![]() Reuse packaging materials only with the following:.The lid or cover, however, is subject to recommendations discussed below (number 3). There is an exception to this rule: single-use glass jars should not be used for pressure processing in the home canner. This is true regardless of what food was originally packaged in the glass container. Glass can be reused for all foods and for all processes.(For example, do not use plastic laundry detergent buckets for storing dry cereal.) ![]() They have not been tested for safety with food systems, and they may contain small amounts of nonfood residues. Packages from products other than food should never be used as food containers.Question: Is it safe to re-use food packaging materials?Īnswer - Here are some tips from the University of Illinois extension. Also visit the Rumors, Myths, and Urban Legends in the Food Safety website at Bad Science . This caller said a friend had told her there is information on the Internet telling everyone to discard their bananas because of a flesh-eating bacteria! Do you know anything about this?Īnswer - The rumors, circulating on the Internet, concerning a so-called flesh eating bacteria carried by Costa Rican bananas are false, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. I just received a phone call questioning the safety of bananas. The jar she has says it contains elderberries, alcohol and sugar.Īnswer - I would suggest the process for grape juice described in the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning Question: Concerned with flesh eating bacteria on Bananas. Is this the same process as grape juice? She said it is used for a cough medicine. Today I got a call from a lady who wants to know how to make elderberry juice. Question: How do you make elderberry juice? They usually are boiled to get out the toughness and bitterness. However, I understand they are used in soups and some eat them like other cooked greens. Most people throw them out or put them in the compost pile. Question: Are carrot tops safe to eat?Īnswer - I don't see any problem from a food safety point of view. If this happens, microoganisms can enter the product and cause it to spoil. Question: Are canned foods unsafe to eat if the can is dented?Īnswer - Dents in cans can put stresses on seals and cause them to leak. Although not likely to be at toxic levels, its a good idea to switch to stainless steel cookware to make apple butter. There is some evidence that small amounts of copper can dissolve during cooking and get into the food. Wash the kettle thoroughly with soapy water before using. Do this in a well ventilated area and be very careful to work far away from open flames. An alternate method to remove lacquer is to rub with a cloth saturated with acetone or alcohol. To remove lacquer, place the item in 2 gallons of boiling water to which 1 cup of washing soda has been added. If you are planning to use a copper kettle or large pot for cooking, such as preparing apple butter, the lacquer must be removed before using. Question: Is it safe to make apple butter in a copper kettle that had been lacquered on the inside?Īnswer: Most decorative copper pieces are factory-coated with a protective lacquer that keeps them from turning green. At this time, the sugar has been fermented to alcohol and very little additional CO 2 will be generated. When the bubbles stop, the cider is done. Or he can attach a tube to a fermentation vessel allowing the escaping gas to bubble through a water trap. He should measure the sugar content with a hydrometer and periodically take measurements as it ferments until the readings level off to a minimum value. Got any suggestions?Īnswer - It sounds like he has not given the cider a sufficient time to completely ferment before sealing. This man went to buy boric acid from a pharmacist and thus, the pharmacist has called me. Seems his friend tried to make some hard cider and blew the lid off of his barrel! Anyway, the guy wants to stop the fermentation process before he gets to the explosion part. Question: Hard cider fermentation problems. This has actually happened in a few cases. If they are left to cool at room temperature and then left unrefrigerated, conditions may be right for growth of Clostridium botulinum (botulism) especially if they are sealed in foil so that oxygen is kept out of the potato. ![]() Question: Can you explain why reheating potatoes can make them harmful to eat?Īnswer: The problem with reheated potatoes is not the re-heating process, but how you store the potatoes after they are cooked. ![]()
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