BARFBLOG: How to check if a turkey is cooked: “piping hot” is not sufficient - (barfblog)
December 13, 2007 – 10:04 pmhttp://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2007/12/articles/food-safety-communication/how-to-check-if-a-turkey-is-cooked-piping-hot-is-not-sufficient/
The Brits apparently don’t like data when it comes to cooking hamburgers, and now, turkey.
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2007/07/articles/e-coli/really-make-mine-a-thermometerverified-160f-burger/
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2007/dec/xmassafety
Same with the Irish.
http://www.safefoodonline.com/article.asp?article=2232
For the home cook, the data is the tip-sensitive digital thermometer, and a recording of 160F for hamburgers, 165F for poultry.
For the U.K.’s Food Standards Agency, it’s, “check it’s piping hot all the way through.”
I have no idea what that means.
When I hear piping hot, I think of Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
Seriously, the best the taxpayer-funded FSA can come up with is:
“So make sure your turkey is cooked properly:
* check it’s piping hot all the way through
* cut into the thickest part to check that none of the meat is pink
if juices run out, they should be clear.”
Wow.
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