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#185723 - 21/10/2003 05:51 Pie
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
Last night, Jen and I had a shop-bought chicken and mushroom pie for dinner. There's still some left, which I was planning on having for lunch today.

It says on the packaging "Do not heat more than once". Why? If I reheat the pie, will I inadvertently open the Gates of Hell and summon fire and brimstone upon me?

Is it just that it'll get a bit dry? I can live with that.
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#185724 - 21/10/2003 06:01 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
BleachLPB
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Registered: 01/11/2001
Posts: 354
Loc: Maryland
Was the pie hot when you got it?
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#185725 - 21/10/2003 06:14 Re: Pie [Re: BleachLPB]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
No. It came from the fridge. We heated it last night. It's cooled down now.

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#185726 - 21/10/2003 06:17 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
It says on the packaging "Do not heat more than once". Why?
Usually this stuff is to do with limits on the amount of time your pie is willing to spend at temperatures conducive to bacteria growth (i.e. above room temperature but below boiling point).

If you're hungry, just eat the pie. If the worst comes to the worst you'll just get food poisoning, so either way you won't be hungry any more.

Peter

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#185727 - 21/10/2003 06:19 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Greetings!

If it is in that special microwave packaging, the kind that is used to get really hot and brown the crust of the pie, then that is what they are referring to.

They don't want people to save that stuff and reuse it - I think it is only good for a limited number of uses.
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#185728 - 21/10/2003 06:38 Re: Pie [Re: peter]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
amount of time your pie is willing to spend at temperatures conducive to bacteria growth

Yeah, but that'd be during the cooling-down stage, no?

There's nothing on the pie about having to eat it all in one sitting either -- it doesn't say "unsafe to eat once it's cooled down".

Bah. I'm hungry. Wish me luck
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#185729 - 21/10/2003 06:47 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
JeffS
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
If I reheat the pie, will I inadvertently open the Gates of Hell and summon fire and brimstone upon me?
Though shall not reheat thy pie or thou will bring down the fury of hell upon thyself. Thou must eat thy pie cold and find salvation therein.

1st Hesitations 2:14
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#185730 - 21/10/2003 06:54 Re: Pie [Re: JeffS]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
Thou must eat thy pie cold and find salvation therein.

Frankly, I was hoping for chicken and mushroom. Salvation's not very filling.
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#185731 - 21/10/2003 07:15 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
It's a great thirst quencher though...

John 4:13-14
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#185732 - 21/10/2003 07:35 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
mschrag
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Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
"Reheating food

Not all harmful bacteria are killed by cooking. After cooking, these remaining bacteria can grow rapidly both when the food is cooling and when it is being re-heated. Further, the food may be re-contaminated after cooking. Therefore, food should reach at least 74º C (165º F) when you re-heat it. Again, make sure this temperature is reached by using a meat thermometer.

Do not reheat your leftovers more than once!"

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#185733 - 21/10/2003 08:42 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
Its because as soon as food cools, food poisoning-causing bacteria - such as salmonella - begin to breed. These bacterium produce toxins - the ones that make you very ill. When you reheat food, you kill the bacteria, but not the toxins. Even at greater than 80 degrees celcius, the toxins will be present.

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#185734 - 21/10/2003 10:13 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
This is worth posting again
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#185735 - 21/10/2003 10:20 Re: Pie [Re: Dignan]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
This is worth posting again
When I saw the subject line of this thread, that was the first thing I thought of.

"Wanker."

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#185736 - 21/10/2003 10:20 Re: Pie [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
OK. So why is there nothing on the pie about not eating it once it's cooled down the first time?

Anyway, I ate the pie, and I'm not dead yet.
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#185737 - 21/10/2003 10:27 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
mschrag
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Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
Sounds like the slow temperature changing accelerates bacteria growth? So I guess it just exacerbates the problem. We'll see, though -- you're officially our canary in the mine on the food reheating topic. Be sure to notify us when the violent diarrhea begins

ms

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#185738 - 21/10/2003 10:33 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
JeffS
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
I'm not dead

//me hears a chime and a voice yelling "bring out your dead!"
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#185739 - 21/10/2003 10:37 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
Happy Birthday BAKup
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Registered: 11/11/2001
Posts: 552
Loc: Houston, TX
Yes you are!
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#185740 - 21/10/2003 10:37 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Anyway, I ate the pie, and I'm not dead yet.
Before you do, let us know whether you reheated it or ate it cold so we know which to try next time.
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#185741 - 21/10/2003 10:39 Re: Pie [Re: JeffS]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Alright, now we know what we're up against. Every
passenger on this flight who had pie for dinner will
become violently ill in the next half hour ( Roger
notices he had pie and begins to come down with the
symptoms as they are described )

Just how serious is it Doctor?

Extremely serious. It starts with a slight fever and
dryness of the throat. When the virus penetrates the
red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy begins to
experience an itchy rash, then the poison goes to work
on the central nervous system, severe muscle spasms
followed by the inevitable grueling. At this point,
the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by
uncontrollable flatulence ( Roger begins to fart )
Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a
quivering wasted piece of jelly.
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#185742 - 21/10/2003 10:41 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
It'll be just as toxic if you reheat it or not. My guess is that they expect it to be eaten hot.

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#185743 - 21/10/2003 10:42 Re: Pie [Re: pgrzelak]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
And don't call me Shirley.
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#185744 - 21/10/2003 10:50 Re: Pie [Re: pgrzelak]
JeffS
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA


Oh, that's too perfect!
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#185745 - 21/10/2003 10:51 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
Could roger be becoming familiar with the concept of Japanese flag ?
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#185746 - 22/10/2003 11:20 Re: Pie [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Actually, a bunch of bacteria and especially mould reacts to "heat stress" by releasing toxins. If you allow them to multiply by the first cooldown (or meltup in case of frozen stuff), they then produce much more toxins on the second heatup/freeze. Thus the common warning against a second heatup or freeze.

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#185747 - 22/10/2003 11:22 Re: Pie [Re: julf]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
Hmm haven't seen any more posts from him lately

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#185748 - 22/10/2003 11:33 Re: Pie [Re: thinfourth2]
ashmoore
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Registered: 24/08/1999
Posts: 564
Loc: TX
it would take a Scot to remind me of the concept of the japanese flag
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#185749 - 23/10/2003 02:52 Re: Pie [Re: thinfourth2]
Roger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
Hmm haven't seen any more posts from him lately

I'm still here -- the pie didn't get me, and the Gates of Hell didn't open. I was up in Cambridge, visiting the guys.
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#185750 - 23/10/2003 03:44 Re: Pie [Re: Roger]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
no japanese flag then
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