Have I ruined dinner?

[Borgen]

Quick help appreciated!

Started cooking a sausage and potato tray bake earlier. Should have been in at 180 but after 30 mins I realised it was only at 160. I whacked it up to 200 for 20 minutes.

Then I had to turn oven off to collect DC from school but left them in to continue cooking in warm oven. They were almost but not fully done (quite hot inside but not as scorching as I'd be reassured by).

School run took 15 minutes. Sausages were hotter than when I left.

I've put back in oven at 200 to finish off. Have chopped up sausages now too.

I'm worried that the 30 minutes on 160 followed by not quite fully cooking before the school run pause will have spoiled the meat.

I don't want to make us all ill but don't want to bin it unnecessarily.

Thoroughly confused as to why you’re worried. If the sausages are hot in the middle (or in your words “scorching” to your satisfaction) you’ll be fine

20 mins at 200? And they were fresh sausages? You’ll be fine. I find you can cook sausages for longer than the packet says anyway though

Thank you both.

I was worrying that cooking them fully now wouldn't kill off any bacteria I might have encouraged when cooking/pausing on a low heat.

I think I just needed reassurance from other adults!!

Hooray for dinner.

Eh? It'll be fine.

As long as the sausages aren't pink inside it’ll be fine

You sound quite anxious, OP - it will be fine.. I'm far more lax than you are we are all very hardy when it comes food-related illness!

I used to eat raw sausages when I was younger

I’m a bit of a worrier on food safety, if I’m really unsure I cut the kids’ sausages in half and give them a bit longer

I thought you were worried about overcooking the sausages and having dried them out!

Oh good! More consensus that I'm worrying about nothing and dinner is fine. Thank you.

Yes to PP a bit overly anxious. One of those weeks were I've got loads of work, DH is away with work, and I'm worrying about something going wrong and having no buffer zone.

Anyway dinners ready. And slightly burnt

Slightly burnt is the way to go - caramelised!!!!

Enjoy - hope your week goes smoothly

Eh?
Do you suffer from anxiety?

Why did you turn the oven off when you did school run? They will be fine anyway.

Ah don’t you turn the oven off when you go out?