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| small business-cookies | 10/2/2007 |
Q: My sisters and I are interested in baking cookies and selling them to small food businesses in the ...
A: Ah...how do you begin setting up a food business? Of course, the first step is to develop a ...
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| Spagetti Sauce | 10/1/2007 |
Q: It does not have meat in it and is primarily tomatoes, and spices. It has been out for over 12 ...
A: Unfortunately, the recommendation is that cooked carbohydrates (tomato sauce fits into this ...
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| homemade vegetable soup | 10/1/2007 |
Q: over a week ago I was given a gallon jar of vegetable beef soup that my father made. It is in a ...
A: Unfortunately, your husband is correct. Vegetable beef soup should be either eaten or frozen within ...
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| food safety in storage | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I have a problem with food storage in refrigerators, there must be frozen row meat, milk products, ...
A: Here are a some general guidelines to ensure maximum freshness and safety: 1. Place any cooked ...
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| broad bean (fava) SKINS | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I have been googling to discover if it is ok to eat broad bean skins but can't confirm it. By ...
A: It is safe to eat the pod of the fava bean but you probably only want to do so with very young, ...
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| overnight dill pickles | 9/30/2007 |
Q: I just received a recipe for over night dill pickles. I'm wondering what the time limit might be for ...
A: If you are referring to a recipe that recommends placing pickles into a jar and then placing the jar ...
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| Fresh Eggs | 9/30/2007 |
Q: How long can you leave fresh eggs out on the table? I have chicken's that lay eggs daily.
A: While at one time it was considered common practice to leave fresh eggs at room temperature, it is ...
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| Bathroom sanitation | 9/30/2007 |
Q: If this question is not in your area of expertise, please tell me who to contact. My husband thinks ...
A: Oh husbands.... Amazingly, urine is relatively sterile. The strong odor of urine is caused by urea ...
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| kitchen towels, dishcloths, etc. | 9/30/2007 |
Q: I change my kitchen sponge, cloth, and towel everyday. I also use bleach when I wash them to make ...
A: Washing the sponge with bleach daily is a good idea, but washing your cloths and towels in the ...
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| Iodine Tablets to treat food? | 9/30/2007 |
Q: I'm an avid outdoorsman and often when on trail I use Iodine tablets to nuetralize bacteria in ...
A: I understand your thinking that if iodine is effective on water could it also be effective in ...
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| salmon vacumn sealed in refrigerator | 9/29/2007 |
Q: How long will fresh caught salmon that has been vacuum sealed stay in the refrigerator. It has not ...
A: The salmon will last longer vacuum sealed than if just wrapped in plastic but it doesn't last ...
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| Pot Roast left out | 9/28/2007 |
Q: last night I cooked a pot roast -- turned it off around mid-night to let it cool before ...
A: The recommendation is to not consume meats that have been left at room temperature over 2 hours. ...
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| jerky | 9/28/2007 |
Q: How do you know if you are to use some sort of brine on beef from the store or deer meat and is ...
A: I take it you mean is there anything you can do to fresh beef or deer meat that is one week old to ...
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| cheesecake | 9/28/2007 |
Q: how long is commercially prepared cheesecake (costco) safe to eat. It has been properly ...
A: Depending upon the preservatives (or lack of preservatives) in commercially prepared cheesecakes, ...
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| selling baked goods that were made at home | 9/27/2007 |
Q: I live in Colorado and am interested in making baked goods and selling them to local markets. I was ...
A: First -- you need to contact your local health department (Environmental Health Division) and see ...
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| Ham | 9/27/2007 |
Q: How long can deli ham be kept in the refrigerator before it becomes dangerous to eat. I buy deli ...
A: The general rule of thumb for deli meat, is that it should be consumed within 3-5 days of purchase ...
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| jerky | 9/27/2007 |
Q: How do you know if you are to use some sort of brine on beef from the store or deer meat and is ...
A: Beef, lamb and deer meat usually do not benefit from brining except for traditional cuts of beef ...
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| selling baked goods from home | 9/25/2007 |
Q: How do I sell baked goods (home made cakes) from my home? Have read many articles regarding the ...
A: It is possible to sell baked goods from your home so don't give up. Your local health department ...
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| Ground beef | 9/24/2007 |
Q: What should the shelf life of the raw ground beef used to make beef patties be,and the shelf life of ...
A: Fresh ground beef - whether bulk or in patties -- should be cooked within 2-3 days of ...
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| Refreezing | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if 5 thin chicken cutlets were frozen, defrosted, and cooked for 10 minutes at 350 ...
A: The general recommendation is to cook chicken to 165 degrees F and then freeze. Since you didn't ...
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| crockpot safety | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I put a hot crockpot full of chili right in the fridg. This morning it only feels chilled not ...
