Questions tagged [food-safety]
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Deciphering Sell By codes [duplicate]
How to decipher code on Kroger spice bottle "15:58 Sell by Aug 24 15PS2"? Please explain, as I have many others.
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Do tealight holding dishes keep food at a safe temperature?
I have a couple of lidded ceramic dishes with an electric element that are designed for hot holding food. While they are very effective, the major downside is that I need to have a trailing power ...
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Do you have to worry about parasites in fish bought in the UK?
I am aware of the issue with parasites in fish, such that fish products that as intended to be eaten raw must be frozen to make them safe to eat. These regulations does not obviously include fresh ...
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How do you clean mussel shells for serving appetizers at a wedding?
We collected a bunch of mussel shells at Venice beach we wanted to clean them and use them to serve appetizers at our wedding celebration.
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Can I leave the pickle jar on the counter? [duplicate]
I live in an RV alone and can't possibly fit this huge jar in the small fridge. How much damage can possibly happen in salt and vinegar 🤔
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Safety of cooking pork loin for just 1 minute and then refrigerating it? [duplicate]
Here's the situation: I had 2 meals planned for the week: one with ground pork, and one with pork loin. Today I was cooking the meal that was supposed to use the ground pork, but I accidentally put ...
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What's the safe temperature for cooking alligator meat?
I've got some alligator in that I plan on cooking this weekend. I'm trying to figure out what the safe temperature is, but the internet is giving me very many conflicting responses, everything from ...
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Are freezer bags not safe to store alcohol?
I had some wine leftover and wanted to put them in the freezer to use it at a later point for baking or cooking. So I just poured it into a freezer bag.
Today, I noticed that the bag is not frozen ...
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Nuts soaked and dried. Fridge or not?
I usually soak nuts overnight. I usually do this with walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts. Then I dry them at low temperatures. After that, is it better to store them in the fridge or outside if I want a ...
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Sputtering Avocado Oil at High Temps
I recently purchased avocado oil from Costco, specifically Marianne's Harvest Brands Avocado Oil. I've tried frying/sauteing with it a couple of times, and so far, every time I've heated it up, it ...
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When does a spatula or spoon become sterile during cooking?
Imagine the scenario. You are cooking chicken in a Bechamel sauce. First you fry the raw chicken in the butter, stirring until the chicken is partially cooked. You then add some flour, stir and fry ...
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Japan Pufferfish preparation technique training
Where can I find resources on how the Japanese chefs are trained to prepare pufferfish delicacy safely? I understand their standard requires a written and practical exam.
I've tried searching for ...
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Can I use a mason jar or an empty tin can as a DIY cooking pot over an open flame stove?
I'm talking about a small gas or alcohol stove, for example like this:
Images from: https://www.rei.com/blog/camp/diy-how-to-make-an-alcohol-stove-from-soda-cans
If I'd use a glass mason jar instead ...
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Steak & Cheese sandwich safety [duplicate]
I left a cheese & steak sandwich on the kitchen counter for 6 hours. It was fully cooked at a pizzeria and delivered at 5:40pm. The temperature in the house was 70 degrees. I discovered I left it ...
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How to Seal inside of sugar bowl with crazing [duplicate]
i want to buy an antique sugar bowl but it has crazing and staining inside. I want to be able to use it for sugar. Is there something i can paint the inside with that is not going to be toxic? or is ...
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I had Boost protein shakes in my refrigerator and it went out. The refrigerator is fixed, can I refrigerate them again and use? [duplicate]
The shakes are purchased dry and i store extras in my pantry. I'm just not sure since they went from cold to room temp if I can still use them and put the unused ones back in the refrigerator.
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Is this yellow substance on my chicken meat a fat deposit, and is it ok?
This was a Plymouth Rock chicken from my own yard, the first one to be eaten, hopefully. I am not sure about this yellow substance. Is it just fat deposits? Is it normal, and should I just remove them?...
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How do I know if my homemade natto is successful? Smells like ammonia
If my natto smells like ammonia is it bad/safe to eat? It has strings and bubbles when I mix it, but is a bit soggy. I think I left too much liquid in after the boiling.
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Is food safe to eat if the visible mold is removed? [duplicate]
If I have a jar of sauce for instance which has mold growing on the surface, if I remove that mold from the top have I removed everything pathogenic? Or is there more invisible/difficult to see mold ...
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Is a puffy freezer bag a sign of spoilage?
Recently I had bought some chicken and put it in the freezer to keep it because it wasn't going to be used right away.
That was about a week ago maybe two, last night I took some of the chicken out ...
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What does the USDA mean when it says cooked (meat) is good for a range of days? [duplicate]
For example, it says cooked beef is good for 3-4 days. Does this mean that some cooked beef will not be good after 3 days? Should extra precautions be taken if eating food between 3 and 4 days? If ...
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Do I need to add citric acid to can tomato sauce if I used tomatoes from a can with citric acid?
Do I need to add citric acid to can tomato sauce if I used tomatoes from a can with citric acid? I want to prevent botulism and such and need higher acidity to can my tomato sauce but I figured my ...
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What's this white matter in a sauerkraut jar?
I have just opened a jar of store-bought organic raw sauerkraut and I found this white matter on it that you can see in the picture. It doesn't look like regular mold, and it doesn't look like Kahm ...
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When to throw out a recipe [duplicate]
If I have cooked chicken and need it to used by Sunday, can I make soup with it and the soup have an extended shelf life? Or do I need to throw out the soup on Monday?
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Cooking beans safely - contradictory advice
I'd like to cook beans from dried, but I see a lot of contradictory safety advice about neutralising the toxins that occur in raw beans.
