Here are simple tips on thawing your food. This will save your time

• In the refrigerator. Do it one or two days before you will cook the food.
• In the microwave. Use the “defrost” setting. Then cook the food right away.

Raw meat, raw poultry, raw seafood, and raw eggs can make you sick. Cook them until they are done.

• Use a meat thermometer for poultry and meat, if possible.
• Use a meat thermometer, if possible, when cooking hamburger. Cook hamburger to a temperature of 160 degrees F. If you don’t have a meat thermometer, don’t eat hamburger if the meat is still pink.
• Dig a fork into cooked fish. The fish should flake.
• Cooked egg whites and yolks are firm, not runny.