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 14/11/2012, 05:00 PM
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I've was scanning on cooking websites yesterday and stumbled across an American based cooking forum. There were lots of posts about sending hot food wrapped in tinfoil and it stays warm until lunch time.
Has anyone tried this? I can't honestly see how food would keep warm until lunch time. I'd imagine a soggy, cold portion of food.  Anyone tried it? |
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14/11/2012, 05:15 PM
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I'd imagine a perfect breeding ground for bacteria if the food was of a certain type.
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14/11/2012, 05:17 PM
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Yuk, I didn't think of that! Perhaps the tinfoil in the US is super, super strong. I was quietly excited, my children would love to take hot food (or warm food
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14/11/2012, 05:22 PM
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Never heard of a thermos?
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14/11/2012, 05:24 PM
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wouldn't a thermos be safer?
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14/11/2012, 05:33 PM
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It wouldn't work. A thermos is probably your best bet.
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14/11/2012, 05:54 PM
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QUOTE Never heard of a thermos? Very patronising  . Maybe you should rethink your approach.A thermos is not ideal for my five year old so, that's why I'm inquisitive with alternatives. |
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14/11/2012, 06:04 PM
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alfoil can have insulating properties due to its reflective nature; however, being a thin metal it also readily transfers heat through. Bacteria which can cause food poisoning can multiply on food between around 5 and 60 degrees celcius. I tend to think that cold food tastes best cold and hot food properly hot - sort of warm food that should be steaming hot tends to be a bit blah. I believe that some American schools tend to have lunch a lot earlier than Australian schools.
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14/11/2012, 06:11 PM
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What's wrong with a thermos for a 5yo? My 7yo has been taking a thermos to school for ages. Very easy to undo herself, and on the odd occasion I've put the lid on to tight, there's always a teacher to help her.
She loves taking hot food to school. Soup and Spag Bol are her favs. And still hot at lunch time. |
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14/11/2012, 06:20 PM
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I can't see how tinfoil would keep food warm at all unless it's something different in the US?
I took one of those little thermos to work one day with steaming hot pumpkin soup in it and it was Luke warm by lunch time ( 5 hrs after I packed it ) is there a thermos that keeps the food hotter? |
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