TABLE 2. Self-reported safe food-handling practices among a sample of 209 Reddit users, 2019-2020 Characteristic Frequency of handwashing before preparing food (n = 208) Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Prepare meals at home that contain meat or poultry (n = 208) Yes No Methods used to determine cooking doneness of meat or poultry (n = 181)a,b Visual Time Internal temperature Touch or texture Taste Own a food thermometer (n = 208) Yes No Frequency of using a food thermometer to check cooking doneness of meat and poultry (n = 104)a,c Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Wash or rinse poultry before cooking it (n = 180)a Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Usual cooling time at room temperature for leftovers (n = 201) 2 h or less More than 2-4 h More than 4-6 h More than 6 h Keep or store leftovers containing meat or poultry at home (n = 180)a Yes No n (%) 109 (52.4) 61 (29.3) 28 (13.5) 10 (4.8) 0 (0) 181 (87.0) 27 (13.0) 147 (81.2) 104 (57.5) 92 (50.8) 79 (43.7) 20 (11.1) 107 (51.4) 101 (48.6) 31 (29.8) 29 (27.9) 26 (25.0) 15 (14.4) 3 (2.9) 27 (15.0) 12 (6.7) 13 (7.2) 26 (14.4) 102 (56.7) 153 (76.1) 38 (18.9) 5 (2.5) 5 (2.5) 176 (97.8) 4 (2.2) Continued on next page 210 Food Protection Trends March/April