Wednesday, August 8, 2018

safety - Why did the salt on the skin of my turkey react with the aluminum foil it was touching?


I sprinkled salt on my turkey skin and left it to dry out over night. It was covered with aluminum foil. The next morning the aluminum foil had holes ‘burnt’ in it and the turkey skin turned silver at the spots where the salt crystals had touched the aluminum foil. Was my turkey poisoned with aluminum at this point? I did not eat it to find out.




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