tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post7416140423009029107..comments2024-02-12T05:30:13.488-05:00Comments on Fanatic Cook: 36,000,000 Pounds Of Ground Turkey RecalledBixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-88112378871507564952011-08-11T07:59:53.983-04:002011-08-11T07:59:53.983-04:00Turkey loaf.Turkey loaf.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-6027486679310627312011-08-10T01:11:30.272-04:002011-08-10T01:11:30.272-04:00I used to love turkey products, and then one time ...I used to love turkey products, and then one time I got a turkey loaf from Jenni-O, and it made me sick. I do wanna try the Carl's Juniors turkey burgers though. ;) peaceLeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670313810977538093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-53089150655704667762011-08-08T16:21:39.205-04:002011-08-08T16:21:39.205-04:00Ha! A woman after my own heart. I liked this par...Ha! A woman after my own heart. I liked this part: "I can do a big clean." I'll tell you, I crazy clean after I've touched raw meat. Life improved drastically after I started using rubber gloves.<br /><br />I agree with you about eating out. I had some terrible reactions to salads I ate.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-6450446378928097632011-08-07T15:42:37.650-04:002011-08-07T15:42:37.650-04:00Bix, I also worry more about cross-contamination t...Bix, I also worry more about cross-contamination than I used to. Now I try to prep all my meat at once, not before a meal, but after shopping for a big (for us) amount of meat. Then after the smaller packs of cut or diced meat are in the freezer, I can do a big clean. Finally when I use a thawed package, I only have to dump it in the pan, toss the wrapper, wash my hands (then the sink handle).<br /><br />I worry more about getting salmonella (and e coli) from produce, since much of it is eaten raw. I haven't bought pre-cut produce in years. I don't worry about getting sick from eating out, since I've hardly eaten out in years due to my strong food-additive sensitivity (not all, but at least 3).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827052626667535975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-34326721133104277382011-08-07T11:57:52.933-04:002011-08-07T11:57:52.933-04:00I can't imagine, on the basis of industry'...I can't imagine, on the basis of industry's (or pharmaceuticals, for that matter) performance, would make you think you should be more trusting!Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-31649199528021793652011-08-07T05:57:15.115-04:002011-08-07T05:57:15.115-04:00Another thing I was thinking...
If humans are so ...Another thing I was thinking...<br /><br />If humans are so dependent on bacteria for existence (we carry around 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells), are livestock that dependent? Do we kill livestock's beneficial bacteria too? What does it do to the animal, and to the animal that eats the animal?<br /><br />Are we setting ourselves up for even more antibiotic-resistant infectious bacteria down the road?<br /><br />Well, I guess these things are already considered. I should be more trusting.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-14560292421508839882011-08-07T05:12:58.271-04:002011-08-07T05:12:58.271-04:00Half of me says "that's great," the ...Half of me says "that's great," the other half says "that's terrible." Actually, more than half of me says "that's terrible" for the reasons you describe. <br /><br />Industrial livestock farming won't go away anytime soon. And if we regulate more testing and inspection, I think it will push producers into these hare-brained solutions. I don't know the answer.<br /><br />Hare-brained because ... We just can't keep turning a blind eye to what this style of meat production is doing to the environment. It comes back to hurt us in other ways.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-20008851668413899172011-08-06T22:46:40.181-04:002011-08-06T22:46:40.181-04:00Just tonight on the news, a genome scientist worki...Just tonight on the news, a genome scientist working on a Cargill-sponsored research project at the U of Minnesota says he may have discovered a natural substance that will kill the bacteria in commercially bred meat. What strikes me is how, if that's true, it will allow industrial ranchers to keep treating their animals abusively and in filthy conditions, and how the killing of, say, E. coli in meat/poultry might mask the presence of other toxic substances that might have a more long-term effect. Faugh!!!Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-20258471482079471852011-08-06T07:28:35.196-04:002011-08-06T07:28:35.196-04:00I'm no bacteria expert, but I'll guess tha...I'm no bacteria expert, but I'll guess that infection has to do with consuming live organism ... whether through cross-contamination or undercooked food.<br /><br />Speaking of cross-contamination ... whenever I'm handling raw meat, I take pains to prevent it, more than in the past. It's challenging! Scrubbing cutting boards, knives and utensils, sinks, countertops, towels ... all before I can use them again.<br /><br />One day my mind will not be so prescient and I will be wiping the countertops with what my life partner calls the "chicken towel." I know it.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-21060322067979683152011-08-06T05:31:22.548-04:002011-08-06T05:31:22.548-04:00Some very good points there, Melinda. It will be ...Some very good points there, Melinda. It will be a hard sell for people who eat low-carb diets.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-62970557346689721072011-08-06T04:16:10.071-04:002011-08-06T04:16:10.071-04:00I don't remember, or it wasn't covered, or...I don't remember, or it wasn't covered, or maybe I missed some classes, but why are so many made sick by salmonella-tainted meat? <br /><br />Is it all improper handling/cooking, or maybe if the meat is tainted long enough with salmonella that it might produce some kind of toxin which isn't destroyed when cooked?<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I remember that salmonella (and e coli) do not produce spores (like botulism), which require super high temps like pressure cooking to destroy. But my memory of what produces toxins is murky.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827052626667535975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-27592115928610152212011-08-05T11:29:47.299-04:002011-08-05T11:29:47.299-04:00Don't eat meat/poultry. A large percentage of...Don't eat meat/poultry. A large percentage of subsidized industrial-ag products (corn, soy) goes to feeding livestock (and as collateral damage, helping to ruin the environment as well as organically grown foods [when GM-bred crops cross-contaminate]). It's horrible for the animals. And it's bad for us. Seems pretty simple to me. The more people who stop demanding meat, the better things will get, at least on some fronts. Imho.Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.com