Safety Of
Accidentally
Thawed Food
If your freezer stops, ac
ndentally thawed meats, poultry,
iish, vegetables, and mixed dishes
should be your first concern. These
ioods have a far greater risk of
:ausmg food-borne illness when
accidentally thawed than do fruits
and baked goods.
Two factors temperature of
the product and how long it has
been thawing are important in
determining whether accidentally
thawed meat, fish and poultry are
safe to eat. Food that registers 40°
F or below is generally considered
safe If the food contains ice
crystals it is probably safe for
cooking or refreezing. But don’t
expect the food to possess the
quality it had before thawing. If
you do refreeze the food try to use
it fairly soon.
If the food has an off-odor before
or during cooking, spoilage has
probably set in. Spoilage bacteria
can grow at a temperature of 40°
F, but the rate of growth is low. It
is when foods are at a temperature
above 40° F, for a few hours that
the risk of poisoning sets in. Some
bacteria double in number every 15
to 30 minutes in warmer tem
peratures.
The two types of bacteria
responsible for most food-bome
illness are Salmonellae and
Staphlococcus aureus.
ISalmonellae can be destroyed by
(cooking food to an internal tem
perature at 165° F. However,
toxins or poisons produced by
Staphlococcus aureus are not
destroyed by heat.
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Home Economist
To be on the safe side, keep
perishable food and especially
thawed, frozen foods below 40° F to
prevent bacterial growth and
potential food spoilage or food
borne illness.
Selecting Quality
Produce
“Stop, Look, and Listen” is good
advice for little folks learning to
venture across the street and it’s
equally good advice for consumers
learning to select top quality fruit
and vegetables.
“Stop” at a farmer’s market,
roadside stand or produce counter
displaying abundant supplies of
home-grown produce and then look
at individual items to tell quality or
listen to the sounds they make.
“Listen” is the key word when
choosing green or yellow snap
beans; in fact, snap one to be sure.
Fresh looking beans of good
quality will be crisp and tender and
The Model 892 is a big-capacity pub-type forage
harvester. The “892” can be used with tractors
up to 175 horsepower.
The optional METALERT™ electronic
detector reduces harvester damage and can cut
down on hardware disease. The “892” is
available with 12-knife or 8-knife cutterhead.
Exclusive underbeveled knives never need
rebeveling and make, knife sharpening fast and
easy. Flip-up feedroll makes shearbar ad
justment easy. , . , j.
There’s a big choice of crop heads, including
the exclusive interchangeable 3-row crop
head/windrow pickup, 2-row low-profile crop
head, conventional windrow pickup, sickle-bar
and ear-corn snapping heads. Under-knife
baffles increase capacity
Like all Sperry New Holland machines, the
“892” is backed by a service and parts system
that’s second to none.
will snap loud enough to be heard
when broken between the fingers.
Notice, too, that the name is snap
beans... not string beans. TcSfay’s
green and yellow beans have no
string because plant breeders have
now developed stringless bean
varieties.
“Look” is the key word when
choosing most other fresh fruits
and vegetables. When choosing
peaches, appearance is the best
clue to quality. Pinching for
ripeness only causes damage.
Look at the background color to
judge ripeness. Most mid- and late
season peaches should have a
golden yellow cast under the red
blush. Your best bet is to pass up
peaches with a green shade
beneath a red blush.
Green is the right color when
choosing peppers. Look for pep
pers with a medium to dark green
color, a glossy sheen, relatively
heavy weight for the size, with
firm sides. Incidentally, these red
peppers you sometimes see now in
the store are just fully matured
green peppers and peppers are
sweet, not hot.
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Burns, one of the nation’s out
standing authorities on home
sewing and fashions, will present a
one-day seminar in the auditorium
of the Farm and Home Center, 1383
Arcadia Road, Lancaster on
Tuesday, August 21, from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
In her presentation, Burns will
provide an update on fashion and
sewing-trends, details currently
being used by noted designers,
accessories to add your wardrobe
so it looks new, plus many ideas
and secrets for simple and suc
cessful sewing of all types of
garments. She will also give a
special presentation of the world’s
best and most professional time
saving techniques she knows.
The seminar is sponsored by the
Lancaster County Cooperative
Extension Service, which is an
affirmative action, equal op
portunity educational institution.
Fee for the seminar is $l5 and
includes lunch. To register send
your check, made payable to the
Agricultural Extension Service, to
Dons W. Thomas, Extension Home
Economist, 1383 Arcadia Road,
Lancaster, PA 17601.
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profile cropheads, windrow pickup, sicklebar
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