On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:44:28 GMT, Al Smith >
wrote:

>>>>You're nutz. I wouldn't touch refrigerated chicken after 4 days, let
>>>>> > alone 8 without. I hope you don't get sick.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Peanut butter and jelly should be fine (I never refrigerate p. butter,
>>>>> > anyway, and jelly is mostly sugar). Everything else on your list I
>>>>> > would toss without a second glance. You shouldn't need food science to
>>>>> > tell you that you shouldn't eat that stuff - it can taste alright and
>>>>> > smell alright and kill you - as in botulism. No, cooking won't destroy
>>>>> > all the bad stuff.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > N.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm fine, no problem at all! But I've tossed everything out except the
>>>> peanut butter and jams. I'm not afraid, but ConEd (the local utility
>>>> company) is waiving its usual requirement of itemized lists and proofs
>>>> of purchase for customer reimbursement of spoiled food, so I guess I'd
>>>> feel a bit guilty claiming money while chomping away....
>>>>
>>>> I'm still curious about the science of food spoilage. Just why can't
>>>> these germs be killed? Why couldn't any chemical (toxic) changes they
>>>> introduce to the food be neutralized? I mean, just how do they do it
>>>> when recycling water? Is food just much too complicated by comparison?
>>>> And how come animals in the wild don't get sick eating rotting
>>>> corpses??
>>>>
>>
>>
>> There are two types of food poisoning intoxication and infection.
>> Intoxication is when the bacteria produces a toxin and you get sick from
>> that. Not all toxins are heat lable, ie destroyed by heat. Some are heat
>> stable. In short, heating does NOT mean that everything is destroyed.
>> Infection is when you ingest the bacteria or whatever and it proceeds to
>> multiply inside of you and make you sick.
>>
>> Don't eat this stuff.
>>
>> helen (retired ex. chef w/a microbiology degree)
>
>
>Sugar is a preservative. Salt is a preservative. Lots of both in
>KFC. That coated rubber chicken probably has an unrefrigerated
>shelf life of a month.


Of course..the Twinkie still leads in shelf life.

Gunner



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