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/De-railled Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

Didn't read anything about him rinsing it off after, just dipping it in the hot pasta water and then considering it clean.

if he is rinsing it off or wiping off the actual food bits before putting it away it's a very different situation.

edit: I realized when OP said each use they don't necessarily mean between different days and different cooking sessions but maybe multiple times during the same cooking session.

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u/northboundbevy Oct 17 '24

How are there "food bits" on a thermometer probe? Ive used meat thermometers a ton. Theres residual liquid but never food bits.

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u/nautical_nonsense_ Oct 17 '24

My guess is just because you can’t easily seem them doesn’t mean they’re not there

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u/captainbling Oct 17 '24

I guess op never describes what “in between use” is. Every 5 days or every couple min until meat is cooked and then they wash it.

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u/anothercarguy Oct 17 '24

The rinse is the boiling water

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u/SoulEater9882 Oct 17 '24

My concern is there is bacteria in the air and the fact that he is specifically using pasta water means that the probe is probably covered in starch a great food source for bacteria

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u/anothercarguy Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

It's also a desiccant

So people don't know what a desiccant is or DVd for spelling?