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7 Safety Tips For Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner

by: Richa | last updated: November 03, 2009
Category: Thanksgiving Activities | Tags: thanksgiving safety, thanksgiving activities, thanksgiving dinner preparation, safety tips for thanksgiving, thanksgiving safety tips, kitchen safety

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7 Safety Tips For Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving is round the corner and everybody is planning and shopping ingredients for the dinner party. If you are the host of a thanksgiving party then you must know that you are bound to face shortage of time for the dinner preparation. This will force you to make haste in cooking which is dangerous as well as unhygienic.

Due to improper storing, cooking, and serving of roast turkey sometime can escort to the growth of harmful bacteria like salmonella, which can cause food borne illness. Moreover, there are chances that you might hurt or burn yourself. It would be wise to plan and schedule your time in a way where you have ample time for cooking. You should also ensure proper safety measures while cooking and serving. In this article I am going to mention 7 safety tips which should be followed to ensure a healthy and safe Thanksgiving Day.

Be cautious about hygiene and cleanliness while cooking, washing and storing eatables. Make sure the preparation area is clean and you have used a disinfectant before and after cooking.

While cooking always check lighting and ensure there is ample of light in the cooking area so as to prevent you from cutting yourself or slip away with a sharp knife

Always remember to use hot hands or over mitts in kitchen whenever you are going to handle cooked in the oven or on top of the stove. This will prevent you from burning

Always keep the food which requires cold storage away from the food that need to be stored in hot to prevent any kind of bacterial growth in your thanksgiving food.

Always put on a pair of slippers or shoes while cooking thanksgiving food so as to prevent yourself from any kind of injury resulting from dropping of something hot/sharp on your feet.

While cooking food on the stove, always ensure that the handles of the pans are turn off the side. This will prevent any kind of injury to you or to your family resulting from dropping of the hot pans.

Do not leave the floor of the kitchen wet while you are preparing the dinner so as to prevent slipping. Keep a check on the floor; do not leave any object on the floor as it can harm you.