Re: Irradiation
Irradiation is used on some food products such as meat and
spices at doses which kills bugs and microbes. If you put a
food product like milk in a sealed container and irradiate it,
it will last longer since it kills the bugs. The "structural
changes" they talk about is what I'm referring to as cooking.
Any bugs or microbes on a undamaged pumpkin are on the surface
and can be removed by washing with a mild bleach solution.
Irradiating a pumpkin would do the same thing but also cause a
number of "structural changes". But it's not in a sealed
environment so the bugs still have access to it. So I don't
think it buys you much time.
Now if you carved your pumpkin, put it in a hermetically sealed
container, zapped it and kept it sealed - it would probably
outlive you!
Personally, I would try a in a liquid nitrogen bath first, the
clouds of gas vaporizing off the pool provide a neat effect and
you can see the pumpkin swimming erriely through the vapors....
vince
--- Beth Rado <rado1000@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > We have Irradiated ground beef here ...
>
> I think they are allowed to use it on meat and milk without
> particularly
> telling you.
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