Questions on handling, preparing, and storing food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.
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How long can I reuse this delicious bacon grease for cooking?
I cooked some bacon about a week ago and left the grease in the pan. I've used it the last two nights with great success for cooking other meals.
How long is it safe to reuse? I figure since I'm ...
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how long to cook a turkey per pound
I'm cooking a turkey for thanksgiving for the first time. I've got a beautiful 11 lb turkey and according to the websites I found, I should cook it for about three hours. When I asked my girlfriend's ...
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Are vegetables poisonous if they have roots, are sprouting or are many weeks old?
Can I use sprouting vegetables? Are they poisonous?
When cooked, does the sprouting have an effect to foods taste?
Can I use my potatoes or carrots if they already has some roots...?
How about when ...
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What does flour smell like when it goes bad?
I've got about 15lbs of saphire unbleached white flour left from my 25lb bulk purchase from 2 weeks ago. While preparing a wonderful zucchini bread recipe I noticed a "sour" smell from my flour.
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Do I need to wash my tongs between handling raw meat in pan? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I ensure food safety if my cooking utensils have touched raw meat?
I tend to be over careful when handling raw meat when cooking. However, I think it is simply ...
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How long will roux keep?
I've made roux some time ago. Forgot to put the date on the container. How long will it keep in the fridge? I'll be making a sauce in a day or two...
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How long does it take botulism spores to germinate in the fridge?
Based on this question, I started wondering how long I could keep an anerobic food in the fridge before I have to worry about botulism colonization. 1 day? 3 days? 2 months? Clearly it's not a ...
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Is refreezing a meal safe?
I know there have been questions on refreezing meat, which apparently is not safe to do. My understanding from those posts was that it was referring to raw meat. My question is slightly different.
I ...
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Sous vide without plastic bags?
I really like the idea of cooking steak using sous vide. However, I am very wary of heating food up together with plastic, and then eating the food, as I believe that at high temperatures, chemicals ...
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Is there something wrong with this scallop residue?
After cooking scallops in oil in non-stick pan, I cleaned up and there was a white hard substance left stuck to the pan. It felt like plastic. These scallops were fresh caught one day before using, ...
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How do I know if a black banana is too old to be eaten?
From time to buy, I buy too many bananas. For the future, I am considering refrigerating them instead of eating them, but they turn black.
How can I know whether a black banana is still edible?
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creme fraiche 1 month out of date!
I was just cooking some soup and added some creme fraiche (I smelt it before and it smelt fine, force of habit)
Once I had mixed it in - I noticed that the sell by date was the 15th of January!
I ...
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Why are standard cast iron maintenance practices compatible with food safety?
How on earth is not washing a cast iron with soap not harmful? Since even if you wash it good with hot water and Salt, wouldn't there still be a possibility of harmful bacteria and such left in the ...
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How long boiled milk tea is consumable?
I drank milk tea in evening prepared in morning.
Is it is safe? After how much time it should not be consumed?
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Is there a table that shows the cooking temperature and the duration for different meat types and its bones?
Just wondering if there is a table (similar to the one below - including a example) that can shows the cooking temperature and the duration to cook different types of meat (and/or its bones) in ...
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Will liquid keep longer if I boil it and then leave the lid on?
Basically I boiled a turkey carcass on Thanksgiving night for about an hour. I then turned off the heat and left the lid on (never took it off). Since then it has been sitting on my stove for the ...
