“Cooked chicken must be refrigerated within an hour after cooking so bacteria doesn’t begin to multiply. The meat is only good for two to three days after refrigeration...”
I wonder if anyone follows these guidelines. I must like bacteria I guess. They used to hang fowl for days and days before they cooked it.
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“They used to hang fowl for days and days before they cooked it.”
If you keep it dry it’ll last for days.
Especially if the temp is below 50 and the air is dry.
You can hang beef or game for several weeks at 40 deg as long as you keep it dry.
I agree; everyone should question this nonsense. How did the FDA determine that chicken spoils in 2 to 3 days? Based on theory? “In 48 hours bacteria can multiply to significant numbers at 38 degrees?” They obviously didn’t actually put chicken in a cold fridge and eat it every day. I cook chicken for my dogs in a large slow cooker all the time. I eat some of it as well. I usually cook enough for the whole week (10 to 14 pounds at a time). After 5 days it does start to lose a little flavor, indicative of some bacteria proliferation, but I often go to 6 or even 7 days, and have done this for decades now, and never had “bad” meat or illness.
I don’t eat food that’s been in my very cold gridge. When I was a kid, I ended up dangerously ill from food that had been kept in the fridge too long. It happened to me 3 times.
I always allow my food to cool fully before placing it in the fridge because it will sour faster if not fully cooled. Every half decent restaurant cook knows that. And then I wrap it to keep other odors from flavoring it.
If you kill a chicken yourself, it’s ok to let that bird rest for a couple of days in a very cold, but not so cold as to freeze fridge.
Otherwise the bird will be tough. The problem is, very few people gave a fridge that hovers around 33/34 degrees. I’ve had milk keep for several days beyond the fresh date on the bottle because I keep the fridge very cold. It simply makes a huge differènce...but even still, if it’s not eaten up by the third day, out it goes.