Stop Putting Frozen Chicken in Your Slow Cooker, Says USDA — Food News

Sometimes I wonder what it is like to work at the USDA and be tasked with giving people advice that you must know a lot of them are just not going to follow.

"Cook that hamburger well-done!"

"LOL, no."

"Cook eggs until yolks are firm. Don't eat homemade mayonnaise, Hollandaise, or good Caesar salad!"

"Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of this eggs Benedict."

I always imagine it's a lot like when my mother would tell me not to eat raw cookie dough, but I'd do it anyway and she'd shout, "I'm just trying to keep you from getting salmonella! Do you want salmonella?"

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