so that it ends up in the gloved hand with the gloved hand slightly fisted. Then using the newly ungloved hand, peel the remaining glove off the other hand, again starting at the wrist, so that it turns inside out (just like before). This way you have minimized any contact with the raw chicken blood. Then I would wash my hands -- just to be safe and to remove the starch residue from the gloves. My apologies if you already know how to do this! ; ) Just a cool trick I learned from a nurse.AmeliaHusband UC 9 years, SCD 19 monthsLDN 3mgTo: btvc-scd Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 11:55:37 PMSubject: Raw chicken-your clean up method?

How do you clean up after fixing a recipe that calls for raw chicken? Do you wear gloves while handling the chicken? Does the type of chicken you buy make a difference - organic and/or free-range vs. nothing artificial, fresh vs frozen, etc.? I seem to keep getting sick when I handle raw chicken.

Thanks!