Re: [CH] Popcorn Heat
Baker Richardson (habanerored@hotmail.com)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 05:57:36 PST
I too was going to make some hot oil but I was going to use vegtable oil
instead and I was going to boil the habs in the oil. Will I also have to
keep it refrigerated and will I also run the risk of getting botulism if
I don't use it quickly?
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>Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:35:00 -0500 (EST)
>From: Charles Demas <demas@tiac.net>
>To: james king <king801@greenhills.net>
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>On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, james king wrote:
>
>>
>> I've been lurking around for a while and thought I'd step out of
the
>> shadows to share one of our dark family secrets:
>>
>> We love hot peppers on popcorn!
>>
>> I take a bottle of olive oil and stuff it full of split peppers of
choice
>> and a crushed garlic clove. Let it age a while. Gad, this stuff's
good. I
>> buy so much popcorn from the Boy Scout troops now they deliver it to
me in
>> cases.
>>
>> And olive oil's supposed to be good for you, too. Perhaps I should
bottle
>> it and market it to health food stores?
>
>I hope you keep it refrigerated and use it quickly.
>
>Doing what you're doing creates an ideal environment for botulism to
grow.
>
>Keeping it refrigerated and not allowing it to stand for many days will
>minimize the risk. It does take several days for botulism to develop,
and
>that development is retarded by cold. Commercial packers utilize other
>methods to prevent this problem.
>
>It doesn't take much botulism toxin to kill you, less than a millionth
of
>a gram, IIRC. Not something to play fast and loose with. There are
>anti-toxins that are available, so I suggest that you look up the
>symptoms, just to be safe.
>
>If you make up your stuff for immediate use, within the next day or
two,
>you should be safe, or if after making it up you froze it, that too
would
>be safe.
>
>I'm not trying to rain on your idea, but if you're going to do this,
>please do it safely.
>
>
>Chuck Demas
>Needham, Mass.
>
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