Only Outlaws Will Have Tomatoes
Posted on | June 10, 2008 at 9:39 pm | 2 Comments
I’m sure my friend Lisa is happy, but the rest of us are bummed that tomatoes have been banned. (Lisa doesn’t like raw ‘maters.) I just can’t believe it. They are such a staple of my life. I’ve got a quartet of tomatoes-on-the-vine in my fridge, and I know they’re supposed to be safe, but I’m still not sure I want to take the chance. I had take-home Mexican for dinner tonight from a little independent place, and afterwards had the panicked thought “Wait! Were there tomatoes in there?” There weren’t, but for a minute I wasn’t sure. Although there was a little cup of some kind of red sauce, and I did put a little of that on the burrito. Oh no!! That’s all I need – a little salmonella on top of everything else.
Isn’t it enough that I have to worry about cilantro? That sneaks it’s way into a lot of Mexican food, as well as into other cuisines. And don’t even get me started on that hidden killer: celery. And just the other day, I accidentally bit into a donut that had disguised (non-white) coconut on top. Yeah, there’s a lot of food dangers out there just waiting to destroy our palate or our bowels.
Doesn’t it seem like the appropriate outlets took awhile to break this story? The first signs of trouble were a week ago, and I might’ve been eating tomatoes or products made from raw tomatoes (salsa, etc) back then. Although I was in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and there wasn’t a lot of Mexican food to go around there. But what about all that pizza I had? Was any of the tomato sauce on them handmade?
Frankly, I think the FDA is probably overreacting and the problem isn’t as widespread as it seems. But they do have to err on the side of caution.
Everything Is Scary Nowadays.
Latre.
Jogged Today: No – back still hurts but it’s a lot better today.
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June 11th, 2008 @ 12:30 am
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June 11th, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
> Everything Is Scary Nowadays.
Good news is, they got a pill for that too.