About Mary Hughes-Cole Expertise I can answer questions about food preparation and storage, kitchen and equipment sanitation and food spoilage. Food and beverage expiration dates, and the use and safety of certain herbs, spices and food additives are within my area of expertise.
Experience I have run a kitchen for nearly fifty years. I have a perfect track record at home; my claim to fame is, my cooking has never made anyone sick. In addition, I have managed several boarding homes where I maintained the kitchen and cooked for many people.
Question How do I keep mushrooms from getting slimmmmy? When I go to put them in my salad after opening a few days they are awful. How do you prevent this?
Thanks
Answer Hello
Louise Holt
Don't put them in your salad. I am going to give you a website that you might want to read concerning safety issues. Sprouts and mushrooms can be dangerous. Any mushrooms I eat are cooked thoroughly before I eat them. If you have bought some fresh or picked them yourself maybe, but do you remember the most famous cook we ever had on television accidentally killed him self on television eating mushrooms he picked himself. That is not likely to happen to you with store bought mushrooms but the bacteria that gets on them or the parasites can be deadly. The lettuce and other things you eat in a salad can be harmful too as they have many parasites as do all vegetables. Washing your produce carefully in a spoonful of Borax water will prevent this problem from happening. One tablespoon of Borax in a sink full of water, soak the produce, for at least ten minutes. Store most produce in an open Ziploc Freezer bag. I have many tips on food storage write me again and I will give them to you.
You just cannot get any safer than Baking Soda, or Borax. Especially if you shop at Cost Co and Wall mart, Cost Co has a huge box of Baking Soda for about $4.59 compared to $1. 45 at the grocery store for just a small box, I mean a big box. And at Wall mart, you can get Borax for $2.87 a box instead of $4.95 a box in the grocery store.
Here is the web site you will want to research, http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
When you get there, it is the-
Federal Consumer Information Center Pueblo Colorado,
When you get there, click on
Food, When you get there, click on-
Can Your Kitchen pass the Food Safety Test?
1998 528GG Free
That web site is www.fda.gov/
The phone number for the about Center is 1-888 INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)
When you get there, click on Food
U.S Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville
MD 2085 7-0001
When you get there, click on-
Food
Food borne Illness, Nutrition, Dietary Supplements…
Program Areas
Food Additives and Pre-market Approval
www.FoodSafety.gov
Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
When you get there, click on-
Food
When you get there, click on-
Food Additives and Pre-Market Approval
When you get there, it is
EAFUS A FOOD ADDITIVE DATA BASE
US Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Good Luck,
Mary Hughes-Cole
