Don't Eat The Spinach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I heard that this morning. It includes even the pre-washed bagged spinach, so stay away, until further notice. The only way to kill Ecoli on your food is to cook it to a temp of 160 degrees and believe me, Spinach, cooked to mush, has very little nutritional value anyway.

Sounds like a cauliflower plot.

Anyone who wants a piece of Popeye...now's your chance!!!

FDA has recalled all spinach, after the report of Ecoli bacteria in spinach! 23 people have been reported sick and 1 death from this! Do not eat any fresh spinach or fresh spinach that has been cooked! Stay tuned to the news for more details! First case was reported Aug 23rd; so this has been going on fopr a while! They have no idea where the problem source is coming from!

Can you say "organic farming and immigrant laborers"?:bang:

FDA News: E.coli outbreak
Wow. 😱
I cooked some fresh spinach last week and had some serious issues with the trots the next day. My guys did not, but then I usually hog any fresh vegies in our house.

Thanks for the thread! I tm'd my daughter while she was in class to make sure she threw away her spinach when she got back to her apartment.

BTW on The Today Show this AM, they said to wash EVERYTHING (not just spinach), even if it says it's triple washed. I always wash anything that can be practically washed (like tomatoes, apples, etc.) with antibacterial soap. I don't know of any practical way to soap down salad greens, broccoli, meat, etc.

okay, just have to share.. someone on fark.com came up with the following..

I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I cr*p and don't wash my hands.
My strength is diminished
cuz I ate the spinach.
I'm Popeye the sailor man!


(try not to sing it in your head)

okay, just have to share.. someone on fark.com came up with the following..

I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I cr*p and don't wash my hands.
My strength is dimished
cuz I ate the spinach.
I'm Popeye the sailor man!


(try not to sing it in your head)

:floor:

okay, just have to share.. someone on fark.com came up with the following..

I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I cr*p and don't wash my hands.
My strength is dimished
cuz I ate the spinach.
I'm Popeye the sailor man!


(try not to sing it in your head)

How appropriate, somewhere in that song is a "toot toot". 😀

okay, just have to share.. someone on fark.com came up with the following..

I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I cr*p and don't wash my hands.
My strength is diminished
cuz I ate the spinach.
I'm Popeye the sailor man!


(try not to sing it in your head)

:clap_1: That's excellent!
Fark can be pretty funny.

BTW the doctor on The Today Show also said that if the e. coli. comes from, say, rain runoff from an area with feces, it gets absorbed into the plant via its root system, so even washing the greens doesn't help.😱

BTW the doctor on The Today Show also said that if the e. coli. comes from, say, rain runoff from an area with feces, it gets absorbed into the plant via its root system, so even washing the greens doesn't help.😱

That's surprising, considering the source of most fertilizer. How do they get around contaminating ALL crops when they use fertilizer?

CNN Breaking News: New York becomes the 11th state with confirmed cases of illness resulting from E. coli bacteria in bagged spinach.
:shock:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html

That's surprising, considering the source of most fertilizer. How do they get around contaminating ALL crops when they use fertilizer?

Dunno. Not my area of expertise. I'm just repeating what I heard on The Today Show from their medical reporter.

I *do* know that whenever I'm in a hurry and buy a bag salad, I open it up in the checkout line. If it smells sour, I refuse to pay for it. I can't tell you how many times in the past I have gotten dinner ready, thrown a bag salad into a bowl to mix it with dressing, and smelled that awful smell. Then we either have to drive to the store when the rest of the dinner is ready or skip the salad. As a result, now I very rarely buy bag salads. The exception is the Dole salads that are in a box instead of a bag. They very rarely have that funky smell. My theory is that the greens don't get bruised in a box like they do in a bag, so they last longer. Plus there are ventilation holes in the boxes but not in the bags. This theory of mine was reinforced tonight when I heard a CDC official on the news say that one problem with bag salads is that the bag is totally sealed, so if there is the tiniest bit of bacteria, the sealed bag is a perfect environment for their rapid growth.

Why am I craving spinach now????

So guys, where do you think the field workers go to the bathroom when they're out there ALL day long?
A good friend of mine whose family owned a huge fruit farm in south Florida explained to me that the laborers do exactly that.

And as far as bagged salads, I've always still washed them. You know those factories do not do what they claim. I wash every single piece of vegitable and meat. The meat slaughterhouses are some of the filthiest places on earth.

So guys, where do you think the field workers go to the bathroom when they're out there ALL day long?
A good friend of mine whose family owned a huge fruit farm in south Florida explained to me that the laborers do exactly that.

And as far as bagged salads, I've always still washed them. You know those factories do not do what they claim. I wash every single piece of vegitable and meat. The meat slaughterhouses are some of the filthiest places on earth.

FYI- rinsing the spinach will not kill Ecoli.

Why am I craving spinach now????

Funny - I was thinking the exact same thing - a crunchy spinach salad with hot bacon dressing! Funny how human nature is to want what we can't have!;-)

I threw away a brand new bag of spinach this morning; my bunny loves the stuff. Not sure if e-coli can affect rabbits but I'm not taking any chances!:blink:

Funny - I was thinking the exact same thing - a crunchy spinach salad with hot bacon dressing! Funny how human nature is to want what we can't have!;-)

I threw away a brand new bag of spinach this morning; my bunny loves the stuff. Not sure if e-coli can affect rabbits but I'm not taking any chances!:blink:

I tried to order a spinach salad with hot bacon dressing tonight. Couldn't get it. And no other salad sounded good. It is weird, you'd think the current problem would make spinach salad sound gross, but no...