A: Unfortunately, the chili has been given the ideal temperature for bacterial growth. Unless the ...
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| food safety issue | 9/22/2007 |
Q: I left a fresh cold roast in the car for about 7 hrs. It had fallen out of the bag and I didn't see ...
A: The recommendation is to not consume potentially hazardous foods (meat, dairy, eggs, fish) that have ...
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| Defrosted meat left out | 9/22/2007 |
Q: I took frozen steak out of the freezer at 8am. It's been out all day until 9pm. I forgot it was ...
A: The recommendation is to not defrost meat at room temperature as some bacteria can produce a toxin ...
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| About worms infection on humans! | 9/13/2007 |
Q: I saw a worm which is dead in food. If any person takes it (without knowledge) will it cause any ...
A: As you are probably aware, in many cultures, cooked worms are consumed as a source of protein. While ...
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| From Supermarket to Home | 9/12/2007 |
Q: Last night I went to the supermarket at 5:00pm. I bought sliced deli ham and frozen waffles and ...
A: The recommendation is that if foods that should be kept cold are at room temperature or warmer for ...
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| Green muffins | 9/12/2007 |
Q: I am a keen muffin maker but was a bit perplexed with the results of the last batch I made 2 days ...
A: Seeds high in chlorophyll (a green compound responsible for leaves on trees to be green) can turn ...
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| Soup out overnight | 9/11/2007 |
Q: I a huge pot of chicken noodle soup and left it out overnight with the lid on. Is is safe if I were ...
A: You are not going to like my answer... There is no way to know if your chicken noodle soup is safe ...
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| thawing meat | 9/11/2007 |
Q: My gf left,on purpose, frozen ground meat on the counter, overnight, about 8.5 hrs and planned to ...
A: Yes -- we all use to thaw meat on the kitchen counter and to our knowledge at that time -- with no ...
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| Food Left Out | 9/10/2007 |
Q: I made a pot of chili that I had left out on the counter to cool, and forgot to put in in the fridge ...
A: The recommendation is to not consume potentially hazardous foods such as chili that have been at ...
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| canning tomatoes safely | 9/9/2007 |
Q: I now live overseas. they pickle tomatoes here, but do not can them plain. so i decided to can my ...
A: Unfortunately, in the early stages of botulism there are no tell-tell signs. The tomatoes can look ...
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| canning | 9/8/2007 |
Q: I have a recipe from a home preservation book for easy Sauerkraut that calls for putting shredded ...
A: This recipe is not a tested recipe that will produce a safe sauerkraut. First -- to produce the ...
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| Homemade Salsa | 9/8/2007 |
Q: I have homemade salsa that I have left out on the counter overnight, approximately 13 hours. I ...
A: While it it strongly recommended to refrigerate salsa once made to extend the shelf life of the ...
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| canning tomatoes safely | 9/8/2007 |
Q: I now live overseas. they pickle tomatoes here, but do not can them plain. so i decided to can my ...
A: The recommendation to add lemon juice, vinegar or citric acid is designed to ensure that the pH of ...
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| Food storage | 9/8/2007 |
Q: Is it safe to leave leftovers in the can they came in to store in the refrigerator. Like if you ...
A: While it is not recommended to store canned foods in the can in the refrigerator, it is not unsafe. ...
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| Chicken Broth | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I recently purchased some organic chicken broth and used it one time. It has been sitting in the ...
A: It is recommended to use chicken broth (organic or otherwise) within 4-5 days of opening. If you ...
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| Frozen Food and Yogurt | 9/6/2007 |
Q: So recently we have been having blackouts here in our neighborhood. I went to the grocery store ...
A: Did you have the chicken and yogurt in anything to try to keep them cool -- such as a cooler? I hope ...
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| Canning Salsa - No onions! | 9/6/2007 |
Q: I am allergic to onions and since there are no commercially available salsas without them, I'd like ...
A: Yes, you can leave the onions out of the recipe and you are right -- leaving them out would make a ...
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| Fresh Peeled Garlic | 9/6/2007 |
Q: Is fresh peeled garlic (not in an oil mixture) considered a potentially hazardous food? How long is ...
A: No -- fresh peeled garlic is not a potentially hazardous food. It only becomes hazardous when not ...
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| eggs | 9/5/2007 |
Q: Can raw eggs in the shell be frozen?
A: No -- not unless you like broken eggs and a messy freezer! You can freeze eggs out of the shell -- ...
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| home canning-tomatoes | 9/5/2007 |
Q: ...on one batch, though, we decided to get creative- and slow roasted a bunch of tomatoes with a ...
A: Yes, when you change a recipe adding ingredients such as oil you change the pH and viscosity of the ...
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