Eating Chicken

Just The One

Will you continue to eat chicken while this whole bird flu fiasco is going on.

I know the authorities have come out and said there is no problem eating cooked chicken but personally I have kinda been put off chicken at the moment and secondly we all know that the authorities have got it wrong in the past.

BoozyBabe

Without a doubt!

It causes NO risk whatsoever so long as I ensure I've cooked it well.

Dave!

Yeah I will. Once it's cooked, the virus is killed off, so just cook it..... as you normally do I hope! Do you usually eat chicken with blood dripping out of it? If so, then I'd desist until after the flu thing is gone. If you only eat cooked chicken, then there's no problem.

mickymg2003

I'll keep eating it no problem.

Terry

just as i ate eggs after that crazy english bint scared everyone with her salmonella story and like i ate beef when the country was covered in disinfectant, so will i continue to eat chicken through this who bird flu thing. and duck too.

Dooom

DaveMcG wrote:

Do you usually eat chicken with blood dripping out of it?

Ew...that's put me off chicken for the day now.

I'll still eat it though, it's the basis for a lot of my recipies! Although I'm starting to try fish now. Working quite well.
Marinated and battered Place(sp?) with red chilis, onions and egg noodles.

Crackin.

Just The One

DaveMcG wrote:

Yeah I will. Once it's cooked, the virus is killed off, so just cook it..... as you normally do I hope! Do you usually eat chicken with blood dripping out of it? If so, then I'd desist until after the flu thing is gone. If you only eat cooked chicken, then there's no problem.

No I usually eat chicken cooked - as do most people but I think you missed my point that the authorities have said it is ok once it is cooked so therefore you are taking it for granted that it is fine.

They have been known to be wrong about things in the past, so why not take the precaution.

Rb

I doubt I'll stop eating it. That said, if people do start dying I might cut down somewhat.

BendiBus

Just The One wrote:

They have been known to be wrong about things in the past, so why not take the precaution.

Because the alternatives are:

beef - BSE
fish - Irish seas are glow-in-the-dark radioactive
lamb - foot&mouth
veggies - pesticides.
Water is flouridated and full of slurry.
Air is full of CO and dioxins.

xzanti

Nope.. I love chicken.. Once its cooked well etc I don't think id be too worried..

If on the other hand I was a cat I think I'd give it a wide birth for the time being.. Maybe switch to duck or some nice foie gras or something

rubadub

Hopefully the prices will drop because of it so I will be eating more than ever! :v:

japanpaul

I think some of you are missing the point. It would be the raw chicken that you handle when chopping on your chopping board for stir fries, placing on your George Foreman for grilling, cracking eggs for your fry, etc would be the main way of catching the disease.
Anyway the chicken we eat never sees the light of day so the chances of us catching the disease are pretty remote.
In answer to the OPs question, I will continue to eat chicken until people start dropping dead(from store bought chicken). I think then I would have to reassess.

tSubh Dearg

The only way to catch it from the ways you've listed there would be to not wash your hands after handling it. Now I don't know about you, but most people I know will be quite fussy about washing their hands after handling raw meat, no matter what sort and are also pretty careful around raw eggs.

Patricide

No way in hell will i stop, going to london in easter and theres a kfc 5 feet from where my cousins are, chicken for breakfast lunch and dinner

muppetkiller

Thu shall not stop eating chicken as it's God's choosen food...
mmmm KFC Zinger burger

to stop eating chicken is like saying stop eating Bacon ...your crazy ya hear crazy get off the road BEEP BEEP !!!

err ok sorry about that Ash Wednesday chicken withdrawal

angelbaby

Of coarse I wiil. I love chicken!!!

japanpaul

But most cases of samonela would be caught from the ways I listed (apart from breaking an egg).
Some people are a bit lax when it comes to hygene in their own kitchen and IF the disease did spread to Ireland and IF it spread to commercial chickens then it would probably be people from this group that would catch the disease first

rainbow kirby

I will keep eating chicken... As long as it's cooked properly, there's no risk.

incisor71

Definitely continuing with the chicken diet - don't like pork or red meat, and eggs don't like me.

Merrick

I'll definately continue eating chicken. What kind of dinner would I have without it!? I hate red meat, so apart from eggs, it's pretty much my only source of protein.

Terry

what about stuff that tastes like chicken?
will that be affected too?

Kojak

Bird Flu wont stop me eating chicken.

ferdi

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Dave!

Spike wrote:

Ew...that's put me off chicken for the day now.

Another life saved :cool:

Just The One wrote:

No I usually eat chicken cooked - as do most people but I think you missed my point that the authorities have said it is ok once it is cooked so therefore you are taking it for granted that it is fine.

They have been known to be wrong about things in the past, so why not take the precaution.

You say "the authorities" like you're taking Bertie Ahern's word on it; I wouldn't take his word on it cos he doesn't have expertise in this area! The government is advised by scientists and experts who study this stuff, and they've told us that it is avian influenza, and influenza is destroyed by heat.

I know it's a bit unnerving to think "this might have been contaminated", just like I'd feel wierd holding hands with someone who has AIDS, even though the chances of me getting AIDS from them is quite low.

We have to rely on other people's expertise from time to time, mate. How do you know that the keyboard you're typing on doesn't have some sort of infectious disease that's passing into your fingertips?! :eek: Or how do you know that the chair you're sitting on isn't going to break in a few seconds? We just take it for granted that it's been made properly and it's been examined, etc. etc., because it sucks to live your life in fear.

If you're that unnerved about it, then get out some books or look around on the internet, and do your own research about it. Ring up health authorities, go talk to a university lecturer, or something, and try to understand it yourself until you're satisfied that they're right, or until you can prove them wrong and save us all!

Sure it can't be that difficult

rubadub

Most of these chickens just have a really bad cold and are calling it flu to get a few days off

Savman

God is a chicken

Heyes

think id turn into a chicken the amount of it i eat..lol

johnp

Why stop eating it, chickens are non-migratory

Gazza22

Yeah i will continue to eat chicken! It's my main food stuff!

I don't see why you shouldn't, people are going over board now. Actually i had chicken today...yummy