Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't ever go into a chicken-processing plant if you want the answer to that question, unless it's a small production facility. Same for beef. The nastiness comes from dirty processing practices. I won't say what gets all over the meat, but it's the same thing that hits the fan under different circumstances. People in the olden days never used to get sick from poultry, because they didn't get garbage all over the bird when they killed and plucked and cleaned it. To this day, my mother still makes us get out of the kitchen when she's cleaning chicken, says there is bacteria all over it. Then she uses bleach in the sink after she finishes. Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bdcolen Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:56 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] M Classics Special edition bag question Okay, if we're going to stay so damn far off topic for the week... Being an Amurkin, I have always been taught that poultry has to be virtually nuked if one doesn't want to die of some godawful infestation...And then I had a dinner in Amsterdam where I was served rare duck - which was fabulous. So what is it about those Dutch ducks that makes them safe to eat practically raw, while in the USofA one daren't eat anything but highway-gray duck or chicken? B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John Straus Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 3:11 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] M Classics Special edition bag question on 4/16/03 4:42 PM, Jerry Lehrer at jerryleh@pacbell.net wrote: > Mmmmm! Belgian Duck, YUMM, if the breast is medium rare! PFFFFFFFFFFt !!!!!! Jerry, you were just stating last week or so that (nose in the air) Duck breast is SUPPOSED to be cooked to RARE. Now you want medium rare !?!?! You Californians...make up your damn minds ;) - -- John Straus Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com http://SlideOne.com/EditorsRoom ========================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html