Bad Gumbo
Last night we made about 10 gallons of gumbo for a feed at noon today and placed it in the refrigerator for safekeeping overnight. This morning at 700 am the pot was taken out of refrigeration to tran...
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Well bacteria and yeast die at 140 or less. I'm sure it would have been fine, but the problem with that much food would be insuring that every bit was well above the 140 threshold when it was reheated. If I had no other choice I might have simmered it for a good long time. It's the same with hamburger, they can't guarantee it's E coli free so they tell you to cook it well above the point of killing all the bacteria, good and bad.
