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Food Safety
Freezing oysters
I bought some oysters and clams with the intent of cooking them that night. Some unexpected errands and tasks came up...
Are decades-old unused plastic sandwich bags/wax paper/aluminum foil still safe to use for food storage?
Found several opened packages, containing unused contents, dating back 15-20 years plus; the wax paper box, e.g., say...
pH of oil-based product
Using a Milwaukee Instruments food-grade pH meter, I tested the pH of Whole Foods' 365 brand roasted tomatoes, garlic...
Frozen turkey left out for 6 hours
So I picked up my frozen 13 lb turkey and let it sit in the car at about 45 degrees for about 3.5 hours. Then I took ...
Food safety in jarred "ketchup"
I am about to make a fruit "ketchup" (basically a cooked salsa) with a recipe from a relative in Montreal. Her recipe...
Weird vanilla floaties
Hi everyone! I know this isn’t exactly a cocktail question, but I think you cocktail makers and rum dealers may b...
Store bought roasted chicken - how long ok in the fridge?
Anyone have a general rule of thumb on this? Ours are usually gone pretty quickly, but we have one that's been hangi...
Cooked chicken in crockpot on low instead of high. Help!
Usually cook chicken for 3 hours on high for shredded chicken. Accidentally did it on low. Chicken was tough but not ...
Restaurant Reactions To Food
Please remember to note your environment. Are you eating from a buffet? How long has that food been sitting out? Dai...
Fermented tofu — white blemishes appearing
Hi all, I have two jars of fermented tofu — one open, one closed — both of them have started to develop white blemis...
Should yogurt taste carbonated?
Help, I am eating some right now and it smells fine, tastes like peach yogurt, but seems carbonated. I also noticed ...
When does cooked shrimp go bad?
I feel like such a knob. I had pulled some cooked shrimp from the fridge for lunch. I thought it was shrimp from a fe...
Fridge 59 degrees and cooked hamburgers
Our fridge is on the brink. It is keeping 50 degrees. We stored cooked hamburgers yesterday in it and reheated today ...
Tiny brown ants (very long)
I've owned my home for about 10 years now and have never had bugs in the house except stinkbugs and spiders, but neve...
Cooked hamburgers left out - can they be eaten?
We grilled out burgers yesterday and set up the buffet inside the house. When I was putting things away a few hours l...
cooked burger - how long in fridge?
i had a cooked hamburger (just plain ground beef burger, no egg) in the fridge for 9 days. is it ok to eat at this p...
PLEASE HELP! How long can cooked meat stay out for, and still be eaten?
So I made a small pot roast last night (late - around 10 or 11pm), and took it out of the oven to cool on the counter...
Crabs on ice - HELP
Yesterday my son caught a few crabs on the coast, and brought them back in a cooler filled with ice. They were alive ...
Chicken Breast 4 Days in the Fridge
Subject line says it all. Toss or keep? I'm most likely tossing to be on the safe side. I had covered the plate in pl...
White stuff in my peaches
What is the white stuff inside my peaches? Sometimes it's on the pit. Sometimes it's on the pit AND on the inner wall...