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December 4, 2006 6:00 PM

I love that this article comes out about every five years trying to scare people or something. As someone involved in microbiology the real statistic is probably more like 99.99% and when cooked it is no problem.
posted by cdcello (19 comments total)

We're all gonna DIE!!!
posted by Balisong at 6:08 PM on December 4, 2006

In other news: E. coli found in 99.99 percent of humans.
posted by grouse at 6:10 PM on December 4, 2006

In related news, I cook chicken before eating it.
posted by Partial Law at 6:10 PM on December 4, 2006

Hmmm.
Chicken Sashimi
posted by caddis at 6:11 PM on December 4, 2006

Got to love USA Today. I found it interesting that they didn't break down the statistics into the categories listed - supermarket, gourmet, organic, etc. Asking the opinion of someone involved in microbiology, does it make a difference?
(thanks for the post)
posted by figment of my conation at 6:15 PM on December 4, 2006

Coming up after the break: A common household item THAT CAN KILL YOU
posted by 2sheets at 6:18 PM on December 4, 2006

A friend of mine became a vegetarian after seeing a TV newsmagazine feature on chicken processing. Apparently they're strung up and butchered assembly-line-style and washed in a trough or something that was described as "fecal soup" as it becomes gross from all the stuff on the chickens.

If you heat a chicken from the supermarket in water before cooking you'll see a frothy, cloudy, foul-smelling (no pun intended) liquid form.

Wash 'em well and cook 'em thoroughly, omnivores!

Now I'm off to read about the dire threat of dihydrogen monoxide (right 2sheets?)
posted by jam_pony at 6:26 PM on December 4, 2006

I think they like to think that the news gets people to run around in abject terror, something like a chicken with its head cut off but without the terror part.
posted by fenriq at 6:27 PM on December 4, 2006

In other news: E. coli found in 99.99 percent of humans.

The same boiling precautions apply then.

Chicken Sashimi

Now, I wonder what human sashimi would taste.
posted by NewBornHippy at 6:29 PM on December 4, 2006

BUS CHICKEN PLUNGE!!
posted by maryh at 6:33 PM on December 4, 2006

Now, I wonder what human sashimi would taste.

That's it, your off my oral sex list.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:43 PM on December 4, 2006

But get this... the bacteria... it tastes like chicken!
posted by The Deej at 6:43 PM on December 4, 2006

you're, for shame!
posted by Pollomacho at 6:43 PM on December 4, 2006

If you heat a chicken from the supermarket in water before cooking you'll see a frothy, cloudy, foul-smelling (no pun intended) liquid form.

Isn't that just the fat bubbling to the top?

(He says hopefully.)
posted by The Deej at 6:45 PM on December 4, 2006

Well, I actually caught salmonella recently in Peru, and boy it was not a fun experience (especially at 3000+m above sea level). Course I got it while traipsing about the rainforest. In my kitchen? I'm probably more likely to die choking on the chicken bones, now what are the statistics for _that_ I wonder?
posted by damo at 6:45 PM on December 4, 2006

83% of chickens contain bones you might choke on. The other 17% are McNuggets.
posted by FelliniBlank at 6:49 PM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Good. I'm bringing home a chicken. The yogurt said it was getting lonely.
posted by Opposite George at 6:52 PM on December 4, 2006

The 17% of McNuggets are actually fish.
posted by anthill at 7:05 PM on December 4, 2006

mmmm....fecal soup.
posted by hojoki at 7:09 PM on December 4, 2006