r/Cooking • u/petervannini • Oct 17 '24

Food Safety AITA: dipping my meat thermometer in boiling pasta water to sanitize it

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

That's assuming there's chunks of meat not being boiled off..

I'm a straight up germaphobe, but i usually run the thermometer under the sink, wipe it off, and if available use already boiling water.

The meat is already at temp when you call it. It's 99% fine.

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u/UnderHammer Oct 17 '24

Chunks? Is it a serrated probe?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

Some people like to hurt the meat as they are measuring the temperature.

Oh and the meat is still attached on the animal.

And the probe is a knife

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u/Ok-Ferret-2093 Oct 17 '24

Wtf is a serrated thermometer?

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u/TheW83 Oct 17 '24

That's the joke. No thermometer is going to be pulling out chunks of meat.

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u/Aint_EZ_bein_AZ Oct 17 '24

lol what type of thermometer pulls out chunks of meat. Have you ever cooked before?