3. How to spot a nurse at a backyard party
How do you spot a nurse at a backyard party? You might think it’d be difficult, but it’s really not.
Look for the person who’s going around replenishing all the ice trays that hold the potato salad and coleslaw. What? You didn’t get ice trays to put under your bowls of perishable, mayonnaise-containing food? Then look for the person who’s fashioning trays from discarded shipping boxes and tin foil, then filling them with bags of ice.
Is there an otherwise normal-looking gentleman testing all the cooked foods with a discreet meat thermometer? That’s a nurse. He’s making sure that all of the meats have reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees F, and that cooked foods stay warmer than 130 degrees F, in order to combat the growth of nasty bacteria. He’s probably in infection control.
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