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3. The best temperature for cooking pork
The good news is that there were more accurate temperatures given to cook recipes involving pork. This food has always been one that has been known to cause people to become ill if it has not been cooked properly.
4. The proper temperature for ground beef
When it comes to cooking beef, there were more beef recipes in the reviewed cookbooks that did not even give a suggested internal temperature than any other food. It was suggested to go by the color of the meat in order to see if the food was cooked properly.
5. The correct temperature for completing a recipe
Most recipes only put the cooking time down when a recipe is supposed to be done cooking instead of using the temperature of the food to determine doneness. But there were too many things that played a part in how long something would take to cook. Some things that were not taken into consideration were the size of the dish that the food was being prepared in, the differences between the variety of equipment that the food was being cooked on, and the temperature of the food as it went into the oven. Cold food would take longer than anything that was room temperature.
6. How to cook turkey properly
While some recipes used the internal temperature of a food to determine when a recipe was done, some used a time frame. A turkey could be reported to be done cooking after 3 hours or not until it reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
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