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Best readily-available goat cheese?
Cheeses contains all sorts of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) that converted the milk into cheese — they’re still alive in the cheese and continue that conversion process, “digesting” the milk products...
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Sanraku Sushi on Sutter... stay away
, to reduce the presence of microorganisms and other gremlins that could cause gastric distress, or worse. If you need validation, ask your friends that are hardcore fisherman (i.e. those who’ve gone on extended...
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What to do with BBQ pork
You made the pork last week. You don’t want sandwiches. You don’t want to freeze it. You don’t want to use it on a pizza or calzone. It would behoove you do do something with it rather quickly as dangerous...
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Why "meatless" rather than vegetarian?
I meant to include that, since bees are in the animal kingdom, not in the plant or other kingdoms. But, then again, few vegans in this country go to the extent of preventing the ingestion of small- and micro-organisms....
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botulism in canning: is it all about pH?
are: (1) temperature, (2) pH, (3) water activity, (4) redox potential, (5) food preservatives, and (6)competing microorganisms." from CDC. This being said, Temp, redox (oxygen availablility), food preservatives, and competing...
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wild yeast sourdough starter
the ideal environment for ALL micro-organisms!
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Suggestions for over ripe cantaloupe
yeast and lactobacilli on them but they are specific to that individual fruit, just like certain lactobacilli are specific to yogurt. Other lactobacilli and microorganisms are specific to cheese. "The particular varieties of yeast...
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Storing Pesto without Freezing
even when a small number of C. botulinum spores were present in the garlic. When the spore-containing garlic is bottled and covered with oil, an oxygen-free environment is created that promotes the germination of spores and the...
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unbleached vs. bleached flour
. Unbleached flour is typically used for many non-commercial-breads—especially sourdough breads. The chlorine and other chemicals in bleached flour can (but do not always) kill the micro-organisms (i.e. yeast and...
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Gaffney's in Ballston -- Burger best in NOVA?
, walls, and ceilings 2.) Closed, tight fitting windows and 3.) Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors.Insects and rodents are vectors of disease-causing microorganisms which may be transmitted to humans by contamination of...
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How often do you disinfect your chopping board?
to contaminate the three surfaces. The number of microorganisms found on said surfaces before and after treatment. As to the temperature of the water, it’s stated that 100°-110° water was used for a duration of 30 seconds...
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Authentic Italian in Athens, Georgia
I’m really not trying to be belligerent here or anything, but I recently found my old servsafe certification book and had to post this. According to the book: "Small droplets of saliva can contain thousands of...
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Beans - Reducing gas
in the last cooking but not sure how much that truly helped. Then, as posters have said, just let the microorganisms in your intestinal tract get gradually used to increased bean consumption. Also, I’ve noticed no problem...
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Preserving / Canning Gear
botulinum bacteria are the main reason why low-acid foods must be pressure-canned to be safe. Clostridium botulinum is a common soil microorganism that produces a very deadly toxin or poison... called botulism, which is the most...
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Canning Tomato-Based Salsa
of the canning is to heat the entire product to a specific temperature, both to create a vaccuum seal, AND to heat up any micro-organisms to death (so they don’t kill you later). So canning raw products is difficult, if...
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