Article: In your grocery cart, keep raw poultry, meat, fish, or seafood away from foods that do not need to be cooked before eating. The tray should be big enough to catch any juices that may run off as a result of the defrosting process. This will prevent the juices from running and ruining other foods in your fridge. To be extra safe, place the tray on the bottom shelf of the fridge while defrosting. Use a separate cutting board for raw poultry/meat/fish/seafood than you do for other ingredients. Glass or plastic cutting boards are best for cutting easily contaminated foods. Wooden ones are more porous, meaning that it's easier for the contaminated juices to get trapped in them. Consider using disposable cutting sheets when cutting raw poultry/meat/fish/seafood to protect your cutting board from contamination. As soon as possible after use, wash your cutting board in hot, soapy water or run it through the dishwasher. To be extra careful, you should also cover the board with a mixture of 1 teaspoon chlorine bleach to 1 quart water. Let stand for 2 to 3 minutes before rinsing thoroughly. This should be always be done immediately before cooking. Minimizing the amount of time the stuffing spends in contact with the raw meat will prevent bacteria from contaminating the stuffing. If you wish to serve it as sauce, bring to a rolling boil. Keeping it at a boil, stir for at least a minute before serving. Never put cooked food on a plate that was used for raw poultry, meat, fish, or seafood unless the plate has been thoroughly washed first.
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Be smart while shopping. Thaw raw poultry, meat, fish, and seafood in a large tray. Use separate cutting boards. Wash your cutting boards well. Insert stuffing last. Throw away leftover marinate that has come in contact with raw poultry/meat/fish/seafood. Keep track of your plates.
Article: If you're saving your wedding cake, you can still eat it on your first anniversary. However, you really shouldn't eat it much after that. The flavor and quality will definitely deteriorate. However, for the best quality, try to eat your cake within 6 months or so if it's not a wedding cake. Start the thawing process in the refrigerator. Keep the cake in its wrappings, as you may damage it if you try to take it out at this point. You can leave it in the refrigerator for up to 2 days before eating. It may start to go stale after that. After it has thawed in the refrigerator, take it out about an hour before you want to eat it. That will help it come up to a good temperature for eating. Keep it in the wrapping while it thaws on the counter, too. If you prepped your cake well, it should have several layers of wrappings. Carefully peel off any plastic wrap or aluminum foil you used, as it may have stuck to the cake in places. If the outside of the cake is unfrosted, you can frost it now as it thaws. If you are using the cake for a party or centerpiece, smooth out the frosting with a knife. Add any decorations to the cake, as there shouldn't have been any on the cake when you froze it. If you froze the cake with decorations on it, they're likely smushed. You may need to do some damage control, such as scraping off iced decorations. Smooth out the icing, and top it with sprinkles or another decoration to hide the damage. Other decorations might bleed, like sprinkles. In that case, you might be able to swirl the colors into the cake frosting for a fun effect.
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Eat the cake within a year. Set the covered cake in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours. Place the whole cake on the counter. Remove the wrappings to eat the cake. Add decorations to the cake.
Article: On one hand, you'll need your pregnant bitch to gain roughly 15-20% of its original weight by the time it gives birth to its litter. Puppy food is high in protein and basic nutrients and as such will help your dog gain that much needed weight. With this in mind, you don't want to cause your dog to gain too much weight. You might choose to begin feeding your pregnant pooch puppy food when you discover her pregnancy or if you know that your dog is prone to weight fluctuations, you might decide to wait until 2-3 weeks before its whelping (the birth). Moreover, you should choose the puppy chow that you plan on feeding your puppies. This will make it easier for the puppies to transition to puppy food in terms of their overall health and more specifically their GI balance. Begin when they turn 3 weeks old. You won't completely cold turkey wean them off of their mother. You'll begin by giving them puppy food for approximately 10% of their daily caloric intake. They'll continue to nurse off of their mother, while they get used to eating their puppy food. Over the next 2 to 3 weeks, you'll feed them puppy food more and more and they'll nurse less and less. Do not rush weaning for any puppies that are slow to eat on their own. This can lead to malnourishment. It's better to let them continue to nurse from their mother and slow the puppy weaning process a bit. Most likely, if you place the puppy in front of its food, it will eat it. Some puppies, on rare occasions, may resist eating the puppy chow. Simply pick up the puppy and place it in front of its food. Do this once or twice. Eventually, your puppy will chow down on the food. Start by separating the puppies from their mother for 1 hour, 2 or 3 times a day. Take the mother to another part of the yard or house. Leave the puppies with their food bowls. They'll undoubtedly whine at first. Eventually, they'll learn that their food bowls contain delicious and healthy food. You are mimicking the process that occurs in the wild, so don't feel bad. During the weaning process, monitor their health. Make sure that they are gaining weight equally. Check for vomit and diarrhea. Consult your veterinarian if any problems or questions arise. As with all the other steps, the key is gradual change. Begin by replacing 1/4 of her puppy food with her regular adult food. This will help her digestive system cope with the change and it will continue to give her milk the nutrients of the puppy chow. Over the next couple of weeks, switch her entirely back to her normal adult dog food. At around 7 weeks old your puppy should be completely weaned. They should also be eating dry puppy food and drinking water.
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Transition your pregnant dog to puppy food early. Gradually offer your puppies puppy food. Encourage your pup to eat their puppy chow. Remove the mother while they feed on puppy chow. Keep a close eye on your pups. Switch the mother back to regular dog food at 4 weeks. Completely wean your puppies off their mother's milk.