[Sca-cooks] food safe temperature

[Finne Boonen]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:27:18 -0800 (PST), Chris Stanifer
<jugglethis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- "Martin G. Diehl" <mdiehl at nac.net> wrote:
> 
> > Chris Stanifer wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> 
> Seems it would be just as tasty as a plastic paddle, doesn't it??  :)
> 
> >
> > Safety -- uncertain.
> >
> > The point is that a 1L soda bottle is not food grade
> > plastic;
> 
> 
> Actually, those soda bottles are perfectly food-grade plastic...otherwise they wouldn't be used to
> hold beverages.  Our local Health Department has no qualms about letting us use them in the manner
> described, and has even suggested them on several occassions.
> 


But they're often not meant for warm temperatures

Finne