Irving Kimura wrote:
> I just got myself one of them Polder meat thermometers whose probe
> stays in the meat during cooking. The instructions specify that
> the probe should be "sterilized" before every use, but they give
> no procedure or guidelines whatsoever for doing this. This time
> around I suppose I will dip the probe in boiling water for a few
> seconds but is there a more convenient approach?
>
> TIA,
>
> Irv
>

Sterilization implies to totally make something free of viable organisms.

Do you sterilize every pot, pan, spoon, et cetera, that comes in contact
with raw or cooked meat? That would pose quite a logistical problem.

Me thinks a simple wash with dish detergent will suffice (of the probe.)

Of course if you owned a gamma ray machine, you can irradiate them : )

Richard

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"..A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti..."

Hannibal "The Cannibal"

Silence Of The Lambs 1991