Ya gotta eat yer spinach, baby!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:56 pm

But maybe not for a while:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/14/ta ... pinach.ap/

Currently telling people not to eat bagged, fresh, OR frozen...

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:00 pm

What a terrible waste and a terrible over-reaction!

COOK IT!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:06 pm

DITTO..!! but you see LULU2 cooking it makes sense, they want to create PANIC....

[QUOTE]What a terrible waste and a terrible over-reaction!

COOK IT![/QUOTE]

weber · Post by **weber** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:12 pm

I hope Popeye didn't eat any or cook the hell out of it.:guitarist

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:43 pm

You're right, CARLA! The media wants to make a STORY!

Frankly, I'm waiting for BUSH to announce it's TERRORISTS!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:47 pm

Lulu2 wrote: What a terrible waste and a terrible over-reaction!

COOK IT!

No less than the FDA is saying... don't even cook it. This is apparently

the really bad bacteria that some years back was in undercooked

hamburger.

I think they are going on a "Better safe than sorry" plan...

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:55 pm

Of course they are...."better safe, etc." The thing is...e-coli is all around us, all the time! They're just doing "spin control."

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:08 pm

You're right, of course. I'm just glad I haven't gotten any recently

and now won't for a while!!

Something like 80% of the nation's spinach comes from the Salinas

Valley here in California... not good for the growers.

:(

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:30 pm

I had a big bag of NEWMAN'S OWN and just cooked it! With mushrooms and garlic and cheese. LOVELY!

(If I die tomorrow, you'll know why!) :wah:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:41 am

I love spinach and silverbeet. Surely cooking gets rid of E Coli bugs????

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:38 am

AussiePam wrote: I love spinach and silverbeet. Surely cooking gets rid of E Coli bugs????

Latest I heard is maybe not... the thinking is this e. coli might have

come in through a contaminated water source and been drawn in to

the leaves... so pretty firmly embedded. It's not something that was

on the surface. So I don't know. I guess we watch for Lulu posts for

a few days...

;)

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:58 pm

Includes a listing of the recalled brands: (Not that it matters really,

I expect it's ALL gone...)

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/monte ... 534576.htm

FYI the canned is heated and thoroughly processed and likely done

at least a couple months ago... so eat that if you want!!

:-6

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:26 pm

YUCK! Canned spinach ranks right up there with VEGEMITE as an abomination! :wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:33 pm

No no Lulu2 VEGEMITE is in a league of it's own..:wah:

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:37 pm

True...I suspect e coli wouldn't be able to survive in vegemite!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:50 am

You're all just jealous of our amazing exotic cuisine!!!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:36 am

Is THAT what you call it? :wah:

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:53 am

"No smoking cow"?

http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/10065708/detail.html

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:56 am

Amazing how they can do that, isn't it? Out of all the farms growing spinach--they can find this one! I'm impressed!

I also made a lovely Italian sausage/spinach/garlic/onion/tomato soup yesterday and enjoyed it immensely!

No vampires around me--no werewolves, either!

jbbarker1947 · Post by **jbbarker1947** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:45 am

Willie Nelson got caught with some weed (maryjuana) on his bus. He told the media "I'm glad it was weed and not spinach, I'd be dead by now".

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:50 am

jbbarker1947 wrote: Willie Nelson got caught with some weed (maryjuana) on his bus. He told the media "I'm glad it was weed and not spinach, I'd be dead by now".

YEAH!!

jb is back

And this time I hope he stays :-4