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Bottom shelf of the fridge

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soontobe Wed 10-Dec-14 13:46:13

This may be a silly question or it may not be.

I know to put raw meat on the bottom shelf.
But is it ok to put something else there as well, that is cooked, so long as the two items do not touch?

The fridge gets crowded at christmas, so I am juggling space in it.

Do bacteria sort of run around? blush

rosequartz Sat 13-Dec-14 10:42:49

I have one of those in the bottom of my oven, but it wasn't from Lakeland! However, how does stuff manage to get underneath it and burn? confused

Ana Fri 12-Dec-14 22:53:23

Well, you could always make do with a sheet of baking foil...tchwink

Soutra Fri 12-Dec-14 22:52:03

No no <makes sign of the evil eye> not the Lakeland catalogue!!!

Ana Fri 12-Dec-14 22:50:28

Sorry,

www.lakeland.co.uk/3318/Magic-Oven-Liner?gclid=CJuUpqfLwcICFczMtAodUSsAkw&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!54933071909!!!g!43127067192!&ef_id=OPTOUT:20141212224934:s

Anya Fri 12-Dec-14 22:49:32

Put lids on things and stand oven wear on a baking tray Soutra

Simples.

Ana Fri 12-Dec-14 22:48:50

If you're serious, Soutra, there are many like these on the market!

liners ink{http://www.lakeland.co.uk/3318/Magic-Oven-Liner?gclid=CJCT6LzKwcICFa7LtAodI1UAqw&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!54933071909!!!g!43127067192!&ef_id=OPTOUT:20141212224552:swww.lakeland.co.uk/3318/Magic-Oven-Liner?gclid=CJCT6LzKwcICFa7LtAodI1UAqw&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!54933071909!!!g!43127067192!&ef_id=OPTOUT:20141212224552:s }

Soutra Fri 12-Dec-14 22:41:43

While we're on the subject does anybody have constructive suggestions for keeping the floor of your oven clean? It must be harbouring all sorts of bacteria even allowing for cooking temperatures as it gets splashes and drips of goodness knows what.

MiceElf Fri 12-Dec-14 13:27:25

Oh Soutra how could you suggest such a thing? I always wear sensible shoes and never imbibe more than I should. My downfall was puss weaving her way round my feet when I was putting away the shopping. Result: one bloodied tiramisu which had be disposed of. sad

Soutra Fri 12-Dec-14 10:23:35

MiceElf. - speaking from experience????

soontobe Fri 12-Dec-14 09:57:13

ha!

MiceElf Fri 12-Dec-14 09:55:15

Good advice from bags above. But just make sure that when you've taken your meat out of the butcher's wrapping and transferred it your Pyrex dish, make sure you're quite sober and not wearing silly shoes. This is to ensure that your hands don't wobble when you take the dish out and inadvertently spill some blood on to your cooked ham or Apple tart or whatever.

soontobe Fri 12-Dec-14 09:33:34

I have written so much recently. Did I put "the lightbulb moment" about something on this thread, or another one?

Soutra Fri 12-Dec-14 09:27:34

That "lightbulb moment"?

soontobe Fri 12-Dec-14 09:01:10

re your last paragraph.
I had never thought of that.
I get just about all my meat from the local butcher, so it doesnt come neatly packaged. But yes, with the smaller stuff, I could use a leakproof dish and put it anywhere.

thatbags Fri 12-Dec-14 08:05:49

As Carl Sagan used to say, we're all made of star dust.

Like the rest of the universe and everything in it with, on our planet, evolutionary natural selection thrown in where living things are concerned.

Physicists still don't know for certain how it all started. That's what they're trying to find out.

Re your bottom shelf, soon, if you put your meat in a leakproof dish (pyrex, for instance) you can put it anywhere in your fridge because the blood won't leak onto anything else. It's the same principle as putting liquids in jugs to contain them, like milk.

absent Fri 12-Dec-14 05:48:57

The UK has laws about making people, but someone did make a sheep (Dolly). However, that was cloning, which is difficult enough but not "cooking from scratch". I'm not sure that any scientist has yet been able to make something as simple as an amoeba (a unicellular organism) from scratch, i.e. just the requisite chemicals. Humans are no more "peculiar" than any other living thing on this planet, just a bit more complex. Of course, all grans everywhere, including on Gransnet have, by definition, been part of a team that made a human being.

soontobe Thu 11-Dec-14 23:53:57

I often think that us humans are very perculiar. We dont know how we are made, by a very long way. We couldnt make a human if we tried.

soontobe Thu 11-Dec-14 23:51:45

Seems rosequartz's consultant was right!

soontobe Thu 11-Dec-14 23:50:54

Looks interesting Elegran. But I think I will leave that lot of reading for tomorrow.

We seem to be awash with bacteria Ana!

Elegran Thu 11-Dec-14 23:02:19

Thay are mostly useful bacteria, mind, not the ones that make meat smell or give us infections. Without the bacteria in our gut, we would not be able to digest our food. Different bacteria can be make us ill or protect us against illness.

https://www.med.unc.edu/microbiome/endeavors_UNC-Chapel-Hill_winter2011_bacteria_in_your_body%20-2.pdf

Ana Thu 11-Dec-14 22:37:33

I hope you're not reading this, soontobe! shock

Elegran Thu 11-Dec-14 22:10:47

Apparently the number of bacteria living within the body of the average healthy adult human are estimated to outnumber human cells 10 to 1.

rosequartz Thu 11-Dec-14 21:48:35

A consultant once said to me that I had more bacteria inside me than I would ever find in his ward.
hmm I thought, I'll be the judge of that.

Mine needs cleaning out before plonking the Christmas food in it. Another day, another job.

loopylou Thu 11-Dec-14 19:42:31

Cleaned mine today blush, nuff said about what I found......but no green/ purple long-legged (or legless) life forms, just a rather disgusting piece of ex-cucumber (I think.....) hiding at the back shock

Soutra Thu 11-Dec-14 18:37:00

grin "Thank ee kindly"<tugs forelock>