<Alan > wrote in message
...
> The New York Times, today:
>
>
[snips]

> THE BOTTOM LINE It's a bad idea to let food sit at room
> temperature before refrigerating.

Could be. The only reason I doubt this is because I have been doing it
my entire adult life and nobody has ever gotten sick. And I cook nearly
every day.



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cybercat wrote:
> <Alan > wrote in message
> ...
>> The New York Times, today:
>>
>>
> [snips]
>
>> THE BOTTOM LINE It's a bad idea to let food sit at room
>> temperature before refrigerating.
>
> Could be. The only reason I doubt this is because I have been doing
> it my entire adult life and nobody has ever gotten sick. And I cook
> nearly every day.
>
>
>
It probably came from the ice box era, when the heat of leftovers would
melt the ice, and survived with first and second generation
refrigerators, not frost free. If you put hot food in them,
frost formed in the freezer compartment.

Does anybody use "tin foil" anymore? Do people still refer to it?

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"cybercat" > wrote in
:

>
> <Alan > wrote in message
> ...
>> The New York Times, today:
>>
>>
> [snips]
>
>> THE BOTTOM LINE It's a bad idea to let food sit at room
>> temperature before refrigerating.
>
> Could be. The only reason I doubt this is because I have been
> doing it my entire adult life and nobody has ever gotten sick.
> And I cook nearly every day.

I agree.

In article <YYVoh.4278$1h.2787@trndny09>, lid
says...
>
> Does anybody use "tin foil" anymore? Do people still refer to it?
>
>
People certainly refer to it as such, pretty commonly, I'd say.

Did "tin foil" ever exist as such, i.e., a foil made of tin?

I've been thinking that it was a common name for aluminum foil that got
going simply because it was shiny and looked like the tin coating on a
can.

Bob

"Dave S" > wrote

> Does anybody use "tin foil" anymore? Do people still refer to it?

Sure, growing up it was called tin foil, I know that comes out
once in a while. No one really seems to think I'm looking for
a roll of tin.

nancy

On 10 Jan 2007 02:29:22 GMT, sandi > wrote:

>"cybercat" > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> <Alan > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> The New York Times, today:
>>>
>>>
>> [snips]
>>
>>> THE BOTTOM LINE It's a bad idea to let food sit at room
>>> temperature before refrigerating.
>>
>> Could be. The only reason I doubt this is because I have been
>> doing it my entire adult life and nobody has ever gotten sick.
>> And I cook nearly every day.
>
>I agree.

Me3 - although I've gotten *lazy* in my old age - so on occasion I
put warm (not hot) food in the refrigerator with the cover either
cracked or completely off.

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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:11:17 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"Dave S" > wrote
>
>> Does anybody use "tin foil" anymore? Do people still refer to it?
>
>Sure, growing up it was called tin foil, I know that comes out
>once in a while. No one really seems to think I'm looking for
>a roll of tin.
>
I've always wondered that too... so I asked google.

Wikipedia says: I n the late 19th century and early 20th century, tin
foil was in common use; aluminium foil largely supplanted it, but some
people long continued to call aluminium foil by the name of its tin
counterpart (perhaps due to its being shorter to say).

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sf wrote in :

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:11:17 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Dave S" > wrote
>>
>>> Does anybody use "tin foil" anymore? Do people still refer to it?
>>
>>Sure, growing up it was called tin foil, I know that comes out
>>once in a while. No one really seems to think I'm looking for
>>a roll of tin.
>>
> I've always wondered that too... so I asked google.
>
> Wikipedia says: I n the late 19th century and early 20th century, tin
> foil was in common use; aluminium foil largely supplanted it, but some
> people long continued to call aluminium foil by the name of its tin
> counterpart (perhaps due to its being shorter to say).
>


Here in Oz, we call it Alfoil.



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cybercat wrote:
> <Alan > wrote in message
> ...
> > The New York Times, today:
> >
> >
> [snips]
>
> > THE BOTTOM LINE It's a bad idea to let food sit at room
> > temperature before refrigerating.
>
> Could be. The only reason I doubt this is because I have been doing it
> my entire adult life and nobody has ever gotten sick. And I cook nearly
> every day.
>
Some people are more sensitive to food bacteria than others. My ex
in-laws left fried chicken out of the fridge overnight - no problem for
them. If I ate it, I'd be sick as a dog.
It's all what your body has become accustomed to, I think. I never let
food sit around before refrigerating.

N.

