Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Spencer, > We have done it every day of our lives, nothing cooked in an electric > cooker, steam-cooked as it has been done for time immemorial down > here, and rice from the fields - no preservatives, no processing. > Everyone I know eats leftover rice - in fact it is called "payedi" or > "old", and is considered healthier than freshly cooked rice, and > traditionally eaten mixed with natural yoghurt (again home-made daily, > no processed stuff). I, too, am hearing about this things for the > first time! I can only think it must be caused by processing of one > sort or the other. Bacillus cereus and then the toxins that it makes, is the cause... this organism is found naturally in many crops/foods, but is not generally introduced by processing. It's a spore former, high enough heat can kill the organism and inactivate the toxins... please see the answer to Spencer... http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science/data-sheets/bacillus-cereus.pdf I'd love to hear more about how it is avoided, Steve > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> > wrote: >> >> On Jan 14, 2010, at 10:07, Steve Barbour wrote: >>> as they say... B. cereus (Bacillus cereus)... rice is a major player, >>> ways to get it, ways to avoid it....cook it hot enough, eat it, don't >>> store it, don't reuse it.... >> [...] >>> http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/food-safety-topics/foodborne-illnesses/safe-cooling-of-cooked-rice/index.htm >> >> Interesting. I have eaten a lot of rice. Pretty well all of it cooked in >> an electric rice cooker (before the keep warm feature) and plenty of >> leftover rice cooled to room temperature and kept in the fridge for >> several days for making fried rice. Never experienced these symptoms. >> Must have gotten lucky I guess. I never head of this kind of food >> contamination amongst all my Chinese relatives and friends. >> >> To throw out left over rice is to waste food. It's just not done. >> >> George, I like Tiger brand. It's what we use at home. The same one for >> the last 15 years. For 2 people, a 5 cup model is plenty big. Features? >> Turns on manually and turns off automatically when done. Nothing else >> really matter. >> >> Regards, >> Spencer >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information