>> "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?

www.polder.com has an e-mail address you might want to send your
question to. Do the instructions appear to be in regular English, or
a translated flavor? "Sterilize" may simply mean "clean thoroughly.",
which should be plenty good enough for the surface of a sealed
instrument.