Califronia Girl - I agree with you about rinsing. I used to do it aswell,
but i remember reading somewhere, I think a Christmas preparation
article, that said " there is little point in rinsing the turkey, because
cold water will not clean the meat, you just end up splashing raw
turkey juice all over the sink and surrounding areas, and in any case
you are going to be cooking the meat for hours in the oven, so any
harmful bacterial will have been nuked anyway!!!"
So I never rinse meat anymore...one less thing to worry about I
suppose!!!!