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Tip of the Day: Have running water while working with raw meat
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Hosting the game? Prepare in advance
If you are hosting a Super Bowl party at your house this weekend, the last thing you want is to be stuck in the kitchen while everyone else yells at the TV and eats all your food. I've made a quick list of items you can prepare ahead of time, which will leave you with more time to cheer for your favorite team. Vegetables: Whether you are making a crudités platter or using them in other dishes, cut your vegetables the day before. Just make sure you wrap them separately and keep them refrigerated until you are ready to use them.
Dips: If you have been following along, we've been posting a Dip-a-Day here at Slashfood, and almost all of them can be prepared the day before.
The myth of plastic vs. wood cutting boards
For years, chefs, food writers and even food scientists have said that cutting boards made of wood
will absorb bacteria, and plastic ones will allow bacteria to flourish on the surface, lurking in each
tiny cut. Each material has been declared worse in turns. Do plastic cutting boards really harbor more bacteria
than wooden ones? Are wooden ones worse?
It looks like the food scientists at Cook's Illustrated have debunked this food myth, because according to their tests, the answer is "no". They collected the used cutting boards of several of their staff members, but found little bacteria on them. The boards, two wooden and two plastic, were then taken to a lab where they were inoculated with one drop of solution containing millions of bacteria. The bacteria were allowed to sit on the boards for 40 minutes, but after washing the boards with hot, soapy water, fewer than 100 bacteria from the original sample remained on each type of board.
While bacteria remained on each board, the amount was small and nearly equal for both materials. This shows that it doesn't matter what the board is made out of, but how you care for it. After each use, particularly if raw meat has touched the board, cleanse it with warm, soapy water. The FDA recommends sanitizing your boards in a solution of 1 tablespoon bleach to 1 gallon water.
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