oh no, accidentally ate undercooked chicken--freaking out
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Anonymous
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Made chicken and it tasted delicious-- whole family got to the center, and it was obviously undercooked. I'm actually a good cook but got something way off with the heat/timing on this one.
What are the chances that we're all getting really sick? DH is going on work travel tomorrow for several days. |
Anonymous
| You’ll be fine. |
Anonymous
| There’s a big difference between undercooked and raw. The think we tend to overcook chicken because we’re so freaked out - so slightly Undercooked chicken should be fine. |
Anonymous
| The FDA Food Code recommends cooking chicken to 165°F (74°C). But the pasteurization of chicken is actually a function of both temperature and time. If you can hold your chicken at 145°F (63°C) for 8.5 minutes, you can achieve the same bacterial reduction as at 165°F (74°C). |
Anonymous
| That's happened to me - everyone was fine. |
Anonymous
Op here-- thank you. The good news is that if we're sick, we're going to know it in a max of 5 days and it will be dramatic. So, I won't have long to feel anxious. |
Anonymous
| Post back if you are hurling at 0300. Otherwise chill the hell out. |
Anonymous
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I was at an important work lunch with my boss and clients and bit into my chicken sandwich and it was coldish rubbery/flabby/clearly uncooked. Fleshy when I looked at it. It was so hard not to hurl right there at the table.
It might have been still partially frozen when they started cooking it because the outside with nicely browned but the inside was raw raw raw. Remarkably I did not get sick or lose the client by gagging. And now a vegetarian! |
Anonymous
because eating vegetables, there's no way to get sick... food borne illness' from fresh produce are greater than from meat... so stick that on your celery and chew on it... |