Make A Clean Getaway With Cast Iron Cookware

When you plan your getaway, whether it be a camping trip, vacation, “staycation” or tailgating outing, make it a “clean getaway“.

Keep food safe:

1. Clean Always start with a clean scene. Wash your hands vigorously and frequently with warm water and soap. Use friction and soap and wash as long as it takes to sing “Happy Birthday”. Try singing under your breath without moving your lips.

2. Separate: Do not cross contaminate cooking surfaces. For example do not place others foods on surfaces you have used to prepare meats. When handling raw meat, poultry, seafood and eggs, keep these foods and their juices away from ready-to-eat foods.

3. Chill: Refrigerate properly. You might want to freeze foods in zip lock bags and keep them on ice in a cooler. If you have a portable generator and a portable refrigerator this can be useful. However, the noise can be unpleasant and always make sure your generator is properly vented. Use the foods first that are most apt to spoil.

4. Cook: Always cook your meats to the proper temperature. Do not get in a hurry even though you may be ravenously hungry. Meats are safe to eat when cooked to a high enough internal temperature to kill the harmful germs that cause illness. You cannot rely on color or sear marks as a reliable indicator of being done. An investment in a meat thermometer is a wise investment.

5. Other Thoughts: As wonderful as cast iron cookware is, cook your food in it, serve your food from it but do not use it to store your food.

Do not waste food but be careful of trying to save leftovers. Take care of leftovers right away. Never allow raw meat, poultry, eggs, cooked food or cut fresh vegetables to sit un chilled for more than two hours before putting them in a refrigerator or freezer or back in the ice chest. If the temperature is 90 degrees or above, limit the time foods sits out to one hour. or less. Keep your campsite clean.

Camping is fun, healthy, makes lasting memories and is kind to the family budget. Use a Tripod Grill Grate or a Cast Iron Dutch Oven for campfire cooking. Choose a Sportman’s Grill where campfires are forbidden or impractical. Make waffles in a cast iron waffle maker. Pop corn in a corn popper. Kids will love using camp cooking accessories like the S’more maker and a wiener or marshmallow roaster. A Fire Pit Cookout Kit is also very useful.

Have fun and enjoy your summer. Keep food safety in mind when you cook out. Make your outing a “Clean Getaway” Make it an occasion to remember not an illness from which you must recover.

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