Cooking to temperature

It is more economical to buy the whole chicken – Chicken Shawarma

It is more economical to buy the whole chicken – Chicken Shawarma

In this current health crisis we have been trying to make better use of our food and make fewer calls on our food suppliers.  One area that this has worked well with is chicken.  So often an ‘also ran’ meat – but from well reared…

Cooking turkey to a lower internal temperature

Cooking turkey to a lower internal temperature

This piece was first published in the Guardian on Saturday 11 Dec 2004 – see here.   by Heston Blumenthal.   According to talk in the media recently, up to 70% of our Christmas turkeys will carry salmonella and/or campylobacter, so there’ll be a lot of upset…

Cooking Food To Temperature – The Cook’s Digest

Cooking Food To Temperature – The Cook’s Digest

Source: Cooking Food To Temperature – The Cook’s Digest Over the past 2 years I have moved away from the idea of cooking a piece of meat for a specific length of time at a given temperature, to the idea of cooking the meat until…