On Feb 22, 12:40*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:44:19 -0800 (PST), AndyHancock wrote:
> > On Feb 21, 4:14*am, Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig >
> > wrote:
> >> On Feb 20, 10:36*pm, AndyHancock > wrote:> So I was boiling up some chicken soup using cooked chunks of chicken
> >>> meat. *I stuck a spoon into the boiling stew, then without thinking,
> >>> used the same spoon to dig into a jar of chili/garlic sauce and plop
> >>> it into the stew. *Then I realized that it was a bad idea since that
> >>> jar of chili/garlic sauce could last for months. *I debated whether to
> >>> toss the jar. *What a waste of yummy sauce.
>
> >>> Any thoughts? *Would the hotness of the chili sauce prevent any
> >>> contamination from turning into food poisoning? *The chicken stew sure
> >>> tasted hot (and hence, good).
>
> >> =========================================
> >> Unfortunately, spicy/hot doesn't kill little beasties but *temperature/
> >> hot does. * As long as the stew was boiling when *the spoon hit it and
> >> then *the spoon went right into the chili stuff you should be good to
> >> go. *Just to be on the safe side, keep the chili garlic stuff in the
> >> fridge or freezer.
>
> > Hi, Lynn,
>
> > What is the difference between putting the spoon into chili sauce that
> > will be used for months and keeping some liquid from the stew in the
> > fridge for months?
>
> > P.S. *Really from Fargo?
>
> i'm not lynn, but presumably the stew liquid would be a better growth
> medium than the chili sauce, which typically has lots of salt, maybe
> vinegar, and other preservatives.
>
> not a good practice, but probably not fatal.

That's what I was hoping...I guess I'll find out for sure in the next
few months, if I remain inquisitive and brave. If I don't, then I'll
have decided that it's not an experiment I'm interested in conducting
for the sake of a few bucks...I'll let my gut decide, figuratively if
not literally.