Limits on the use of food additives for meat products. Sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate, other preservatives, stabilizers, flavorings, colorings, flavor enhancers, humectants, acidulants, acidity regulators and antioxidants. Function Assignment of Additives, Additives and their Maximum Use Limits for Category 8 – Meat and Meat Products.
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Do not wash chicken meat as this procedure can spread the bacteria. Campylobacter spreads easily and a small amount of it is enough to make a person sick. Contamination can come from consuming raw, undercooked chicken meat or through cross-contamination when handling raw food. Campylobacter causes more infections than e.coli, listeria and salmonella combined.
Here is a list of rules to protect your family when preparing food.
Cover and refrigerate raw chicken meat, keep at 5ºC or lower. Keep it at the bottom of the refrigerator, this way there is no risk of meat juices running out and contaminating other foods.
Cooking will kill any bacteria, including campylobacter, that are present in the meat. Washing will only spread bacteria around the place and utensils.
Wash all utensils well and scrub boards and surfaces used to handle raw chicken. Wash your hands with soap and water after handling raw chicken. This will help prevent campylobacter from continuing to contaminate other foods through cross-contamination.
Make sure the chicken is fully cooked before serving. Cut into the thickest parts to make sure the inside is perfectly cooked. There must be no pink liquid coming out of the middle of the meat. Ideally, there should be steam coming out of the interior as soon as it is cut.
Campylobacteriosis infection generally causes fever, muscle pain, abdominal pain and diarrhea lasting two to five days.
Occasionally deaths may occur in children, the elderly and individuals with compromised immunity or who lose a lot of fluid due to diarrhea.
Cross-contamination occurs when harmful bacteria, such as campylobacter, is spread on food, hands, packaging and equipment. It can occur when, for example, contaminated chicken meat is cut with a knife and later another food is cut with the same knife without having been sanitized. Avoid cross-contamination by cleaning utensils and keeping cooked foods separate from raw foods.
Salami is one of the simplest and most exuberant forms of meat processing. It's an alchemy that transforms a piece of raw meat into an extremely tasty and durable product. Creating a quality product by exposing a piece of meat to time, without any type of cooking, is something fascinating! Continue reading Salame artesanal
Pepperoni salami has a strong seasoning and is widely consumed, especially in the USA, due to its extensive use in the production of pizzas. Its original name is peperone (in free translation it means large pepper) and it dates back to Roman times. The original version is drier, hotter and more spicy than the contemporary commercial version. I applied a recipe here that is more focused on the original version. Continue reading Receita de pepperoni caseiro
Balance brine follows the same principle as traditional brine, but aims to achieve total salt balance between all elements of the brine, such as meat and water, but it is also possible to apply this brine to vegetables. It is the easiest and safest technique, but it is slower than brine with a high amount of salt. Continue reading Salmoura por equilíbrio
Unintentional mold – which was not added on purpose – in salami and other sausages in general is a negative sign, as its proliferation is very rapid and the vast majority of species have not been studied and produce some type of mycotoxin. Continue reading Mofo no salame e em outros embutidos
Translation for types of beef cuts. Some cuts may not be exactly the same, as different cuts are made in each country. We seek to bring the list of similar cuts closer to each other. Keep in mind that there may be variations that, depending on the case, need to be taken into account when using in your recipes, as there may be variations in the amount of fat, meat and bone.
Continue reading Tradução de cortes de carne de boiTranslation for types of pork cuts. Some cuts may not be exactly the same, as different cuts are made in each country. We seek to bring the list of similar cuts closer to each other. Keep in mind that there may be variations that, depending on the case, need to be taken into account when using in your recipes, as there may be variations in the amount of fat, meat and bone.
| Cut in English | Cut in Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Pork Shoulder | Pork shoulder |
| Boston Butt | Top of pork shoulder |
| Pork Butt | Top of pork shoulder |
| PorkLoin | Pork loin |
| Pork Belly | bacon |
| Fatback | Layer of fat beneath the skin. |
| Lard | Lard |
| Leg/Ham | Pork shank |
| Rump | Top part of the pork shank |
| Shank | Lower part of the pork shank |
| Pork Rib | Pork rib |
| Pork Chop | Cutting a rib bone with the surrounding meat |
| Tenderloin Pork | Pork fillet |
| Pork Fillet | Pork fillet |
Meat roasted on a barbecue, which by default has direct exposure to smoke from burning charcoal, is equivalent to a rapid and very hot smoking process, therefore it will inevitably contain particles of aromatic hydrocarbons, which are responsible for the specific flavor of the whole and any edible product that is exposed to smoke from burning any organic material. Continue reading Churrasco faz mal à saúde?
Salt flower is a name widely used in haute cuisine by chefs, but, after all, What is “flower of salt”? It is the thin layer of crystals that forms on the surface of salt flats, it is not refined, that is, it does not undergo any type of chemical treatment, therefore it does not lose its natural and unique characteristics. Continue reading O que é flor de sal?
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