Posted on 12/08/2018 10:04:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
The holidays are upon us and for many that means family time in the kitchen preparing delicious baked goods and maybe even licking the spoon before the cookies go into the oven. So the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out a warning this week to, “Say No To Raw Dough!”
Dr. Todd Ellerin -- who admits he doesn’t bake -- said it’s the raw flour and uncooked eggs that can make us sick.
Ellerin warned that “complications of this type of E. coli can include bloody diarrhea, need for prolonged hospitalization, and kidney failure, breakdown of red blood cells that carry oxygen.”
CDC says Salmonella symptoms typically include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. In most cases, illness lasts 4 to 7 days and people recover without antibiotics. Illness from Salmonella bacteria can be serious and is more dangerous for older adults, infants, and people with weakened immune systems.
Dr. Ellerin wants people to have a nice holiday season and doesn’t want to ruin Kim’s fun in the kitchen, but has a wish for one and all, “We are used to hearing Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas, but in the kitchen as we are preparing to make cookies, it should be Ho Ho Ho, please avoid the raw dough!”
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Actually, it’s one of the reasons I DON’T usually buy ‘farm’ eggs. Although, as we all know, bacteria are there, even if you can’t see them, so eggs without obvious fecal matter on them, is no guarantee that there’s no residue of it. I have, occasionally, seen store bought eggs with a bit of poop on them. And since a chicken’s vent is used for copulation, defecation, AND egg laying, it’s amazing we DON’T get sick! I’ve been cooking for almost 50 years, and to my knowledge, none of us have ever had salmonella. I suspect we’ve all developed immunity to most varieties.
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Yeah, I swallowed a raw egg once for $1 bet.
My dad use to put raw eggs in his beer mug so that’s what gave me the idea to do it for a $1.
There was a group of us 21 some year olds that use to swallow live goldfish from an aquarium at a tavern. The tavern owner started putting minnows in there because they were cheaper.
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