Cooking Thermometers » mercury http://www.cookthermometers.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:09:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 what is the red liquid in a meat thermometer? http://www.cookthermometers.com/what-is-the-red-liquid-in-a-meat-thermometer.php http://www.cookthermometers.com/what-is-the-red-liquid-in-a-meat-thermometer.php#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:14:50 +0000 admin http://www.cookthermometers.com/what-is-the-red-liquid-in-a-meat-thermometer.php my mom’s cooking a christmas turkey, the meat thermometer broke and she wants to make sure the liquid that came out is not going to poison us, it’s apparently not mercury like normal thermometers

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How do you know if your thermometer has mercury?
My thermometer has red in the center of a glass tube? Is it mercury?
How do you safely dispose of these thermometers?
Thank you!

]]> http://www.cookthermometers.com/has-mercury-been-banned-in-thermometers-2.php/feed 1 I fried a turkey, the cooking thermometer melted and dropped into the pot, is this dangerous to eat? http://www.cookthermometers.com/i-fried-a-turkey-the-cooking-thermometer-melted-and-dropped-into-the-pot-is-this-dangerous-to-eat.php http://www.cookthermometers.com/i-fried-a-turkey-the-cooking-thermometer-melted-and-dropped-into-the-pot-is-this-dangerous-to-eat.php#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:49:04 +0000 admin http://www.cookthermometers.com/i-fried-a-turkey-the-cooking-thermometer-melted-and-dropped-into-the-pot-is-this-dangerous-to-eat.php the turkey was frying in peanut oil, we are worried the glass vial containing mercury (or whatever other chemical is used) may have broken inside the pot with the cooking turkey.

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