On 10 Jan 2007 06:55:32 GMT, PeterL > wrote:

>sf wrote in :
>
>> I've always wondered that too... so I asked google.
>>
>> Wikipedia says: I n the late 19th century and early 20th century, tin
>> foil was in common use; aluminium foil largely supplanted it, but some
>> people long continued to call aluminium foil by the name of its tin
>> counterpart (perhaps due to its being shorter to say).
>
>Here in Oz, we call it Alfoil.

try "aluminum" foil. That extra "i" is a bother. ;>

(Disclaimer: I'm not implying aluminium is incorrect. It's a little
joke about English language which should be inoffensive, but one never
knows how humor will be taken on the internet. I'm also not implying
that Peter will take offense. Have I covered all bases?)

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Curly Sue wrote:
> (Disclaimer: I'm not implying aluminium is incorrect. It's a little
> joke about English language which should be inoffensive, but one never
> knows how humor will be taken on the internet. I'm also not implying
> that Peter will take offense. Have I covered all bases?)

And many of the acids.

Actually, it really was named "aluminum" first. Later, Brits
changed it, not unreasonably, to aluminium to fall more in
line with the names of other metals. Metals like sodium,
magnesium, chromium, and platinium. Oh, and silver and
gold... ium...

No, seriously...

Pastorio

In article >,
says...

--- snip ---
> (Disclaimer: I'm not implying aluminium is incorrect. It's a little
> joke about English language which should be inoffensive, but one never
> knows how humor will be taken on the internet. I'm also not implying
> that Peter will take offense. Have I covered all bases?)
>
>
AFAIK, the currently-accepted disclaimer wording is as follows:

"No offense, explicit or implied, is meant by this posting. Any offense
taken is at the sole discretion of the entity (individual, joint or
corporate) taking offense, who and/or which bears full responsibility
for any consequential snits, knicker-knotting or similar anguish."

Bob

yetanotherBob wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
> --- snip ---
> > (Disclaimer: I'm not implying aluminium is incorrect. It's a little
> > joke about English language which should be inoffensive, but one never
> > knows how humor will be taken on the internet. I'm also not implying
> > that Peter will take offense. Have I covered all bases?)
> >
> >
> AFAIK, the currently-accepted disclaimer wording is as follows:
>
> "No offense, explicit or implied, is meant by this posting. Any offense
> taken is at the sole discretion of the entity (individual, joint or
> corporate) taking offense, who and/or which bears full responsibility
> for any consequential snits, knicker-knotting or similar anguish."
>
> Bob

I'm stealing that one, but I'll give you suitable credit. ;-)
maxine in ri

cybercat wrote:

> <Alan > wrote in message
> ...
> > The New York Times, today:
> >
> >
> [snips]
>
> > THE BOTTOM LINE It's a bad idea to let food sit at room
> > temperature before refrigerating.
>
> Could be. The only reason I doubt this is because I have been doing it
> my entire adult life and nobody has ever gotten sick. And I cook nearly
> every day.


So can we then say that nearly everyone is sick of your cooking...???

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(Curly Sue) wrote in news:45a5335f.14973530
@news-server.nyc.rr.com:

> On 10 Jan 2007 06:55:32 GMT, PeterL > wrote:
>
>>sf wrote in :
>>
>>> I've always wondered that too... so I asked google.
>>>
>>> Wikipedia says: I n the late 19th century and early 20th century,
tin
>>> foil was in common use; aluminium foil largely supplanted it, but
some
>>> people long continued to call aluminium foil by the name of its tin
>>> counterpart (perhaps due to its being shorter to say).
>>
>>Here in Oz, we call it Alfoil.
>
> try "aluminum" foil. That extra "i" is a bother. ;>
>
> (Disclaimer: I'm not implying aluminium is incorrect. It's a little
> joke about English language which should be inoffensive, but one never
> knows how humor will be taken on the internet. I'm also not implying
> that Peter will take offense. Have I covered all bases?)
>


LOL!!! You could be a tap dance teacher with those skills :-)



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Brisbane
Australia

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yetanotherBob > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> says...
>
> --- snip ---
>> (Disclaimer: I'm not implying aluminium is incorrect. It's a little
>> joke about English language which should be inoffensive, but one
never
>> knows how humor will be taken on the internet. I'm also not implying
>> that Peter will take offense. Have I covered all bases?)
>>
>>
> AFAIK, the currently-accepted disclaimer wording is as follows:
>
> "No offense, explicit or implied, is meant by this posting. Any
offense
> taken is at the sole discretion of the entity (individual, joint or
> corporate) taking offense, who and/or which bears full responsibility
> for any consequential snits, knicker-knotting or similar anguish."
>
> Bob


LOL!!

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