2006-09-21 16:28:07 · 19 answers · asked by chi-town chomper 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Spinach is a good food. It will make a "regular" person out of you. But, for the moment, it is too easy to remove from my diet. I'm waiting out the news in case there is some new discovery. There's always been E.coli on fresh vegetables. Organic farms, for instance, often spread animal manure for fertilizer. As spinach grows above ground and is not in any kind of shell, what can we expect?
The problem is the particularly virulent strain of E. coli involved in the outbreaks. I love spinach raw and cooked. Raw spinach is an unnecessary risk at the moment. There's no obsession involved. I just like lettuce also.
2006-09-21 16:35:57 · answer #1 · answered by Nick â? 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It would not help because they announced that the e coli bacteria were sometimes inside the spinach leaves.
One thing you can do is look to see if the produce comes from Salinas Valley CA. That is where this spinach came from and the area has a history of contaminated produce making people sick.
One other thing to be concerned with. They are saying that the contamination came from cattle manure used there for organic farming fertilizer. I now avoid any produce that says organic on it.
2006-09-21 16:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope. Never get that worried I guess.
I was really bummed the other night when I went to Olive Garden for the never ending pasta bowl. I wanted to try the new spinach alfredo sauce they were advertising. I get there and order it ; they waiter brings it and THEN says, " You've probably heard about the spinach scare so sorry it's just alfredo." Grrr I really wanted the spinach why didn't he say they didnt have it I would have ordered something else. :( I was really hoping they had a stash of spinach they new was ok. *sigh*
2006-09-21 16:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by blulillly 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
From what I heard, packaged spinach carried it too. Anyway, my answer is no. I buy all my produce at my local farmer's market and I wash it before I eat it. I recently got salmonella, and I have to say, life would totally suck if you stopped doing stuff because a few other people had a bad experience or if you stopped doing your favorite things because you have one bad experience.
2006-09-21 16:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not too sure about eating it for a while. Even so, washing fresh veggies out of bags will not get rid of the e-coli.
I love raw baby spinach leaves. Best salad in the world. Just started eating it before this happened. Can't wait to get back to eating it.
With everything we eat, we are always eating things that are out of the norm. Just hope they get this strain stopped soon. Or find the true cause.
2006-09-21 16:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by Mary D 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I've always rinsed prepackaged fruit and vegetables. Although in this type of a situation, it's best not to test buying it and rinsing it because it could be inside the vegetables.
2006-09-21 16:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by Howdy! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't matter if you rinse it or not.
Washing won't help.The ecoli gets into the cellular makeup of the spinach plant.
2006-09-21 16:36:14 · answer #7 · answered by moebiusfox 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely! I have a toddler in the house, so I'm not taking any chances. Also, I'm trying to consume more locally produced food, and I'm harvesting my organic garden almost every evening.
2006-09-21 16:30:22 · answer #8 · answered by Elspeth 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, throwing it all out. Rinsing does not kill E coli. As for other vegetables, I'll always rinsed them.
2006-09-21 16:29:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
im not even buying it if they are thinking it came from a nearby cattle farm that caused the bacteria then the spinach soaked it up thru the roots its not on it its in it
2006-09-21 16:31:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