Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:14
oh and as someones mentioned vaccume packing stews below, they go in the same catogary, of high moisture, low acid and high
water content food that gets no additional preperation prior to eating (heating doesnt count and will do nothing) Im not saying you cant get away with it but i am saying its complete madness to do so
the issue is most normal food will appear spoilt due to the prescense of pseudamonis bacteria which gives food its "off" smell and look
however vaccume packed food doesnt allow this bacteria to grow and indeed lets other bacteria grow in its place which is often far more deadly
there is a good reason why industry only vaccume packs certain foods
foods like stews which are vaccume packed (canned stews) are heat treated AFTER canning for a specific time vs temperature to garantee all botulism spores are killed
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