Ham hock bones and fat leftover from crockpot. Can I use this?
Ham hock bones and fat leftover from crockpot. Can I use this?
by RudeAdhesiveness2113
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TeddyDaBear
I wouldn’t. Strictly speaking if you took them right out of the hot soup/stew and immediately cooled them down to below 40F (like in an ice bath or ice pack to get them down in less than approximately 15 minutes) then they are probably ok to reuse, but why risk it? They’ve already spent a bunch of time in the range where bacteria grows and you, hopefully, already sucked all the flavor out of them in to whatever you made. Their best use now is probably as compost.
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I wouldn’t. Strictly speaking if you took them right out of the hot soup/stew and immediately cooled them down to below 40F (like in an ice bath or ice pack to get them down in less than approximately 15 minutes) then they are probably ok to reuse, but why risk it? They’ve already spent a bunch of time in the range where bacteria grows and you, hopefully, already sucked all the flavor out of them in to whatever you made. Their best use now is probably as compost.