Be Your Own Food Detective

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<h1>Be Your Own Food Detective</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_Marck Green.aspx'>Marck Green</a></strong><br /><p>Calling all budding Sherlock Holmes’, Miss Marples’ and Inspector Morses’ your home needs you. One of the most common occurrences of illness today can be linked to food. Most of the time we are all guilty of not washing food properly or forgetting to check the date of something in the freezer before defrosting it because we are absolutely ravenous. But being a good food detective is all about looking out for the tell-tale signs that something is amiss in the food department. So, take out your notebooks and get ready to look at potential food crimes in the kitchen and how to solve them before they become criminal. Doing Time We all know that frozen foods, when bought from a supermarket have a time limit before they start to defrost and as a result begin to lose their freshness. But how many of us have ignored little wet patches seeping out of shopping bags just to continue chatting to friends or neighbours? Although, this is not life threatening, try to put all your frozen foods into your upright or chest freezer as soon as you can before any leakages can occur. If nothing else, you won’t have to mop the floor afterwards. Colour Me Bad Before you store any food into the freezer or fridge make a mental note of the colour of it. Then weeks or months later you can check to see if the colour has changed. Meats however, can turn a pale brown colour, but this is nothing overly serious to worry about as this is usually caused by long storage or lack of oxygen. Perhaps if you do see this change, then to enjoy the last bit of freshness, then maybe it would be a good time to defrost it. Packaging Policing Most packaging once stored under freezing temperatures will not have an effect on the quality of the food, although, some original wraps and containers may have to be replaced if storing for long periods of time. Be vigilant when checking for packaging crimes in your fridge or freezer and if you see a tin that has been frozen then be very wary of its contents, as it is advisable not to store this sort of packaging in arctic-style temperatures. Egg shells, if found frozen are also to be avoided and removed. A Fishy Smell A good food detective has a very keen sense of smell and can usually tell immediately if a food is potentially harmful or not. Whether your food is actually fish or something else edible, a rancid or suspicious odour is the indication of foul food play. So to protect everybody including yourself and your loved ones, the best thing you can do, is to throw it straight in the bin. Congratulations food detectives; that is the end of your initial training. The rest is up to you. So off you go into kitchens around the country and prevent crimes against food. Good Luck! Food crimes can and do occur anywhere, especially in sub-zero temperatures, so always check your chest freezer and fridge on a daily basis for signs of abnormal activities. That’s the mark of a true food detective.</p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />Mark Green is a frequent contributor of content for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alexanders-direct.co.uk/">Alexanders Direct</a>; he has written many articles pertaining to all things regarding Commercial Catering Equipment but especially on such subjects as chest freezers and commercial refrigeration.<p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Be-Your-Own-Food-Detective_255368.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Be Your Own Food Detective_255368.aspx</a></p>

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