reheating/eating cold

jamgirl

following on from the beef post......

i regulary cook meat (chicken, beef, pork,), eat what we need and put the rest in the fridge.
we then have this the next day cold.
i have NEVER heated leftover meat. infact my mum used to tell me not to
we have never been ill.

can i still eat it cold or should i be reheating it?

Pink.

Hi jamgirl,

You can eat it either way. The important thing is once it's cooked to chill it as quickly as possible and keep it chilled.

If you do want to reheat it (I do all the time) once you remove it from the fridge bring it up to fully heated as quickly as you can and serve piping hot.

It's the in-between temperatures when the meat is luke warm that bacteria is more likely to multiply so you need to keep it at that temperature for as little time as possible.

Pink

jamgirl

thanks.
i'm not a natural in the kitchen and don't want to poison anyone!