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Food needs to be boiled or cooked to make it safe to eat. When food has been boiled for a certain amount of time all bacteria is killed.
Bacteria needs to be killed to prevent food poisoning. Maintaining food at a certain temperature prevents bacteria from occurring and multiplying.
Safe Water
I always thought you need to boil water for at least 10 minutes before its safe to drink or use. Recent studies show that all bacteria is killed by the time the water reaches boiling point.
Water needs to be at 70 degrees for 30 minutes to kill all bacteria. Water reaching 85 degrees kills all bacteria within a few minutes. So by the time water reaches boiling point (100 degrees) all bacteria is killed and is safe to use.
How to Boil Eggs
Always start with boiling water, never place eggs in cool water and then bring to a boil.
When preparing soft eggs, the boiling time is 3 - 4 minutes. For hard boiled eggs, boil for 6 - 7 minutes.
A useful tip to prevent the egg shells from breaking while you cooking pour a little vinegar in the water. The vinegar hols the egg together.
Boiling Chicken
Chicken breast with bones need to be boiled for 2 hours before they get tender. If the breasts are boneless it will take about 45 minutes to be fully cooked.
For the whole chicken boiling time will take 2 - 3 hours to be cooked, depending on the size.
these grilling times are for fully cooking the chicken, if you looking just to pre-cook the chicken the grilling time will a lot shorter.
Boiling Corn
Bring the water to a boil before placing the corn in.
Small sized corn ears need to boil for 10 minutes. Larger sized corn ears need to be boiled for 12 - 15 minutes.
Corn off the cob cooks a lot quicker, boil for 4 - 5 minutes to get them soft enough to eat.
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