Comments on: Safe Food Handling Tips for the Hot, Lazy Days of Summer http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2009/06/15/safe-food-handling-tips-for-the-hot-lazy-days-of-summer/ The Frugal Housewife offers frugal living tips on meal planning, money management, home decorating, decorating for the holidays, and family time. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kali http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2009/06/15/safe-food-handling-tips-for-the-hot-lazy-days-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-4386 Kali Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:18:37 +0000 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=1306#comment-4386 Adding to what Sheila said, avoid mayonnaise based salads if you're having an outdoor cookout/party/picnic. Make sure grilled foods are cooked all the way through by using a meat thermometer (just because it's charred on the outside doesn't mean the inside it cooked.) Don't leave sandwich meat, refrigerated dips, or fatty foods outside without ice or other cooling methods for more than 1 hour (you can leave out chips, cut veggies and other room temperature stable foods). Have separate utensils for dishes and keep them separate to help prevent food contamination. Make sure kiddies are supervised so they're using the right utensils and not wiping their noses with their hands and then pawing through the hot dog buns.(And remind everyone to wash their hands or at least use a cleaning wipe before handling food.) Adding to what Sheila said, avoid mayonnaise based salads if you’re having an outdoor cookout/party/picnic.

Make sure grilled foods are cooked all the way through by using a meat thermometer (just because it’s charred on the outside doesn’t mean the inside it cooked.)

Don’t leave sandwich meat, refrigerated dips, or fatty foods outside without ice or other cooling methods for more than 1 hour (you can leave out chips, cut veggies and other room temperature stable foods).

Have separate utensils for dishes and keep them separate to help prevent food contamination.

Make sure kiddies are supervised so they’re using the right utensils and not wiping their noses with their hands and then pawing through the hot dog buns.(And remind everyone to wash their hands or at least use a cleaning wipe before handling food.)

]]> By: Sheila Sultani http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2009/06/15/safe-food-handling-tips-for-the-hot-lazy-days-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-4384 Sheila Sultani Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:00:02 +0000 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=1306#comment-4384 These are some great tips - maybe you can find some tips for keeping picnic foods safe. For some reason your post reminded me of when I would go on picnics with my family. I would almost always be sick to my stomach that night. I figure it must have something to do with the potato salad being in the heat. Sheila These are some great tips – maybe you can find some tips for keeping picnic foods safe. For some reason your post reminded me of when I would go on picnics with my family. I would almost always be sick to my stomach that night. I figure it must have something to do with the potato salad being in the heat.

Sheila

]]> By: Nicole Feliciano http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2009/06/15/safe-food-handling-tips-for-the-hot-lazy-days-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-4382 Nicole Feliciano Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:58:12 +0000 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=1306#comment-4382 Hope you'll link up these helpful tips on Momtrends: http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-feasts-fennel-salad.html Hope you’ll link up these helpful tips on Momtrends:

http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-feasts-fennel-salad.html

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