strange question?

Question

My understanding is that if meat has gone off it will make you bad (i,e give you food poisoning)! But apparently bringing foods to boiling point or a higher temperature if frying, kills all bacteria and harmful germs! Then in theory(i would'nt ever try it by the way) if i was to cook a piece of rancid meat or fish untill it was very well done and very hot would it still make me ill!

Answer 1

Yes it would, cooking doesn't take the rotten out of it.
When meat goes bad, it looks bad, it smells bad, it taste bad so the bad bacteria, etc...has affected the look, smell and taste, you can't fry that out of it. Cooking doesn't suddenly make the meat fresh again.

Answer 2

Yes! Not to mention you probably wouldnt be able to get past the smell of it cooking! Cooking only kills the bacteria on the surface and in the blood of the meat. If the actual meat and such has bacteria there is no getting rid of that.

Answer 3

Mr. Danger is on the right track, but needs to be expanded a little. This question probably belongs in the science section. He is correct about the salmonella vs botulism part. Let's take a step back though. The presence of pathogenic bacteria in foods is not likely noticed by taste or smell. When food goes "bad" it usually refers to the development of spoilage organisms in food (ex-Pseudomonas). This is what turns lettuce greens black when they get old. The spoilage organism is not going to cause food poisoning in the sense of a pathogen invading your body. If you eat this spolied food you will likely get sick from the putridity of the food rather than from a pathogen. This sickness will go away - not necessarily true when infected by a pathogen. So back to your original question. Heating will kill all microorganisms living in the food, including pathogens, but if your food has already rotted, it will make you sick from the putridity of the product rather than from the pathogen.

Answer 4

Wow !!Three top contributors got the answer wrong
Food poisoning or more properly called food borne illness comes in two large classifications
Food infection caused by living organisms and
Food intoxication which is caused by the toxic by products released as a result of the normal life and death activities of said organisms
The big difference is that food infection can be cooked out and food intoxication cannot be.
Salmonella is an example of an infection
Botulism is an example of an intoxication

Answer 5

Yes, so don't test it. Everything we eat has an expiration date. The expiration dates vary from: "this is past the approved selling date but is still ok to eat" to "you've got a window of time to eat before it will make you ill" to "eat this and hope your insurance is paid up"! Cooking at high temperatures kills a variety of bacteria, but not all.

Answer 6

Don't do it please.
The bacteria has already settled into the bad meat.Have you ever heard of salmonella poisoning?
High heat will not get rid of the bacteria no matter how well food is cooked.

Answer 7

yes, it would. Salmonella and other bacteria multiply quickly and cause food poisoning. They start to overmultipy when the meat goes off. The reason you need to cook meat to a certain temp to begin with, is to kill off parasites. It makes no sense to me to eat dead parasites, as well as a dead animal, so I don't eat meat