I've seen:
Rolling boil for 5 mins before simmering until ...
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Food safety of spontaneusly fermented mango
I had a very big mango on kitchen table for few days and at the stem it got a bit brown, a bit less than half was completely normal, but the inbetween was very soft and had strong alcohol taste and ...
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Are hard boiled eggs safe to eat after hours out of the fridge? [duplicate]
I left hard boiled eggs in cold water over night are they still good to eat? The have the egg odor to them
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Is it safe to rinse tins and plastic bottles out with hot water?
When making dishes with tinned tomatoes etc, it is good practice to rinse these out with water to get the remaining contents out. Sometimes, to save on washing up I use hot or boiling water instead so ...
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Cooked Meatloaf left in oven [duplicate]
I cooked a meatloaf at 350 Fahrenheit for 50 minutes, then turned the oven off and forgot the meatloaf was in there for six hours.
Is it still good to eat?
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Alternatives to mustard oil?
Is there an accessible, legal product in the USA that will impart the sinus-tingling sensation of mustard when preparing spice blends for Indian cooking?
No sooner did I discover the sinus-heating ...
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Was our chicken the correct temperature?
I heated (in a 900W microwave) some pre-cooked, shop-bought barbecue sauce-covered chicken wings. Unfortunately, instead of doing so for the required two minutes and thirty seconds, I only heated them ...
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Is it safe to eat yogurt made at 90 degrees F with a culture that requires at least 115 degrees Fahrenheit? The yogurt looks thick and smells fine
I tried to culture Bacillus coagulans for 36 hours in my yogurt machine that is supposed to go to 115 degrees F. However, the peak temp reached was an only about 100 degrees. Is it safe to eat yogurt ...
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Not cold marinate on chicken?
Help! I just poured my marinade on cut up chicken and realized it wasn’t totally cooled! I stirred it well and then immediately put it in the fridge! Is my meat okay?
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Bubbling after storing chili fried in oil and vinegar over night
To make spicy oil, I followed this procedure:
first I fine-minced dried chili
I put them in a pan with wine vinegar (7% acidity), some salt and oil and cooked it until it started to go brown (which I ...
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Too much nutmeg?
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Is about 3 g nutmeg too much for a single meal?
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This evening, I prepared 2 big dishes of spinach lasagna. I like to eat rather spicy, but I overdid it a bit this time, ...
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Claussen Pickles Bitter
I have been buying Claussen Pickles for years and never have had a problem with them. For some reason this jar of pickles has a bitter taste. I don't know if its a problem with the batch of cucumbers ...
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Swollen meat packages (modified atmosphere packaging)
I noticed that many packages of chicken or ground turkey are swollen in the store and there is no huge fuss made over them. I know modified atmosphere packaging could cause this but this article and ...
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To be safe I just tossed some goose stock I made three weeks ago. What could realistically have been in it? [duplicate]
I just realized that I forgot about the stock I made from the Christmas goose. I am aware that stock, especially made from poultry, is an excellent growth medium for all kinds of microorganisms, so I ...
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Can i reheat soup I left out for 4hrs [duplicate]
I keep hearing people say stuff like "throw it away after 2 hrs if it was left out in the open bla bla"
In reality, a lot of persons can't afford to throw food away, like me.
So what if I ...
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How many times (and ways) can you reheat honey safely?
We have an old house that is quite cold especially in winter. As a result, the bottled honey we buy solidifies in the squeeze bottle. The manufacturer recommendation for this is to gently reheat the ...
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Bananas have blue/green spots - Are these safe?
In all my years of buying bananas, I have never seen this. In this case, the bananas are organic and sourced from Peru (no idea if that makes a difference or not).
I bought the bananas when they were ...
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What are the chances that vegan cocoa butter is adulterated with cow butter? [closed]
I have a severe intolerance to lactose. I took years to learn what kind of food to avoid, but in the past few years I did relatively well. Recently I had a sequence of severe reactions. I am still ...
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Safety of chicken after thawing temperature at the wrong temperature
I tried thawing chicken breasts in my refrigerator, but after leaving them in there for 1.5 days, I took their temperature with a meat thermometer and found them to be 47 degrees Fahrenheit.
From what ...
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Lost water in sous vide container overnight
I had 2 roasts in my sous vide at 132 degrees for 10 hours and went to bed at 10 and checked at 7 this morning and had no water as had sprung a leak
Planned on cooking for 36 hours so started again
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Frozen turkey cooking? Not for thanksgiving!
I bought a turkey right after thanksgiving to turn into broth but didn’t the day of so I froze it and now I don’t know if I can put the frozen turkey into a pot as is or if I’d have to thaw it like ...
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Why is my spatchcocked chicken bloody?
I cooked a medium sized chicken spatchcocked with the backbone removed and the bird flattened after I cracked open the breastbone "star" with a sharp knife. The bird was placed skin side up ...
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Is the skin on cashew nuts edible?
In e.g. Viet Nam they seem to usually sell cashew nuts with the skin still on. Is the skin edible?
Viet Nam:
Most other countries where I've had cashew nuts:
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Can I eat food with a bit of mold if I treat it for X minutes in the microwave?
This question may sound as stupid as it is, but I just want to feed my curiosity (I am not going to eat mouldy food).
I am trying to find a common point for these two assumptions (provided that both ...
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Thawing Turkey with cold and refrigerator methods
After I have started with cold water method for partial thawing, when I switch back to refrigerator should ai remove Turkey from original wrapper, pat dry, and place in another bag to complete the ...
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How long will uncooked Christmas pudding mixture last?
Is it safe to keep uncooked Christmas pudding mixture for a week before cooking? This is for a Christmas pudding with stout and brandy.
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