40 years ago, when I was a kid, I was told by my mom, grandma and yes, believe it or not, teachers, that raw cookie dough would make you sick because of the egg. We eat over-easy eggs, body builders eat raw eggs and they're used in egg-nog during the holidays. Raw egg products are a large part of our society and always have been. We've always known the risk, but decided what was best for us and in many cases, did it anyway. Now government again steps in and tries to say what we should do. Enough already. I'm gonna eat some deep fried, salt coated potato chips and dip it in some dip made with fresh not pasturized dairy products. Gosh, I hope I make it to Sunday.
True, they do over-compensate here with warning of the 'risks'. However, the fact is that you shouldn't eat non-home prepared cookie dough raw, you have no idea how 'clean' the industrial kitchen where it was made is.
You are confusing "recommendation" with "ordering".
The government is RECOMMENDING that you not eat raw cookie dough; the government is not ORDERING you to not eat raw cookie dough. just like the government recommends you not smoke, but the government doesn't order you to not smoke.
Eat your "deep fried, salt coated potato chips and dip it in some dip made with fresh not pasturized dairy products" you will probably survive until Sunday; unfortunately for your heirs.
There's a difference with over-easy eggs and raw eggs. Salmonella typically only resides in the WHITES of the eggs, not the yolks. This is why eggs with raw yolks have been considered safe. I remember, though, lately reading an article where salmonella was found in yolks which seems very odd to me.
As for using raw eggs in protein shakes, egg nogs, etc., sure many people do that. Most of them know the risks. It doesn't mean it's safe.
Whenever I read an article like this I have two thoughts:
#1. By trying to eliminate all traces of these bacteria from entering our bodies could we eventually be doing more harm than good? How long will it take before the human body loses resistance to those bacteria? Much of our immune systems are passed down through genetics. Descendants from Europeans can weather the common cold just fine yet take that virus into a group of people who've never had that type of illness and they may all die from it.
#2. I was raised on home-grown raw milk, home-butchered beef, and home-grown eggs. My parents were fastidiously clean with production and a person could eat any of those products without any harm. I wouldn't trust these big-scale farmers as far as I could throw them as far as bacteria count is concerned. My husband is a mechanic for a huge dairy where the bacteria count in their milk is so high the only company that will buy it is a cheese factory (this would be Sorrento). In a nut shell, that milk could be completely suitable to go to a milk processing plant IF the owner would hire a cleaning crew but he won't. I had two teenage daughters who offered to sign on as independent contractors to clean once a week and he refused, said it cost too much money. He did have them come over twice, both times on different years, just long enough to clean before the annual inspection by the health department. So yeah, I naturally assume that every egg and piece of meat I buy comes from someone like my husband's boss and handle it accordingly.
As child of 10 brothers and sisters who was the only cookie maker in the family, I think cookie dough was one of God's greatest gifts. Peeled back my ears, curled my toes and grew hair on my chest.
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The government is RECOMMENDING that you not eat raw cookie dough; the government is not ORDERING you to not eat raw cookie dough. just like the government recommends you not smoke, but the government doesn't order you to not smoke.
Eat your "deep fried, salt coated potato chips and dip it in some dip made with fresh not pasturized dairy products" you will probably survive until Sunday; unfortunately for your heirs.
As for using raw eggs in protein shakes, egg nogs, etc., sure many people do that. Most of them know the risks. It doesn't mean it's safe.
Whenever I read an article like this I have two thoughts:
#1. By trying to eliminate all traces of these bacteria from entering our bodies could we eventually be doing more harm than good? How long will it take before the human body loses resistance to those bacteria? Much of our immune systems are passed down through genetics. Descendants from Europeans can weather the common cold just fine yet take that virus into a group of people who've never had that type of illness and they may all die from it.
#2. I was raised on home-grown raw milk, home-butchered beef, and home-grown eggs. My parents were fastidiously clean with production and a person could eat any of those products without any harm. I wouldn't trust these big-scale farmers as far as I could throw them as far as bacteria count is concerned. My husband is a mechanic for a huge dairy where the bacteria count in their milk is so high the only company that will buy it is a cheese factory (this would be Sorrento). In a nut shell, that milk could be completely suitable to go to a milk processing plant IF the owner would hire a cleaning crew but he won't. I had two teenage daughters who offered to sign on as independent contractors to clean once a week and he refused, said it cost too much money. He did have them come over twice, both times on different years, just long enough to clean before the annual inspection by the health department. So yeah, I naturally assume that every egg and piece of meat I buy comes from someone like my husband's boss and handle it accordingly.
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And they want LESS regulations??? No way!
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