/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17506096
>he doesn't know how to cook

>eggs
>cook until the yolk and the white are firm
Am I being trolled? You're not allowed to eat runny yolks?

>>17506211
bureaucrats are just idiots

>>17506096
Anon this entire chart is deliberately oversafe and cautious, that's the point of the USDA. They're trying to provide guidelines for an entire retarded country that has to cover everyone from chefs to low IQ niggers who have never picked up knife in their life.

>>17506096
>I cooked some spare ribs to the USDA recommended temp of 145 and the were tough as shit.
Ribs need to be cooked to like 200F to break down the connective tissue and become tender.

>>17506096
>work for the usda but in a non-food related agency
>constantly surrounded by bullshit bureaucracy and rule breaking from the top down
>tons of employees are lazy or just plain incompetent but can't be fired because federal government and instead are promoted away
>mfw I see the USDA sticker on things I buy to eat
My agency is subject to huge lawsuits all the time for doing shady shit, I can only imagine what goes on in the food safety agencies

>>17506096
America is obsessed with deregulation and corporate greed. By saying you're supposed to cook precooked ham to 165 it allows ham manufacturers to treat the meat in disgusting/unsafe/cheap methods without having any liability. You a commie faggot or something? Of course food manufacturers should be allowed to disregard food safety to save money.

>>17506594
t. someone who works for Nestle's SEA division

>>17506096
use a meat thermometer

>>17506577
The country is being run into the ground by public employees. Ending the spoils system and the civil service exams were huge mistakes

>>17507552
My position is one of the few I know of that has strict standards, I had to take an 8 hour written exam and I'm in the process of getting the second part done which is a "field exam" basically making sure I didn't fuck up my job. Most people I work with that aren't in my field can barely read or write.
If it's any consolation must of us don't get paid for shit compared to the modern cost of living unless you're an office drone in Washington

>Minimal temp
>People think this right on the bleeding edge of safety
>Cooks it at least another 10F hotter
>Now we've gone from kind of dry to devoid of moisture
Every time.

>>17506573
Just make pulled pork then dumbass, you're fucking up the ribs

>>17506096
Those are just the temperatures at which those foods are pasteurized INSTANTLY
Their objective is to ensure that the unwashed masses don't get food poisoning. It's for stupid people, who, by all rights should be eating bugs and soy protein, instead of meat. Smart people will have a better understanding of pasteurization, and cooking, and will sous vide their meat.

>>17506594
>it allows ham manufacturers to treat the meat in disgusting/unsafe/cheap methods without having any liability
Cheap methods, maybe. Unsafe methods? If someone gets sick and it's found that the ham that came from that manufacturer was the cause, that manufacturer will still have the feds crawling up their ass, even if the ham was not reheated to that temperature.
The temperature chart is more for those people in the food service industry rather than anything else. Just TRY to order a burger at a fast food joint to a certain doneness. But you can at least still get it at the local pub.

>>17506096
same why drinking two beers in an hour puts you over the legal limit to drive, it's all about assigning liability in a lawsuit-happy country

>>17509487
>cooking food in contact with plastic
enjoy your man tits

The best part about leftover ham is making cold cut ham sandwiches

>>17509487
Grilling > sous vide
Enjoy your grey food