The important word here is "fresh". Roast them, peel them, cook them

the salmonella is killed by heat. We lived in developing countries assuming that everything was contaminated. We rinsed even lettuce and strawberries in a solution of clorox and water. Peeled tomatoes (washed first in the same clorox and water), carrots, everything we wanted to eat raw. Kids never had salmonella infection (though they bragged a wide assortment of worms and other parasites!)

The media seems to want us nervous and fearful all the time, doesn't it??

 
The important word here is "fresh". Roast them, peel them, cook them

the salmonella is killed by heat. We lived in developing countries assuming that everything was contaminated. We rinsed even lettuce and strawberries in a solution of clorox and water. Peeled tomatoes (washed first in the same clorox and water), carrots, everything we wanted to eat raw. Kids never had salmonella infection (though they bragged a wide assortment of worms and other parasites!)

The media seems to want us nervous and fearful all the time, doesn't it??

 
Karen & Missy, the culprit so far... is the Mexican jalapeno. NBC

in the video, stated that pickled jalapenos are safe. However, that may depend on the source of the jalapeno in my opinion. I would imagine that if the jalapenos are grown locally from a trusted source, you most likely would not have a problem.

I've learned that if farming and livestock are in close proximity, the likelihood of diseases are more prevelant due to shared well water/runoff as well as other hazardous conditions. It can happen anywhere but if you trust your locally-grown source emphatically, I don't see a problem.

Not to insult anyone's intelligence, but here's an Associated Press excerpt from the following link:

"- - - There are some common themes when fresh produce sickens, either from salmonella _ bacteria that live in the intestinal tracts of humans and numerous animals _ or other microbes: Water sources, worker hygiene and wildlife or domestic animals near fields are frequent culprits because they involve points where safety systems can easily break down."

On the lighter side...

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? or (how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?)” Mother Goose

My answer: 8 quarts of pickled peppers that would never make him sick

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=106&sid=1427116

 
My husband has become so paranoid - I have a hard time getting him to eat locally grown stuff

I told him that the tomatoes I had were locally grown by caring farmers,organic on top of that. Still he wouldn't eat them. Now he's paranoid about the peppers I canned a week ago. Again, they came from the same local organic, caring farmer.

 
Here we go again. I have been on a Jalepeno kick lately and have made several dishes

without any problems. I'm getting mine from Farmer's Market.

 
When In Doubt Clorox OUT........we have never had any problems when sailing in the most....

3rd world of places or in the most first world places either. If we feel a bit 'Ummm' about any of the produce we soak them in a heavyish solution of clorox. Seemed to keep everything fresher for longer too.

Lettuce is something that does not get washed very well everywhere and unwashed lettuce can make one sick, something to do with the soil. (I even give the pre-washed packs a good rinse and spin)

However...a lot of problems I think come from being overly antiseptic...kids can and do eat "off the floor" obviously depending where the floor is...at home a picnic blanket can be spread on the floor and a baby can eat it's cookie there...Families have picnics all over the world sitting on a picnic blanket.
(Even in fields with cow-pats all around as we did in St Helena)

Outdoors and fresh air help a lot to keep one strong and healthy. All this wiping down with antiseptic all over the house seems over the top to me. Keeping windows closed and air con/heat on can only make the home an incubator for germs.

Washing hands after going to the loo is a good habit to get into but when traveling in some of the places we've been in I wouldn't rinse my hands under those taps, the water deff is not clean...then a handywipe comes up tops but on the whole we usually boiled water and carried some in a bottle to rinse off our hands.

Uncooked food or non-boiled water is a problem ie fresh, crispy and uncooked food....but cooking these products is what kills the germs...so overcooked food is on the cards...stews and more stews.....it will fill the belly but not be so full of all the good nutrients...so win some, loose some....

Anyway a bottle of rum afterward the meal will probally do the best job in killing off any bugs...what say you Marg...??

Actually I told this story before....we did picnic in this cow-pat filled grass field in a valley high on St Helena (a wee island in the middle of the Souther Atlantic Ocean) and I had cheese and sausage for us to eat...I had a small army knife with me and used that to slice the snacks but I also sliced the top of my finger off...RIGHT OFF...the piece was sitting stuck on the knife....

Now we had picked up some hikers on the way up there...the taxi we were in was an open car....and 2 of these young chaps were delightful... one tho was a case!!!
He had been left behind by the crew on the yacht he was supposedly on apparently and was indignant about it ...we later heard he was a drunk.....anyway they had whisky with them and very kindly offered us some of this tipple. It appeared to be their last 2 bottles and as we are not whisky drinkers we declined...they got a bit more boisterous and more in tune with offering their precious whisky to us......

Well, there I was sitting in this field with the top of my finger sitting on the knife blade and not any medical equipment anywhere in site.
I had petted the cows....run my hands over this lovely thick grass (well, I had been at sea for nearly 2 weeks) and generally had my hands in grungy sorts of places and now I had a large open wound on my finger...what to do?

Like a lightblub going off I asked for the whisky and young drunk happily said," Of course, you need a good drink! Here"...but was horrified to see me pour his precious drink all over my finger and the 'piece'.

This I then placed back on my finger top..lines all matching and pressed my thumb firmly upon it to hold it in place till we were back on board our yacht.
(NO mean feat, as it turned out, as to get off the land there one has to grab a rope and swing out into the dinghy, judging the swells...no dock or steps here at all)

Arriving back at the boat I firmly bound my thumb to my finger top and left it like that for 5 days......

YES, the piece re-attached itself, I had no infection and a very sore thumb being bound at that angle for so long.

Point being that good, strong alchohol, inside or outside, (LOL!!) is a great way to kill germs.

 
OK Joanie, I will tell DH that the huge Costco size jug of Capt Morgan's I brought home yesterday is

for medicinal and digestive and antibacterial purposes only. loved your story!

 
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