[Artemisia] Tips for safe camp food cooking - Sharing

[morgan wolf]

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> From: Freydis the Good <freydisthegood at gmail.com>
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Tue, July 27, 2010 5:26:13 PM
> Subject: [Artemisia] Tips for safe camp food cooking - Sharing
> 
> It's the middle of camping season and still having fresh in mind the
> Medieval Iron Chef Competition I competed in at Uprising I found this
> AWESOME advice today in the news and thought I'd share.  I know many
> people are going to be camping this coming weekend and I found it to
> be sensible advice.  Bringing extra coolers in this heat with plenty
> of ice is also a good idea.  ;-)
> 
> SMILES!!!
> HL Freydis
> 
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> > Tips for safe camp food cooking
> by Jean Enersen/ KING 5 News
> 
> Full article and video can be found at:
> http://www.ktvb.com/news/health/Tips-for-safe-camp-food-cooking-99175549.html
> 
SNIP

> Don't let things sit for too long. Longer than two hours is considered
> the danger zone if food's not kept colder than 40 degrees. The rule
> also applies to take out.
> 

SNIP
> Another tip: keep drinks in their own cooler. It's opened more and the
> ice will melt faster. Also, with so many hands going in, don't put ice
> from the cooler in your drink.
> 
> After eating contaminated food, people can develop anything from mild
> gastrointestinal symptoms to a life-threatening disease.

A handy addition to this- if you have one of the Cube coolers, 5lbs of dry ice 
and 20 lbs (two bags) of regular ice make a fantastic freezer that stays 
freezer-cold for two days in 90+ heat (in my personal experience).  Just adding 
dry ice in general can be a good idea, but remember to keep it well wrapped up 
so that it doesn't freeze and damage the cooler itself, and realize that less 
than 1/5 of your total ice weight means it won't last as long nor be as cold in 
the cooler, while more than 1/3 total ice weight keeps things really frozen.  
You should experiment with different water ice/dry ice ratios at home BEFORE you 
camp, to find the desired cold level/duration.
 Morgan 


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