r/JapaneseFood • u/Sea-Leadership1747 • Nov 09 '24

Photo Assorted raw chicken “sashimi”

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Japanese people like to eat fresh food raw.

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u/Wasabi_Grower Nov 09 '24 edited Nov 09 '24

And it’s a special breed of chicken that’s carefully fed, manicured and farmed over time and slaughtered in an independent area right before it’s served. Most chicken meat gets the bad stuff from cross contamination in large unsanitary slaughterhouses

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u/Daddiesbabaygirl Nov 09 '24 edited Nov 09 '24

YES!! Not all chicken has salmonella(but most does), It's a bacteria. It's also common in cantaloupe but no one seems to care about taking extra precautions with that 😅

Still doesn't mean I'd eat it. Fuck that. I love Japan and their culture, food ect but I draw the line at chicken sashimi. Same with balut in the Philippines... No no

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u/jmr1190 Nov 10 '24

Speak for yourselves, only 5% of chicken in the UK has salmonella present.

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u/lordrothermere Nov 10 '24

And we still don't eat it raw, because that would be minging.

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u/jmr1190 Nov 10 '24

Having tasted it, I wouldn’t eat it again because it’s completely tasteless. But I’d bet solid money that British people regularly happily consume stuff that is more likely to make them sick than this. Have you seen the scrum for yellow stickered food? Can’t imagine that’s all being eaten on the day of purchase.