Think sampling an unbaked bite or licking the spatula is no big deal?
Food safety pros and dietitians say think again.
Around age 3, Id station myself at my Moms hip every time she was baking.
But some rules were meant to be broken, right?
Or at least bent.
Are raw eggsreallythat dangerous?
I turned to the experts to find out.
Is it Okay to Eat Raw Eggs?
We recently shared more about why itsunsafe to eat cracked eggs.
Eggs are washed and sanitizedat the plants where they are processed, and are generally safe.
Theheat introduced during pasteurization kills salmonella, so pasteurized eggssafely be used without cooking.
About 3% of in-shell eggs are pasteurized.
Many people dont realize this, but flour is actually raw, Largeman-Roth says.
The grains that are ground to make flour are grown in fields.
Processing raw grains into flour does not kill any of this bacteria, Carothers says.
Double check their labels to examine the ingredients.
The reality is that either one could make you sick.
It’s wise to avoid eating or drinking both, if you might.
These products are made with heat-treated flour and no eggs (or with pasteurized eggs).
I can attest that they are still delicious!
Test Kitchen Tip:Prefer to outsource?
you’re free to purchaseheat-treated flour from companies like DO.
OurChoose-Your-Flavor Edible Cookie Doughcomes with instructions for how to make pasteurized all-purpose flour.
To make raw flour safe for eating, preheat the oven to 350F.
Spread the flour evenly in a shallow baking pan, then bake it for 5 minutes.
you might also heat-treat small batches (1 to 3 cups) of flour in the microwave.
