/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6109296
here's a starting chart. good rule of thumb.

freezing food doesn't kill bacteria, it just puts it in stasis. cooking to appropriate, googlable temperatures is what kills bacteria. what we're more worried about with keeping food in the freezer for a while is "freezer burn", which happens when you food has some air in the packaging. the food, lets say beef, loses water because the water in the meat LEAVES the meat to form ice crystals in the empty air space.

things go bad in the fridge more quickly, yes, because bacteria is just slowed down there, not paused. see: milk, cheese.