Category "food-safety"

Will chopped up dried fruit still be fine to use after it's been sitting in the fridge for about 3 weeks?

I was making some fruit balls, like raw/bliss type balls. I chopped up some dates (dried), dried apricots, dried apple, and sultanas; I put these in a bowl and

Do professional chefs ever suffer food poisoning?

Quite often you see celebrity and professional chefs taste the meat or sauce from a dish that is clearly not fully cooked. Is there a different length of time y

Yellow Pepper Brown Spots Watery

Is this pepper safe to eat? Most of it looks fine , just very watery texture.

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?

Is it okay to use these oregano leaves?

I have an Oregano plant and I have rarely used fresh oregano. Is it safe to use the oregano leaves shown in picture? It has some white thing on top and at the

Is it safe to refrigerate a 3-2-1 ratio pickle I mistakenly processed for canning?

I followed a recipe based on 3-2-1 ratio of water-vinegar-sugar. I boiled the water, added the vinegar and sugar, whisked until the sugar dissolved, let it coo

Homemade yogurt hygiene; can the results be dangerous?

I'm late to the Instant Pot homemade yogurt game, but have been having fun eating the results. I'm relatively careful about cleaning the pot and implements, but

kansui powder vs. lye water, which one is better for noodles?

What is the difference between kansui powder and lye water? Can they substitute for each other?

What's the safest shape for homemade hard-candy

I'm thinking about trying to make some wintergreen hard-candies out of gum paste + wintergreen extract, but wasn't sure what shape / size to make them. It got

How do I know if food left at room temperature is still safe to eat?

If I left food out of the refrigerator for some period of time, is it still safe? If I left it out too long, can I salvage it by cooking it mo

How do I know if food left at room temperature is still safe to eat?

If I left food out of the refrigerator for some period of time, is it still safe? If I left it out too long, can I salvage it by cooking it mo

Is it safe to bake in an oven with melted plastic residue left?

For space reasons, my apartment leaves some of our casserole dishes and baking trays in the oven. When my roommate went to preheat the oven one night, he failed

Jar pasta sauce resealed itself in fridge overnight. Is it safe to eat?

I opened a jar of heavy cream pasta sauce (pumpkin, tomato, cream, etc), ate some and stored the rest in the fridge. The next day it seamed to have sealed itsel

Are these mushrooms still edible?

Are these mushrooms still edible? The colour of the gills changed. I'm not sure what kind of mushrooms they are. They're not store-bought though, my mother pic

Chicken defrosting for over a day?

So I was defrosting some chicken breasts for a crock pot meal 2 days ago. I set them out Wed night and checked them thursday and they were basically still froze

How long will a sauce last for when placed in a refrigerator and in a freezers? [duplicate]

How long will a sauce last for when placed on freezer and in a refrigerator?

Preparing pine and fir needles collected in the wild

I live near a small patch of forest that features various pines and firs. I have been thinking to use their needles for home-made gravlax. What would be the sa

Uncooked peppers and garlic in olive oil fizzled when opened

I put uncooked hot peppers in olive oil with garlic, onions, and seasoning. When I opened the jars, they fizzled. Is this safe to eat?

Biscuits with Egg and Butter - how long will they keep?

I have a biscuit/cookie recipe that involves egg and butter - after I bake the cookies how long will they keep, at room temperature in an air-tight container?

Delicata squash - good outside but not sure about inside

I cooked spaghetti squash recently and put the raw seeds and pulp in the fridge and it did smell a bit strong. But I ate the spaghetti squash and it was fine. T