Just wanting to see what people think about eating the lovely xmas ham off the bone that we all live on around this time......
Yes or No ?
I'm hoping for a yes but of course don't want to take any chances.....
Meegm, I also love the Italiam BMT Subs! They are definately my favourite. Better that those other chicken things, which even when heated up probably don't meet the Health Standard for heated food of 70 degrees.
I can't decide if this whole debate of whether you can or can't eat cold ham, soft cheese and salami really is a big a health issue as we are all led to believe, or if it has just come along in the era of legal action galore? Ie, are we told not to eat these foods on the off chance that it has not been manufactured (think Garibaldi salami) or stored/served (nothing immediately comes to mind as an example) properly and on the off chance that one of us gets sick/baby gets sick or worse?
Don't get me wrong, I don't eat sushi or pate to start with, and unless I am confident about what it is that I eat, even before I got pregnant, then I won't eat it. I do on the odd occasion eat ham (last night at work I was provided with very fresh and cold ham baguettes and roast beef sandwiches- there was lots to choose from, but I chose those), and I like salami on my pizza.
I just did a bit of a search on the web for foods that we can and can't eat, but I think the main thing is to make sure the food is fresh and below 5 degrees or above 70.
Also Meegm the problem with soft serve machines is that they breed bacteria very easily, and most places don't clean (read: empty out, clean and sterilse) their machines often enough to prevent this bacteria. I think the only place that got the thumbs up a number of years ago when there was an illness or death from soft serve was Macca's. They clean their soft serve machines daily I think, and their machines are practically bacteria free.
Sorry about the long post! But I will be having some cold meats this Chrissie, especially if it is 40 degrees outside again!
Last edited by Phteven; December 14th, 2006 at 11:35 AM.
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Yeah I must admit when preg with Indah DH brought home a huge leg of ham from work all sealed up & for the next 2 days I ate it, cold, fried like bacon etc....
MMMM, in bali where I like for the first 25ish wks of my first preg I never saw a Dr, had any idea about foods to avoid etc, except for the old wives tales in bali etc...
I ate seafood, I ate from the carts & ate whatever whenever, stuff typical tourists wouldnt touch not even being preg... I did a motorbike tour all around the Island at 18 wks for 5 days staright on a motorbike...
It wasnt til I arrived back in Aust I was given all this info on stuff & my OB, literally told me that it was all abit OTT & common senmse is best!!!
There are just some things that are too tempting!
So I will have the ham that Dh brings home but once it's been open 2 days I tend to steer clear of it, unless we do cook it up!!!
I've only ordered a small ham that will do us for a couple of days, and have 2 fridges, one of which is so cold it almost freezes things. That's where the ham will live after I bake it
My ob also said that all the listeriosis stuff was OTT and that I definitely should eat christmas ham!!!! I haven't bought one this year, but I was going to microwave the cold chicken and ham at our christmas party - so long as you microwave it till its piping hot it should be fine - also, its better to use a medium setting rather than a high setting and heat it for longer - that way the food gets heated right through to the middle.
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XMAS HAM - yes or no?
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