There are fierce debates about whether you should refrigerate butter or not, some even say refrigerating it ruins the flavor. As long as your home is not sweltering it’s fine to keep on the counter. I keep a stick out always. As the mother of a pastry chef I can tell you that the cakes, cookies, etc. that you buy or have when eating out have been made with pounds of butter that’s likely been left out all day or even overnight.Even your mayo and other dairy type condiments?
Same with trichinosis from commercial US pork. People run for the hills if there's even a touch of pink in their pork chop.
Yep, you don’t have to cook pork to death. I always leave a hint of pink. Still kickin.
Not long ago I listened to a very interesting talk by Jordan Peterson, about the psychology of fear v.s. revulsion. Fear, which is our handy built-in alarm for self-preservation, is much more easily rationalized or ignored by our forebrains; allowing us to be brave or sometimes reckless. Revulsion is totally visceral and human nature is to stop at nothing to avoid or eradicate the source. Hence in this example, if you were afraid of food poisoning, you might think through the possibilities and still decide to eat the mayo. If you find the whole idea of warm mayo disgusting, you’d bury that sucker in the bottom of the trash bin as fast as you could and try never to think about it again.
I always leave even more than a hint. A bit beyond medium rare.
I’m sure this is possible, given that production standards and inspection criteria can be non-existent in other countries. Modern food safety standards in western countries are extremely beneficial in that regard.
"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious."
No.
Respect for having the self-control not to use the eye-roll emoji in your reply.
*cough* Hellman’sI'm in the camp that if it's not Duke's mayo it should be thrown in the trash regardless if it's been sitting out open or not.
At least you were at home! When I was a kid we had a neighbor who would open the salad dressing and stick her finger in the bottle to taste it, and then put it back on the grocery store shelf! Even if she liked it, she'd buy a different bottle of that flavor. I am 100% convinced that she is why bottles now have that little seal on the top!
I did that once, I was caught red-handed.
Didn't Joe Rogan already used to do that sort of thing on Fear Factor?
It was pretty serious.
