[Sca-cooks] food safe temperature

[Martin G. Diehl]

Chris Stanifer wrote:
> 
> --- "Martin G. Diehl" <mdiehl at nac.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have seen a cook's toy which is a bottle made of food
> > grade plastic and shaped like a paddle.  Fill with water
> > ... freeze ... place into whatever you want to cool ...
> 
> The same effect can be achieved much more economically by 
> filling and freezing a leftover 1-litre soda bottle.
> 
> William de Grandfort

Economical -- yes.  

Tasty -- not quite right.  

Safety -- uncertain.  

The point is that a 1L soda bottle is not food grade 
plastic; the label has to be removed to be sure the 
outside is clean; you have to be sure you have cleaned 
between the outside of the neck and the cap.  sometimes 
the label has printing on the outside -- is it save for 
the food you are trying to cool; how do you get that off?  

In my "Beginning Cordial Making" class, I stress that 
soda bottles are not suitable.  As another example, 
Classico spaghetti jars (and some others) are equivalent 
to canning jars ... but you need to use a new band and 
lid -- you can't reuse the original lid/cap.  

Vincenzo

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