6. Your cutting boards 切菜板
Washing your food before eating removes some germs, of course, and cooking meat kills dangerous bacteria like salmonella. And you probably know it's smart to chop meats and veggies on separate boards. Still, almost 25% of food-sickness outbreaks are the result of kitchen mistakes, such as using contaminated cutting boards.
食物在吃前洗一下當(dāng)然能夠去除一些細(xì)菌,肉經(jīng)過烹飪可以殺死沙門氏菌等有害細(xì)菌。你可能知道切肉和切蔬菜的切菜板最好分開。不過,仍有差不多25%因食物引起的疾病都是由于廚房操作錯誤造成的,比如使用了被污染的切菜板。
Simple Fix 簡單解決辦法
If your food doesn't smell or feel right, throw it out. As for your cutting board, use glass or plastic, both of which are nonporous and most resistant to germs. When you're done with the board, wash it in hot, soapy water, and then spray it with a mixture of one teaspoon of bleach to 16 ounces of water that you keep in a clearly labeled spray bottle. Finally, rinse the cutting board again with hot water or toss it in the dishwasher. Got a beat-up board? Replace it. Bacteria can hide in a cutting board with lots of knife-cut indentations2.
如果你的食物聞起來或摸上去感覺不對,那么就該扔掉。玻璃或塑料材質(zhì)的切菜板不會滲漏,預(yù)防細(xì)菌滋生效果最好。用完切菜板后,用熱的肥皂水清洗,然后在16盎司(約28毫升)水中加入一茶匙漂白劑,將此混合液倒入一個噴霧瓶中,標(biāo)識清楚,然后噴些混合液在切菜板上。最后,再次用熱水沖洗切菜板,或者將它放入洗碗機里清洗。你的切菜板已經(jīng)破舊了嗎?換掉它。細(xì)菌可能會隱藏在切菜板上菜刀切破的凹口里。