[Sca-cooks] stomach cringe vs BOTULISM
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Thu Dec 30 18:30:17 PST 2004
> Clutching your stomach the next day could have been
> the least of your worries. Botulism can kill if you
> are compromised in any way. It is possible that
> bringing the odorous mess up to a temp of 165' might
> have made it safe, but probably NOT palatable.
> BB
> Lothar
Ok, but botulism is only ANerobic. Turkey parts in water, while
definitely likely to give you food poisioning-- anything from salmonella
up-- would be unlikely to give you botulism because the environment
isn't anerobic enough.
Not that other kinds of food poisioning can't kill, of course.
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