M- Danger Danger Will Robinson!
my son the "almost chef" warned us to never defrost meat out on the counter the danger zone is between 40F and 140F - if food is in that temp range for two hours, it's an ideal breeding ground for really nasty bacteria The outside layer of the meat will thaw first, and have hours at high room temperature before the inner layer thaws. So when you're thawing it for dinner tomorrow, do it in the refrigerator. -Ben Courtesy of Comisechef Will :-) At 10:29 PM 7/5/02 -0400, you wrote: >Here is a fun fact about having no air conditioning: I was thawing some >ground beef for dinner tomorrow. I took about two pounds out around 8:00. It >is now 10:20 and the meat looks as though it has completely defrosted. There >is actually a little bit of blood seeping through the plastic wrap and >forming a small pool, mixing with the water of the ice which already melted >away. > >The thermostat reads 98 degrees right now... the weather channel says it is >82 at BWI. > >*sigh* I am writing two separate proposals this weekend and have all my >research saved on this computer. I can't even go to the library and chill >out there. > >Somebody toss me a frozen muffin. > >M > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Haggerty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:10 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: No Air Conditioning > > >With my neighbors, leaving the windows open is not an options. > >With my budget, neither is purchasing box fans. > >Thanks for the idea, though! > >M > >-----Original Message----- >From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 9:50 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: No Air Conditioning > > >Get box fans and prop them by open windows to circulate air.. > >Drink lots of hydrating liquids too > >Hatton > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Haggerty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 9:26 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: No Air Conditioning >> >> >> My Air Conditioning is broken and it is 95 degrees in my apartment (it is >> actually cooler outside right now). I just called my landlord and the >> earliest they can have someone out is THURSDAY, since this is not n >> emergency and the handyman took off for a week on Wednesday. >> >> There is a place in the afterlife where people like that go, I am certain >> Dante mapped out a ring for the abusers of trust. >> >> Issues abound... is it safe to run a PC under these conditions? I >> had to get >> a new keyboard because the sweat dripping off my forehead seems to have >> broken several of the keys on the old one. Is the refrigerator, with a fan >> blowing into it, a good substitute for broken AC? Does anyone >> have some ice? >> >> M >> >> >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
