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Last week, I bought fried chicken from an M&S nestled inside my hospital, before heating it in a microwave and then joining the other doctors for lunch. Thought it was pretty solid, and this week, I nipped in to see if I could get another helping.
I found the same dish, read the label more closely and was... less than happy to discover that it said "cook before consumption" on the front, alongside "guidance for handling raw meat". The rear only confirmed my mounting horror. I dare say I felt outright queasy. Oh well, ignorance was bliss, and it's been long enough that if I was going to get salmonella, I'd know by now. I'd rather be a victim of deceptive advertising than food poisoning.
("Southern Fried Chicken", and you expect me to think it hasn't been fried already? Fuck.)
Can you eat raw chicken without noticing it? My experience with my own culinary experiments shows undercooked chicken has completely different taste and texture than a properly cooked one. Not sure about the pathogen risks but if you didn't notice I suspect it was not raw.
I'm not sure, it didn't taste raw at the time, though I can't that I've eaten raw chicken on purpose to take notes. I threw it in a microwave at maximum heat for 3 minutes before consumption, it came out hot, and didn't taste awful. That's the main reason I even came back looking for it.
Apparently you can cook a single chicken breast in the microwave on high in 4-5 minutes so it might not have been that undercooked.
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