Does frying bacon kill botulism?
Chef's answer
The main ingredient in a cure, salt, functions primarily to kill bacteria and thus act as a preservative. ... But because bacon is fried before eating, botulism isn't an issue, so the use of curing salt is considered optional.
Frequently asked Questions 🎓
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Thoroughly cooking chicken, poultry products, and meat destroys germs. ... Washing raw poultry or meat can spread bacteria to other foods, utensils, and surfaces, and does not prevent illness. Thoroughly cook poultry and meat. You can kill bacteria by cooking poultry and meat to a safe internal temperature ..
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You can kill these parasites and reduce your risk of food poisoning by cooking bacon properly. Eating raw bacon can increase your risk of foodborne illnesses, such as toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, and tapeworms. Therefore, it's unsafe to eat raw bacon.
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Commercially frozen seafood is frozen solid at a temperature of -35 degrees and stored at this temperature or below for a minimum of 15 hours to kill parasites.
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That's because raw potatoes contain a toxic compound called solanine, which could make you very sick. Most potatoes don't have enough solanine to kill a human, but green potatoes or any that are starting to sprout have high solanine content, which can cause symptoms including stomach pain, headache, and paralysis.
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As members of the nightshade family, they potatoes produce solanine and chaconine, alkaloids that can be harmful to humans. Green potatoes produce even more solanine, and it doesn't take that many to cause death. Around 25 would be enough, so stay away from green potatoes, even if cooked.
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Curing with salt does kill many types of bacteria and kills new ones and that's why it's used in methods of preservation like gravlax..
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Parasites are endemic in aquatic environments and infection of fish is unavoidable. In the seafood industry, freezing has been used to kill parasites..
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