Tips for Food Hygiene

Tips for Food Hygiene

Source - Reader's Digest

Wash your hands before and after you handle food.

Clean utensils and working surfaces with hot soapy water before, after and also during food preparation.

Never use the same cutting board or the same utensils for raw meat, chicken or fish, and vegetables. As a general rule, keep meat, chicken and fish away from other foodstuffs.

Never place cooked meat or fish on the same surface where you placed it raw, without cleaning the surface thoroughly beforehand.

Thaw your food in the fridge, never at room temperature. If you defrost it in the microwave, cook it immediately afterwards.

Never refreeze a product you have previously defrosted.

Throw away tins of food that are dented or swollen.

Throw away cracked eggs.

Never eat chicken if the flesh is still red after it has been cooked.

Close container lids and insert corks firmly before you store products in the fridge.

Throw away any that show signs of mold.

Never eat raw pastry, even to taste it.

Put leftovers in the fridge or freezer within 2 hours of the end of a meal and if they’re uneaten after two days, throw them out.



Uses of Parchment Paper

Source - Reader's Digest

It's not really a gadget, but use parchment paper under cookies and brownies and you’ll never have to clean stuck-on burnt messes anymore. Another great use: bake fish inside little packets for a no-mess quick weeknight meal.