Food safety

Molly41

All school Home Economic departments have fast chillers but it would be the 90 min bus journey home that would concern me. Im afraid that Im not very brave when it comes to eating food cooked in Home Ec lessons and my son is doing an A level in it:eek:

ariba10

I do not know how we survived when we were young.

There was no such thing as Sell by or Use by dates.

If it looked O K, smelt O K and did not move under its own power. You ate it.

Meadows

Best before just means that it may not taste as good as it could but does not mean it can not be eaten.

If it it too much to use up quickly then cook it all up and freeze into portions for later meal where you can defrost and reheat quickly.

Rice freezes well with little if any change in texture on defrosting.
When you reheat the frozen rice, defrost in the fridge for around 1 hour and just make sure that you heat it thoroughly, so it’s piping hot all the way through.

or

Measure the cooked rice into small portions, place into a separate zip-top bags.
Lay the bags down flat on the worktop. Press gently on the bags to smooth and flatten the rice and release as much air as possible. Seal the bags (this also takes up less space in the freezer than if you were to store in containers).
Place the bags of rice on their sides in the freezer.
Reheat the frozen rice by opening the zip-top bag about a quarter of an inch to let steam escape. Put the bag in the microwave on full power for 3 minutes. The bag will puff up. Let the bag sit for 1 minute, then pour the rice into a dish and serve

zippychick

as this has dropped down the board ive merged it with food safety.

Tuna pasta bake may also be useful

Zip

*vamps

Little_Vics wrote: »

2 mackerel fillets, half a tub of full fat cream cheese (I use Philly), half a tub of ricotta, zest and juice of half a lemon, big whack of black pepper. Blend.

Dead easy, and fab with onion chutney and toast.

sounds absolutely scrummy, much thanks for posting the recipe

northwest1965

I have a carton of soya milk dated Nov 2011. How can I tell if it is off?

guineapig

It might be ok, but if it has gone off, the carton may be fatter ( like full of gas) when you open it up, it should have a beany/er farty smell to it but the liquid should be thin and run out smoothly, if it is "off" it will be lumpy a bit like cottage cheese, not that different from dairy milk ( long life version) though the smell ( of the soya) even if "off" is less offensive ( well, I think so).
I have just eaten a few ( long life) soya deserts that were dated end of dec 2011 and they were fine!

zippychick

ive merged this with our food safety thread

Zip