On 06 May 2006, Dave
wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 00:34:13 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


|Raising the water to 60 C kills about 95% of the bugs in seconds.

That temperature is actually *82* deg C to kill food poisoning bugs
Some food poisoning bugs breed nicely below 64 deg C


I think amino-acids/proteins get denatured (and becoma deformed beyond
use) at about 62 degrees.

I thought that was the basis for saying that food (eggs, meat, etc) must
be cooked over approx 62 C.

But what is the extra 20 degrees to 84 C for?