Storage of Meats Poultry and Seafood

Presumable you can boil anything for 10 minutes and it will be free of all bacteria and microorbs that can make you sick. Keep it at a rolling boil for ten minutes, making sure all of it stays hot enough to boil for ten minutes. This must be done on the stove because the microwave heats unevenly and may leave cold spots.

Although this method might keep you from getting sick, it does not give any guarantees about the way it will taste.

Boiling will kill any live bacteria, but live bacteria aren't the only thing that can make you sick. The waste by-products that the bacteria are producing while they are living in your food can also make you sick, and boiling will not make those waste by-products any less toxic.

Raw chicken should be left out of refrigeration only for the time it takes to get from the grocery store to home (hopefully a very short trip) and for the amount of time it takes to prep it for cooking.

yes but youj can thaw it quickly in the microwave...just dont let it sit in one spot for long

Commercially prepared and never unfrozen , about two months. But crab loses flavor quickly, and I would use them before their expiration date, even if kept properly frozen.

Homemade and then frozen, not more than aweek for best flavor, and after two weeks, it's cat food.

The first clue would be the odor. It should smell clean and not of ammonia. If the texture is wrong and too soft, that will indicate decomposition.

If you eat it and you throw up or it tastes funny - that would be another clue.

If unopened dried fruits can stay in your cupboard for at least a year. Once opened they should be put in your refrigerator (in a Glad Bag with air pressed out) can last for several months.

food such as fruits and vegetables or if you mean food like snacks i always get poptarts and they last a very long time

No. Every year people get food poisoning from turkey and stuffing. Re-heat all left-overs thoroughly!

As with any cooked meat, it should be stored refrigerated and is best used within 3-4 days.

Under 4 degrees or over 60 degrees. The danger zone for food is in between the temperatures. Never let any food sit in that zone for langer than four hours. After the four hour mark food begins to spoil and should not be eaten.

The shelf life of unopened packages will vary depending with the processor and the process used. Go by the dates on the package.

Once opened, it should be used within a few days.

2 hours then you have to throw it away if you wk in a restaurant

Left overs should be used within three days; chicken broth falls under the same category. If you know you won't be using it within three days when you first open the can (or making it homemade), you can freeze it for longer storage.

Foods that are left out in room temperature for more than an hour can begin bacteria growth. Our stomach acids can kill some of these bacterias but not all and some can make you very sick. Keep foods OUT of the danger zone- Above 45 degrees and Below 145 degrees. Between these temperatures bacteria lives and breeds on our foods.

If you are asking if it OK to use, you will have to make that decision. You know how the meat was handled, stored, defrosted and refrozen. If you have doubts about its safety, throw it out.

Until recently it was always taught and assumed that chicken's had a rudimentary olfactory sense. New studies have shown that this is not the case. The chicken's olfactory apparatus is moderately well developed. Chickens clearly detect and respond to a wide range of natural and artificial odors. One recent study out of Scotlands Roslind institute for avian study shows clearly that a chicken has a better sense of smell than that of a laboratory rat.

Yes you can. From my experience it keeps well for up to six weeks.

It will be better when cooked.("'\(o.o)/"')

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!
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=== No meat should ever be re-frozen without first being cooked. If you don't cook it before freezing it again, you're going to get food poisoning from the bacteria that grew on it from the time it started thawing until it froze again. Cooking it kills all that bacteria.

Honeybaked ham site indicates it will last 5-7 days.

It is best if used within 5 days. If you can't use it within that time frame, I would suggest you freeze it.

Yes it is. However, the longer the meat has been frozen the less the meat will taste, so use Rosemary, garlic powder (NO SALT as salt toughens meet and it should be added before serving if the person cooking it likes salt) a little red wine after brown the lamb chops or, you could use a touch of garlic (not over-powering because you just want to bring those juices out) and lamb should be served slightly pink and not well done. You can serve with veggies, a nice tossed salad, garlic bread, roasted or BBQ'd small red potatoes. If you are going to roast the potatoes over the BBQ then cut up heavy tin foil into 4 - 5 inch squares or use one large piece of foil, wash and cut the small red potatoes up and place in foil, add thinly sliced green onion, a little salt/pepper, olive oil or Italian salad dressing) crease the top of the foil over the potatoes (leaving room for expansion) and seal ends of foil. Pop on the BBQ or in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes. Fresh corn is also great with this meal. Tip on buttering your corn: Instead of putting out a chunk of butter for your corn (if you are having guests over or just with family) melt butter in a small pot, add a little salt, pepper, Parmesan cheese (the powdered kind) melt and pour into a small bowl and use a brush to dip into the butter and spread on your corn.

Assuming that they have been properly stored in the freezer in an airtight container, the usual rule is 3-6 months.

However, if the cheese has developed frostburn, I wouldn't recommend to eat it, as the taste and quality will have been negatively affected.

About one hour after cooking. After that, any food can become tainted and needs to be refrigerated to keep the bacteria in control. If it is uncooked, it needs to remain refrigerated - but will only remain fresh in this state for about 2 or 3 days at most.