On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:06:03 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
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>"jw 1111" > wrote in message
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>> So for instance if you are cooking pork and the thermometer tells you it
>> has reached this minimum temperature would that mean that its then really
>> cooked?
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>No, it will be overcooked. Loins, tenderloins and chops are done at 140.
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>> I understand that pork can have certain parasites in it that can affect
>> humans and they need to be killed by complete cooking. Is there some 'time
>> limit' then on how long pork need to be cooked at this minimum temperature
>> or is reaching this minimum temperature just enough? thanks
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>Extremely rare these days. Pork is no longer farmed but made in factories
>under controlled conditions. FWIW, freezing at zero or below will also kill
>the trichinae if it as to be found.
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>The probe thermometers are nice and I use a couple of them. In most cases,
>they tell you to overcook the meat though.
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so you can't select the temperature that you want it to alarm at? you
just select.."beef" "pork" "chicken" "Lamb" ?