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Bob Terwilliger[_1_] Bob Terwilliger[_1_] is offline
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Default How Many Food Rules Do You Break?

sf wrote:

> I got this in my email today. Sheesh, if breaking those rules are
> bad, I should be dead by this time.
> http://www.eatingwell.com/health/hea...od_safety.html


I routinely eat runny eggs, I cook beef, veal, and lamb to an internal
temperature of about 135°F, and pork to an internal temperature of 140°F. I
can't say that I check the temperature of reheated leftovers, but I doubt
that it even comes close to 165°F. Sometimes I don't reheat them at all.

Bob