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i thought heating food in the microwave killed all bacteria??
Student died after eating 5 day old pasta
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Only microwaves made before 1997 make that happen.
Anything post 1997 no longer did that
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From Foodsafety.gov:
Myth: “If I microwave food, the microwaves kill the bacteria, so the food is safe.”
Fact: Microwaves don’t kill bacteria – microwaves generate heat that kills bacteria in foods. Microwave ovens are great time-savers and will kill bacteria when foods are heated to a safe internal temperature. But microwaved foods can cook unevenly because of irregular shapes or variations in thickness. Even turntable-equipped microwave ovens can cook unevenly and leave cold spots where harmful bacteria can survive.
Myth: “If I microwave food, the microwaves kill the bacteria, so the food is safe.”
Fact: Microwaves don’t kill bacteria – microwaves generate heat that kills bacteria in foods. Microwave ovens are great time-savers and will kill bacteria when foods are heated to a safe internal temperature. But microwaved foods can cook unevenly because of irregular shapes or variations in thickness. Even turntable-equipped microwave ovens can cook unevenly and leave cold spots where harmful bacteria can survive.
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Come on Konnan, I was trying to have fun with this one.........
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either way my microwave is from the 80s just like my TV and I always warm my food up to 5 minutes
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I never warmed anything up past 2 minutes.
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No matter what it is?You warm food up too long and it starts to mess with the texture.
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spaghetti is one of those foods that has to heat up for like 4 minutes at least in the microwave
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Spaghetti shouldn't be heated in the microwave at all
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Some bacteria are cold are heat resistant. Those are our true leaders here on earth
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Apparently not. Apparently folks out here eating bacteria ridden soggy leftoversI thought that was common sense
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Can’t ***** around with your stomach man...**** is scary because any type of bacteria that breaks out will kill you QUICK if not treated, i had a pretty bad scare when I went to Thailand and found myself with massive diarrhea and 110 fever, luckily the hotel we stood in had a little clinic and dude gave me some carbon pills and antibiotics that brought down my fever in a day, but I legit spent a full day and a half in bed, hydrating....thank God I didn’t get worst and was able to go on with my trip, being so far away and that sick, was pretty scary.
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Btw i can live life without a microwave, I refuse to heat up ANYTHING in a microwave....wrap that **** up in Aluminum foil and throw inside the oven.
Microwaved chicken has the tendency of gum....that **** is GROSS
Microwaved chicken has the tendency of gum....that **** is GROSS
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Fair enough. Sorry, ruined it. Don't want NT sued when someone dies of botulism though...
I think you've called me that before though - and it's not my name!
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Stove top only
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I heat spaghetti for like 2 minutes tops.
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dont eat food from cans period
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**** spaghetti, I warm it up for however long and parts are a blazing inferno while the other is frozen tundra. Every bite is a gamble I’m not willing to take
*just stir it* yeah yeah but I ain’t no *****
*just stir it* yeah yeah but I ain’t no *****
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micorwaves are a slow killer, why would you zap the food that you put into your body on a daily basis with radiation???
why are people still using microwaves like it makes your food taste good??? convinence??? ignorance??? i dont know but microwaves are a danger to the molecular structure of the human body if used everyday..
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Microwaves use radiation? I mean they do but not in the sense most people envision
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i agree but at my job i dont have that option... i dont mind heating up the leftover spaghetti in the microwave but im a leave it there for a minute
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On Saturday my girl got food poisoning.
They don’t play, she called the doctor and they told her to go to the er not even urgent care.
They gave her a ct scan and all to be sure that’s what it was.
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3-4 days depending on what it is.
Exactly it's non ionizing radiation, which doesn't cause cancer. Whenever you use heat to cook something you're using radiation.
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