The Adventures of Roberta X: Is Nothing Safe?

Friday, June 19, 2009

Is Nothing Safe?

Nestle recalls chocolate-chip cookie dough. E. Coli calling! Sure am glad I make mine from scratch -- and I have never eaten the raw dough. Well, hardly ever.

6 comments:

Nathan Brindle said...: I've always been surprised that there were never recalls on that stuff for salmonella, given that it's got raw eggs in it. And yeah, I know, it's pastuerized egg product, but that's still just one more step in the manufacturing chain where things can go awry.; June 19, 2009 2:01 PM
Crucis said...: When my daughter was small, there was always a batch of cookie dough in the 'frig. I don't think any of it ever was baked.

Never made it that far. :-); June 19, 2009 2:20 PM
Joanna said...: I always eat raw cookie dough. We all have to die some time.; June 19, 2009 2:46 PM
Roberta X said...: Umm... Well, see, er, "Hardly ever" is a kind of Gilbert & Sullivan way of saying, "really quite often." --No, not "Orphan," "often!" But that's a whole other thing, it is.; June 19, 2009 4:13 PM
LabRat said...: Another argument for avoiding packaged foods.

On the other hand, I've dipped into raw and rare and "questionable" foods all my life and I haven't been struck more than a glancing blow (as in a morning and afternoon of upset tummy) from food in fifteen years. I don't think that's a coincidence.; June 19, 2009 5:34 PM
Joanna said...: Okay, see, you referenced the orphan/often argument and now you're on my "friends for life, on principle" list. Enjoy.; June 20, 2009 11:05 PM