Food poisoning paranoia: is it safe to cool down browned meat?

[partystress]

Just bought a slow cooker - fantasies of coming home to wonderful aromas etc etc - but panicking now because have browned my lamb shanks and will have to let go cold overnight then bung on the slow cooker in the morning. Will it be safe?

[QuintessentialGunpowderPlot]

no, I dont think so.

You have to cook it through.

[Malkuth]

Why not put the slow cooker on low overnight then let the food cool down and reheat for tea?

Although, actually I thought you could brown meat and then cook it later. I'm sure they do on those cookery programmes set in restaurants. And Come Dine with Me!

[partystress]

Thanks Malkuth that is a good idea, though I also suffer from house-burning-down-while-we're-in-our-beds-due-to-some-electrical-malfunction paranoia, so if anyone else knows for certain that would be really helpful!

[Malkuth]

I suffer from that one too! And the flooding-the-house-if-you-are-not-near-the-washing-machine-while-it's-on one!

[Malkuth]

Guess you can't!

[partystress]

Thank you Malkuth - that is pretty categorical. (and a great site by the looks of it - has gone on my faves.) I'm going to put it on high now for 4 hours before bed then reheat at tea time tommorrow. The appetising aromas after a long day at work fantasy is receding...