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THANKSGIVING DINNER -
SERVE IT SAFELY
Turkey and trimmings. Or ham
and candied yams. A table loaded
with platters of good food.
It’s the traditional Thanksgiv
ing picture that will be repeated in
millions of American homes on
Thanksgiving Day.
But the picture could change to
one that’s not so festive if the food
should become contaminated and
cause illness. And it can happen so
easily if you do not know about
proper food handling in the home.
You could be making your fust
Thanksgiving dinner, or you
might be an experienced cook.
You could be preparing for IS or
for two. In any event, the food you
serve could cause illness if you
don’t understand and follow some
precautions to prevent
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By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist!
contamination.
One of the most common
cuases of contamination and ill
ness is Salmonella, a bacterium
which multiples in the gastrointes
tinal tract and produces irritation,
with resulting nausea, vomiting,
abdominal cramps and pain, diar
rhea, and fever.
Some foods are especially sus
ceptible to Salmonella, and meat
and poultry are two of them.
Chances are your Thanksgiving
turkey will be frozen. Always
thaw frozen turkey in your
refrigerator or microwave oven.
Thawing frozen poultry at room
temperature gives bacteria a
chance to grow. Plan ahead and
allow yourself enough time to
thaw poultry correctly.
Wash your hands with soap and
water before handling any food.
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After you handle raw meat, fish,
poultry or eggs, wash your hands,
utensils and flat work surfaces
with soap and hot water to guard
against contamination from Sal
monella. Remove stubborn bacter
ia from a cutting board by scrub
bing it with soap, rinsing it with
hot water and then applying a sol
ution of one teapsoon chlorine
bleach to one quart of water.
Do not stuff your Thanksgiving
turkey the night before, stuff it
immediately before you put it in
your oven. Never partially cook a
turkey with the idea of finishing
the cooking later. Bacteria can
survive in partially cooked poultry
and “staph” bacteria may produce
toxins. DO NOT cook your holi
day turkey in a low oven over
night It takes too long for the
intend temperature of the bird to
reach a temperature above 140
degrees F. (hot foods kept above
this temperature are safe).
But Thanksgiving dinner does
not consist only of turkey. There
ate vegetables and salads, pud
dings and pies. These can pose as
many problems as meat and poul
try. Foods that consist in whole or
part of milk or milk products, or
eggs, can be potentially hazardous
and must be handled with care.
Refrigerate cream custard, mer
ingue pies and other foods with
custard fillings. You need to also
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Dairy Fun Night Seeks Entries
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Pennsylvania’s Farm Show
will again offer a celebration of
the state’s large dairy industry.
“Dairy Fun Night” will be held on
Tuesday, January 12. It presents a
showcase of activities promoting
“fun with the dairy industry.” As
part of this event, people can enter
two contests, an "Ice Cream
Chum-Off,” and a “Dairy Obsta
cle Contest.”
The “Chum-Off’ will kick-off
the evening of fun by giving con
sumers an opportunity to sample
many varieties of ice cream. Ear
lier contests have featured “Nut
tin’ Honey,” Banana,” and "Super
Fudge Chunk” ice creams. The
winning recipe will take home a
refrigerate potato salad or any
similar salad in which you use
mayonnaise or salad dressing.
These foods should be kept
refrigerated until just before you
serve them and leftovers should be
refrigerated immeidalely after the
meal.
After the big meal is over,
everybody is feeling relaxed. You
want to watch TV or just sit and
visit, and you could be tempted to
“clear the table later.” Don’t let
this happen.
Cooked foods should not be left
at room temperature; they should
be refrigerated immediately.
Infectious bacteria in food can
double every 15 to 30 minutes
when the food is not kept suffi
ciently hot or cold. Hot foods
above 140 degrees and cold foods
below 40 degrees.
Also remeber it is not necessary
to cool hot foods before putting
them in your refrigerator. Today’s
refrigerators can quickly bring
foods to the proper temperature
for safekeepting without prelimin
ary cooling.
Food contamination in the
home is possible any time, but
during a holiday, when you are
preparing especially large and fes
tive meals, the possibilities are
greater. This Thanksgiving, have
yourself a feast, but avoid conta
mination and illness by handling
foods with common-sense
precautions.
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third place recipes receiving $l5O,
and $125, respectively. The first
eight eligible recipes will be
selected to compete in the contest.
Teams participating in the contest
will be limited to no more than
four members.
To continue the tradition ot
“fun,” event organizers have
created the “Dairy Obstacle Con
test.” This event will allow parti
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activities that are conducted on
today’s dairy farm. This event will
require three team members, each
having a different responsibility.
The stations for team members
will include: 1) the stacking of six
hay/straw bales; 2) the dodging of
“cowpies;” and 3) the pouring of
milk from a milk can into half
gallon containers.
The “Obstacle Contest” has
three age categories for entrants
12 years and under; 13 to 19
years; and adults (19 years and
above). A first and second place
prize will be awarded in each
category, $75 and $5O, respective
ly. The contest is limited to one
entry per category by a family,
FFA chapter, 4-H club, church
organizations, or other group. The
first four entries in each category
will be selected to compete in the
“Obstacle Contest.”
Both of the contests are open to
all Pennsylvania residents, except
those that are affiliated with the
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program. All entries for these con
tests will be accepted until
December 15, 1992. Entries must
include the names of all team par
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Harrisburg, PA. 17110-9408. For
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category must be specified.
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