I agree Alex. Radioactive things don't glow unless they are extremely radioactive. That is just something Hollywood uses to add visual effect (like spaceships that bank to turn in a vacuum). Another example of how movies and television have reduced the people's ability to separate fact from fiction.

P.S. Don't refrigerators in Australia have lights that come when the door is opened?

Yes, Captain Al, they do...that was puzzling me, too.

Here's an idea: a line of foods that are MEANT to glow in the dark.

I'd eat 'em!

It did occur to me when I read the article that I should disable the light in my fridge, just so that I can see the effect. Just think, all these years I may have been missing out on seeing glowing food!

Its true, and somthing you can test at home! Sliced supermarket bacon is best. Leave a packet in your frigde for long enough, not so long it gets mouldy but to near its use by date take it out and hold it at various angles in low level light. You will see a thin pearlessent sheen on the smooth surface of the meat. Its very common and at these low levels perfectly harmless!!

So what, food has been growing for years!... Oh, you said glowing.

Nevermind...

Don't mistake fluorescence for radioactivity. Lightning bugs are capable of fluorescence but aren't radioactive. There are certain species of jellyfish with the same glowing abilities.

Nevermind, I totally misread what you wrote. D'oh!

I'd like to figure out a way to get these bacteria onto the food after the food has been cooked. Imagine: a romantic dinner for two, lit only by the warm flickering light of a candle and the soft green glow of the meal!

Many people don't seem to understand that not all glowing things are radioactive and not all radioactive things glow. As Captain Platypus observes, fireflies and jellyfish (and glow-in-the-dark rosaries) flouresce but they aren't radioactive.
As for radioactive things that glow, this is determined less by the level of radioactivity than by which radioactive elements they contain. Even a very tiny amount of radium glows in the dark, but plutonium does not glow, no matter how much of it is present (until you reach critical mass and get an atomic bomb blast, which does give off a lot of light).

I agree, though, that if this phosphorescent bacterium is really harmless, it would be pretty cool to eat glowing food. I wonder if the bacteria would grow in yogurt?

I'm Australian and I laughed at this. Haven't seen it myself.

Also yes we do have lights in our fridge that come on when we open the doors. I thought everybody has them?

Why do we have them? Probably so we can see what we're doing when it's midnight and we're hungry... come on what don't you need a light in the fridge for?!

Why is there a light in the fridge, but not in the freezer?

because the evil lurks in the dark cold wasteland of the freezer, that is why you defrost it,

in the safe light and coolness of the fridge is the good

now you know, only eat from the fridge, never from the freezer

The reason for no bulb in the freezer? It's because the heat expansion from the bulb when you turn it on will cause it to explode.

Actually, I have no clue why there isn't a bulb up there but that sounds like a viable reason to me.

Nah, our deep freeze had a light bulb and it never blew out. I think it's a government conspiracy.

It happened to me, but with faux crab. One night I made a sandwich in the house and was ate it on the patio and it freaked me out. It was faintly glowing. I called poison control and they explained about the bacteria.

Well, a long time ago, pork was cured or preserved using saltpeter, an explosive mineral used in hand grenades nowadays. It is also phosphorecent, meaning is can absorb light and give it off later. perhaps this is the case and they had old-style pork.

Glowing food sounds amazing. I've gotta eat some! I don't have a light in my freezer either.

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Has the Chris Carlisle who writes in this forum ever lived in SA?

it sounds good,but is ti good for the health or not?

Yes i do agree that radioactive has to be made extremely powerful for radioactive. And thats how people make it into movies.Yes, at my place when the fridge is opened the light will be glowing on until the power gets off, lol.

Ya its a fact the porks glow and it looks amazing.It is always recommended not to have pork served from freezer any non-vegetarian food is not advisable to be stored in freezer.

Lightly brown pork chops on both sides in large skillet or slow-cooking pot with browning unit. Pour off excess fat. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, tomato sauce, 1/4 cup syrup from peaches, and vinegar. Sprinkle chops with salt and pepper. Arrange chops in slow-cooking pot. Place drained peach halves on top. Pour tomato mixture over all. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours

It may be very beautiful, but I wouldn't dare to eat so strange food...

Yes, at my place when the fridge is opened the light will be glowing on until the power gets off, lol.

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