H5N1

Aka 'Avian influenza A' aka 'Bird flu' has caused the price of poultry meat to plummet yet again. I think chicken now costs less than carrots, capsicum and other vegetables. Hurray! ... ?

Here are some pointers to avoid contracting the disease (culled from various sources):

1. Avoid touching bird shit - check
2. Avoid touching live birds - check
3. Ensure the raw meat doesn't touch anything you might eat raw (this is tough if you eat out all the time, gyan angle: keep off the raw stuff, raw stuff is dangerous anyway!) - check (in a convoluted way)
4. Ensure all parts of the chicken are cooked at over 70^oC and that none of the meat is pink - check?

Avoid Empire, Imperial and other places where they make food in a hurry. The 'Kababs' at Empire and Imperial are often pink on the inside ... especially around 2 am.

General chicken curries are harmless because they are pre-boiled for a while and then fried for a while, unless you are a big fan I think you should go with other meat or sea food for the curry.

Tandoors often reach temperatures of over 1000^oC, this is if top quality coal is used, even otherwise the temperature will hover around 500^oC and generally never goes below 300^oC. With smallish pieces you can be certain that the inside will be cooked at temperatures sufficiently beyond 70^oC.

Eat those Kababs I say!