Have a Food Safe holiday

Watch this Video
Before you fire up the Grill
for Holiday Weekend Festivities

This weekend, as we all get ready to party and cook with friends and family, be alert to the importance of Food Safety. I recently posted a few relevant links (shown below) on Twitter. The instant read thermometers I referred to, don't cost much and work great for temperature checking. Chefs usually carry one (or two) in their chef coat pockets, home cooks should too.

Check out this video, it makes the point and at the same time will bring a smile to your face, "Don't get Sicky Wit it." Be sure to turn up the volume.

Related Links:

• "Is it done yet?" You can't tell by looking Use a food thermometer to be sure.
• Use a food thermometer

A parody of Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," as performed by Carl Winter. (c) Copyright 2007. Carl Winter, Food Safety Music. UC Davis.

The animations were produced at New Mexico State University as part of USDA CSREES National Integrated Food Safety Initiative Project Number CD-D-FST-7057-CG.