[Sca-cooks] adventures with leftovers

[Nick Sasso]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Olwen the Odd" <olwentheodd at hotmail.com>
> Greetings all.
> Just wanted to share a silly thing with you.  Yesterday I had my
first
> experience dealing with leftovers.  Since I never know what to do
with them,
> I either send them home with whomever or toss them after going bad in
the
> fridge.  I was surprized to learn that you could actually re-heat
turkey in the oven, and it was OK!  <<SNIP>> to find out that I could
actually put the left-over
> leftovers of turkey *back in* the oven!!  <<SNIP>> with some of the
silly stuff I just don't know, but I'm so proud.
> Olwen, single, looking and soon to be unemployed (good thing I'm
learning
> this skill huh?)

For those who keep track of this kind of thing, the USDA recommends
reheating leftovers to 160F for safety.  They also declare that
reheating more than once is unsafe.  The recommendation is to reheat
only as much as you intend to serve and eat.  This is
restaurant/institutional guidelines for health and food safety.

Now, THAT SAID, there is nothing like that chili/stew/red sauce after
reheating it the third and fourth time!  The intensity of flavors is
something to behold after the fermentation or whatever goes on that USDA
doesn't want institutions to risk  :o)

niccolo difrancesco
(married, amused, and still have most of my hair, though I can heat
leftovers <g>)