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If heat kills bacteria, why can't you simply reheat all food, no matter how old? (reddit.com)
2 points by tosh on June 23, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Bacteria break-down the food, i.e. proteins, sugars, etc... and also produce toxic by-products in the process, much like your digestive system breaks down food and produces... well you know what...

In the end, you can't just re-heat this mess and re-assemble all the complexity that was broken-down and destroyed, you just get a warmer bucket of yuck...




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