Hi all,
We will be travelling to canada next week , it will take almost 11- 13 hours to reach the destination . My question is we are planning to bring some home cooked food with us , will it get spoiled , im planning to bring some coconut rice and some other curries , is that ok if i put it in a plastic food container or do i need to buy any special food box . I will be cooking it a day earlier and refrigerate it and then heat it on the travel day in microvawe , is that ok ?
Pls advice .
2007-06-01 08:31:42 · 9 answers · asked by Priya 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Buy an ice chest, they have cheap disposable ones made out of styrofoam and buy plenty of reusable ice packs. Pack the food just before you are ready to go. It would be a pity to spend your vacation sick from spoiled food. Good luck and have fun!
2007-06-01 12:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by foodieNY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glass cotainer are better to use, they are more safer, especially in the summer time i saw last night on the news, where these Doctors were, saying that after a while when your plastic container get old and start to get burned, that the quimic of the burned container , are making people real sick, they also show example of these container all burned and you can really see the quimic burn and melted and dried up , that was some thing scary, to look at, they also said , do not leave your plastic--water --container in your car no longer than a day, result, the quimic from the water plastic container desolve and melt inside of your water and when you drink it you are expose to get cancer, their report said that female are an easy target and now too many womens ,had contacted cancer from their own plastic container, that they left in the hot sun in their car, so please be careful this report was on the news all over, Georgia, i think it happens here ,,, be safe... peace.
2016-05-18 22:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there's meat in the curries, I definitely would not eat them after 11 hours out of the fridge. BUT, if you heated them up really hot just before you ate them, it should kill anything nasty.
Also, will they still allow you on a plane with liquidy curry? There are new rules on international flights restricting liquids of more than 100mls to checked baggage. Don't know about Canada, but it applies to Australia and Norway, so I would check.
2007-06-01 08:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by Emily Rugburn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an urban myth that plastic containers leach cancer causing elements into food. There is no scientific evidence that supports this theory.
The curry might permanently discolor the container itself, so that the once clear plastic container will be forevermore yellow or red, but it shouldn't harm the food.
You might want to keep the containers in a cooler with ice, though, so that it doesn't spoil.
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2007-06-01 08:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally think that it would be much safer to buy a special food box, they do come quite cheap. Using a plastic box means that the heat can easily get to it, iff you get a cool box then there is no way of this happening
2007-06-01 08:36:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jack W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rice tends to grow mold just because it is a very moist in the first place and is a starch. So it is the perfect breeding ground for microorganisms. Keep it cool with ice and a cooler and it will be fine. Dry ice would be the intense way of doing it.
2007-06-01 08:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The food needs to be kept at -40 or +140 to be safe from bacterial growth.
2007-06-01 08:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by rennet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you need an Ice chest.
get a good one NOT too big
Seperate the ice to carry the bread and other fixings for sandwhiches...
2007-06-01 08:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that's fine you might want to keep it on ice.
2007-06-01 08:39:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