Category "food-safety"

Is it safe to drink grain alcohol mixed with snake blood?

I was in Vietnam recently and I took a shot of grain alcohol mixed with blood from a freshly killed cobra. That was close to a month ago and I didn't die or ge

Microwave Popcorn...Possible Mouse/Rat feces?

Maybe this is more of a health question, but I was eating some microwave popcorn and bit into a piece that just tasted absolutely terrible. Rest of the bag tast

What are the small yellow things on my cooked bacon

I cooked some bacon medallions yesterday, it was in date, didn't smell, and I had some of it, putting the rest in the fridge - by all accounts it was fine. Thi

Safe to freeze boiled/ blanched pork bones/ meat for future use to cook soup?

This is relating to Asian/ Chinese style soup/ broth cooking. I am a very busy person and do not have time to cook. I cook in a small kitchen with the basic c

Pithy sweet potatoes - okay to eat?

This sweet potato is spongy and slightly holey inside. Is this safe to eat? It's similar to this question, Holes inside a sweet potato, but mine is only sli

Is it safe to store dry food products under the sink?

I'm in an apartment with limited kitchen storage space. I want to store some dry food products like tea, coffee, cereal, rice, etc. but the only place I found f

Refrigeration of Cream Liquor

I recently bought a bottle of Jackson Morgan cream liquor. The alcohol content on the bottle is listed at 15%. After looking up when alcohol percentage become

Is it possible to transfer E-O157 from simply touching something with contaminated hands?

Today I went to eat at a local hamburger chain with my family. It was the type of restaurant where you can clearly see the workers making and prepping the food.

Would toasting a croissant make it catch fire

Would toasting a croissant safe/ by accident with a person no paying attention would the croissant catch fire or would it just burn?

Small black spot on sourdough starter

I haven't fed my sourdough in about a month so I was going to feed it and I saw a black spot on the dough. I scooped it out and fed the sourdough.I'm worried if

Does a pan used for cooking scrambled eggs multiple times a day need to be washed with soap every time?

I have some very tight diet restrictions right now due to a medical issue. As a result I need to eat scrambled eggs three times a day. Here's my question: if

Is very slow smoking of meat allowed commercially in the US?

Many Portuguese sausages, especially in the Trás-os-Montes region, are prepared by smoking for weeks or even months. Examples include chouriço, sa

How to ensure quality control when cooking with or eating crickets?

Eating crickets seems to be a growing trend in the USA. I am quite familiar with beef, chicken, fish and their internal temperatures when cooking. I also unders

Is cooked chicken brought to work but left unrefrigerated for 5 hours safe to eat? [duplicate]

I cooked chicken last night and stored it in the fridge right after. Today I brought in chicken in a glass container within my backpack and o

Is my tomato ketchup safe to eat?

I pressure cooked my tomato ketchup for 10 min, then simmered for 12 hours (internal temp 150 degrees).This was lower that I intended. Is it safe to now freeze

Is my honey fermented?

I have a gallon of honey, stored in an ice cream bucket, that smells like sour krout and has little air bubbles all the way thru it. Should i consider it unsafe

How long can I store a food in the pantry, refrigerator, or freezer?

How do I know if a given food or ingredient I have is still good, or if I should discard it? How can I best preserve a food or ingredient?

How do I tell if my fermented sauce has gone bad?

Related to another question of mine: I found this recipe for a lacto fermented hot sauce. Basically you take blended up chiles, 2.5% salt, water (not sure if n

Pre-making pastilla filling

I should start by stating my actual problem: this coming Rosh HaShannah, the latest I can buy fresh meat is on Thursday, but I need to serve it the following Mo

Eating the same meal [closed]

Is there a meal or multiple meals I could rotate that would be safe to eat for 1 (or possibly more) meal(s) every day that would also stay goo