[Sca-cooks] Trying again

[Gorgeous Muiredach]

At 12:42 PM 1/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>According to information I found on a CDC website, botulin toxin is
>destroyed by 185F+ temps, as well.  I could not find information or
>references to other microbe-generated toxins, so this would not mean that
>you could just reheat to 185F and be sure you would be safe.  In any case,
>I agree wholeheartedly with fra niccolo that preventing the development of
>the toxin is preferable to trying to destroy it once it was in the food.

Exactly, preventing development of bacteria and hence production of toxin
is best.  Especially that some bacterias, like the one in question in rice,
cannot be destroyed by heat or freezing.

Gorgeous Muiredach the Odd
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