{"id":371681,"date":"2021-11-23T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-thanksgiving-wash-your-hands-not-your-turkey-lifesavvy\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:00:00","slug":"this-thanksgiving-wash-your-hands-not-your-turkey-lifesavvy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-thanksgiving-wash-your-hands-not-your-turkey-lifesavvy\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Thanksgiving Wash Your Hands, Not Your Turkey \u2013 LifeSavvy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#This Thanksgiving Wash Your Hands, Not Your Turkey \u2013 LifeSavvy”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Generations of people have washed their turkeys before placing them in the oven to roast, but that doesn\u2019t mean you should keep the practice going. It doesn\u2019t do anything beneficial and just splatters bacteria all over.<\/p>\n

No, really. The official stance of the USDA<\/a> is that you should stop washing your turkey and carefully wash your hands and prep surfaces before and after handling the raw turkey before it goes into the oven.<\/p>\n

Why skip the turkey wash? Because at best all it does it remove a tiny amount of surface bacteria. That bacteria will die almost immedia<\/a>tely in a hot oven because it\u2019s right at the surface. By washing the raw turkey, you\u2019re transferring that bacteria to your sink and wherever else the water splatters (which might include serving utensils and dishes near the sink). So skip the wash and, while you\u2019re at it, brush up on some other food safety tips here to avoid food poisoning your family.\n<\/p><\/div>\n