Almanac for Homemakers

Meat Thermometer Best Way to Test a Roast "Using a meat thermometer to measure the internal temperature is the best way to test the doneness of a meat roast or roasted poultry." If you don't already have a thermometer for testing the internal temp of your meat, please run to the store and get one asap. The best important reason for this is just that you need to serve certain foods at certain temperatures to ensure that it is safe to eat. Here is the standard temperatures to serve certain types of foods: Get more information here! Some thermometers even come with temperature guidelines. There is really no excuse to not know how hot food should be before you eat it. For some reason in 2018 we have a new trend. It's disgusting. It's called chicken sashimi. Raw Chicken. People who have eaten or prepared it say it's really good. Like sushi but with a bird. The problem is that you can't do this with ...

How to Be a Smart Meat Shopper "Meat costs put a big dent in our budgets nowadays. So you ought to buy all meats and poultry carefully and take care of them properly until you are ready to cook them." A couple of years ago (or maybe more), some friends and I went all in and bought a cow. We found a farm, picked out a cow, and paid for the meat and processing. It is still the best beef cuts I have ever had and our deep freezer stayed full for about a year. When all that beautiful beef was gone, we had to go back to buying cuts from the store. I don't know why chain grocery store beef cuts are so gross. BUT Then I found out about PINK SLIME ! If you read the WIKI link, you will see that in 2012, a study found that 70% of ground beef as the additive. It is disgusting. BUT It's not just ground beef or processed food. It can be used in steaks and no one knows the difference. I'm talking about transglutaminase or "M...