Despite these findings, consumers should still refrigerate meat salads made with mayonnaise, said UGA Extension food scientist Judy Harrison . Always keep salads such as these at refrigerator temperature. For the best quality, Harrison said, refrigerate the mayonnaise, too. This could cause changes in the mayonnaise itself, especially at room temperature. Using a clean knife or spoon each time, she said, will make food particles less likely to get into the jar.
Nothing can make firewood sales go up quite like temperatures going down.
But University of Georgia scientists say buying firewood to burn right away can lead to problems if you don't get seasoned wood. The best indicator, he said, is weight. In a wood-burning stove or fireplace, that wood has to dry out before it will burn, he said. And boiling off the water steals a lot of heat away from the house. Seasoned means the wood has been dried to a level that will allow it to burn easily, and to give up a high proportion of its heat value.