[Sca-cooks] meat pasties and their longevity outside moderncooling

[Edouard de Bruyerecourt]

Olwen the Odd wrote:

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> I wonder if the wooden bowls contributed to the attributes of the test 
> pies. 

I tend to think not in general. It's possible that there might be 
something antibiotic within the wood, or something used to treat the 
wood, but I don't think there is in most wooden bowls. If the manner of 
storage contributed, it might be that the cloth covering the bowls 
_breathed_ more than a paper bag for food service, that the test pies 
dried on the surface while the purchased pies kept a little moisture 
withing the back, to the benefit of the bacteria.

> Wasabi kills cholera? 

 From what I read, in about ten seconds of contact. There were other 
micro-organisms listed, with there reaction to wasabi, rice vinegar, 
ginger, and one other ingredient that I forgot, but the wasabi-cholera 
one was the one that stuck with me (I'm a bit of a non-canonical 
wasabiophile when it come to sushi). Their point was how sushi evolved 
as a way to preserve fish.

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Edouard, Sire de Bruyerecourt
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