Abe DrinkinAbe DrinkinBeach Loveratlanta52 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Lover
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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!
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Beach RunnerBeach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hood
Beach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hoodI 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...We had a more extreme experience last night. We went out to dinner, and the waitress said that they weren't serving any salads at all, not just spinach salads.
Ocean LoverOcean LoverbeanBuckeye Country9,491 postsJoined View profileMessagebean
Ocean LoverbeanBuckeye Country9,491 postsJoined View profileMessagebeanWe had a more extreme experience last night. We went out to dinner, and the waitress said that they weren't serving any salads at all, not just spinach salads.
WOW.
Lady DLady DSoWal InsiderMemphis, Tennessee, United States6,131 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Insider
Lady DSoWal InsiderMemphis, Tennessee, United States6,131 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal InsiderI do not even buy bagged salad anymore. Quit that a long time ago. I just had a McDonald's salad early in the week, like Monday or Tuesday. I hope that grilled chicken bacon ranch salad I had didn't have spinach in it. They showed big fields of fresh spinach last night on the news and it is mostly grown in California. Spinach salad is a big seller on the salad counters at cafeterias. I bet they had to pull them off of their counter also. The grocery stores here have pulled the bags of spinach and all fresh spinach. And I am sure the Easy Way Produce stores here have pulled all fresh spinach also. I used to buy it there on occasion! And I love spinach salad.
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RudyjohnRudyjohnSoWal InsiderChicago Area7,736 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Insider
Can you imagine the damage this is going to have on the spinach industry?!
yippieyippieBeach FanaticA local946 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
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.
Beach Runner. I have never seen the boxed Dole salads. Where do you find them? I would be interested in them. I, too, have had many a dinner ruined because of what you find when you open the bag!!!
Someone mentioned they wondered if the organic brands were better. From the last word I heard, it was a leading organic brands, Earthbound Farms, who own the company distributing the product. But... You never know.
Beach RunnerBeach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hood
Beach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hoodBeach Runner. I have never seen the boxed Dole salads. Where do you find them? I would be interested in them. I, too, have had many a dinner ruined because of what you find when you open the bag!!!I can always find them at the Publix in Seagrove. I've fussed at the manager at the Publix here in GA, he says he'll order them, but I've never seen them.
BTW they always think I'm crazy when I open the bag at the checkout line. I don't care -- I don't want to drive home, sit down to dinner, and have to drive back to the store to get more salad greens. It's easier to take care of it while I'm at the store.
One day I opened a bag and it just reeked. The cashier brought over the manager to smell it. He said it smelled okay to him. I recommended that he have a CAT scan because obviously if he couldn't smell something that stinky, he must have a brain tumor.
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Beach RunnerBeach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hood
Beach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hoodDaughter went to On The Border in Buckhead (Atlanta) yesterday. They weren't serving any salads or any lettuce, even as a garnish.
SheilaSheilaSoWal InsiderSnellville, GA., Seacrest/Seagrove as often as we 5,781 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Insider
SheilaSoWal InsiderSnellville, GA., Seacrest/Seagrove as often as we 5,781 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal InsiderDaughter went to On The Border in Buckhead (Atlanta) yesterday. They weren't serving any salads or any lettuce, even as a garnish.
John Pruitt on WSB was giving the "teaser" for the 6 o'clock news this afternoon. This is what he said, "tonight at 6 a report on the tainted Spanish, that is believed to be the cause of the e-coli breakout." :blush: :confused:
I'm not sure he ever caught on. There was just a long pause and then a commericial. Poor John. :doh:
Beach RunnerBeach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hood
Beach Runnerbeats on hoodNear the ATL and in SoWal as often as possible15,269 postsJoined View profileMessagebeats on hoodLol.
RudyjohnRudyjohnSoWal InsiderChicago Area7,736 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Insider
Daughter went to On The Border in Buckhead (Atlanta) yesterday. They weren't serving any salads or any lettuce, even as a garnish.I heard on our radio stations today that none of the restaurants in Chicago were serving any salads either. They said the lettuce greens and spinach greens are all dumped together in the prep area and the leaves are pulled out when preparing a particular salad.
Ocean LoverOcean LoverbeanBuckeye Country9,491 postsJoined View profileMessagebean
Ocean LoverbeanBuckeye Country9,491 postsJoined View profileMessagebeanThe places I've been to lately are still serving salads. I've been too skeered to order one and I took the lettuce off my burger tonight. I don't know if I'm being paranoid or what but better safe than sorry!
DDDDSoWal Expertgrapevine, tx. /On the road to SoWal23,871 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
DDSoWal Expertgrapevine, tx. /On the road to SoWal23,871 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertThe places I've been to lately are still serving salads. I've been too skeered to order one and I took the lettuce off my burger tonight. I don't know if I'm being paranoid or what but better safe than sorry!
I ate two salads today in repentance for my evil behavior this week....so far, so good. 😱
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