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Rice is one of those foods that you always make way too much of and end up eating leftovers for lunch the next day. But no complaints, leftover rice still tastes just as good, unlike leftover French fries. There are smart ways to use your leftovers. But, most people don’t know that leftover rice is extremely accessible to food poisoning.
Bacillus Cereus
Uncooked rice has cells that are able to reproduce quickly called Bacillus cereus. Bacillus cereus can cause food poisoning, and it is able to survive on the rice even when it’s cooked. That’s why there are some food poisoning myths that you may ignore.
The Way to Store
It has nothing to do with the way the rice is reheated, but rather the way the rice is stored after you first cook it. The trouble comes when you leave your rice sitting out a room temperature right after you cook it. When left out the spores can grow into bacteria and multiply causing you to get food poisoning when you eat your leftovers the next day.
As you probably guessed, the longer the rice is left out after you cook it, the more likely it is that it will get food poisoning. The National Health Service recommends keeping your cooked rice out for no longer than an hour. It’s best to get it in the fridge as soon as possible.
Try to Know More
Take the time to break out the food storage container and put your leftover foods in the fridge before you dig into your dinner. You’ll thank yourself later. And to make sure you don’t get sick eating some other type of leftover, make sure you know about the other foods that commonly cause food poisoning.
21. The passage is mainly written to .
A. state some benefits of eating rice
B. teach people how to cook delicious rice
C. warn us of danger of eating leftover rice
D. introduce the disease caused by food poisoning
22. When rice is cooked, Bacillus Cereus can .
A. still survive on it
B. be completely ignored
C. reproduce cells quickly
D. do no harm to people’s health
23. According to the writer, how to store your leftover rice?
A. Keep it warm for a long time.
B. Reheat it over and over again.
C. Get it in the fridge immediately.
D. Place it out at room temperature.
