Family sneering on discussions for food safety [closed]
How can I deal with or avoid my family sneering at me when I am trying to explain food safety rules? Whenever I try to explain food safety rules I am met with contempt, ridicule and sneer. They make fun of me even showing me the cooking pans on top of the stove. I am worried about Thawing (we need to thaw safely on the fridge not on the counter) and Storing practices (we don't let food on the stove turned of for a couple/several hours we need to refrigerate withing one hour of cooking). I understand that it is not easy for people to change deeply ingrained beliefs and practices (it is okay to leave food on top of the stove for several hours it can't possibly spoil since we cook just now, the food didn't thaw it is still rock hard, ignoring that pathogens just need the surface to proliferate not the centre) My Grandmother grew up in a small insular village having only completed elementary school (6 years) and is almost 90 years old. My Father completed vocational school and technical education (ship mechanic) My Mother is the only one that completed Business Administration and Law School but she is lackaidasical and carefree. How can I deal with or avoid my family sneering at me when I am trying to explain food safety rules? I am think that maybe I am the one at fault. Maybe I am obsessing with foodborne ailments (maybe my worries can be justified by the fact that I have cancer). I would like to convince them that food safety rules make sense.
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How can I deal with or avoid my family sneering at me when I am trying to explain food safety rules?
Whenever I try to explain food safety rules I am met with contempt, ridicule and sneer.
They make fun of me even showing me the cooking pans on top of the stove.
I am worried about Thawing (we need to thaw safely on the fridge not on the counter) and Storing practices (we don't let food on the stove turned of for a couple/several hours we need to refrigerate withing one hour of cooking).
I understand that it is not easy for people to change deeply ingrained beliefs and practices (it is okay to leave food on top of the stove for several hours it can't possibly spoil since we cook just now, the food didn't thaw it is still rock hard, ignoring that pathogens just need the surface to proliferate not the centre)
My Grandmother grew up in a small insular village having only completed elementary school (6 years) and is almost 90 years old. My Father completed vocational school and technical education (ship mechanic) My Mother is the only one that completed Business Administration and Law School but she is lackaidasical and carefree.
How can I deal with or avoid my family sneering at me when I am trying to explain food safety rules? I am think that maybe I am the one at fault. Maybe I am obsessing with foodborne ailments (maybe my worries can be justified by the fact that I have cancer). I would like to convince them that food safety rules make sense.
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