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Re:Wake-N-Bacon: alarm clock that wakes you to the smell of... by eru on Thursday October 16, 2008 @07:42AM (#334333)
What's the problem? Microorganisms are not bad in general. And they will be killed by the cooking anyway.

People used to store beef for several weeks to let the microorganism improve the product.

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Re:Wake-N-Bacon: alarm clock that wakes you to the smell of... by mattmaroon on Thursday October 16, 2008 @11:02PM (#335231)
If that's the case, then why bother to refrigerate anything you're going to cook? Why did people put it in salt (which kills bacteria in the olden days?

The reason is that microorganisms leave behind toxins that don't cook away.

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Re:Wake-N-Bacon: alarm clock that wakes you to the smell of... by eru on Sunday October 19, 2008 @07:14PM (#337381)
Yes, and cooking also aids digestion and taste. But not all (in fact only a few) microorganisms are bad for you.

Most of the time bacon is already smoked or cured anyway.

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