We buy only local farm grown spinach. After the season is over it is over for buying until next year.
2007-10-20 11:55:15 · 7 answers · asked by Yafooey! 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Yes, I buy it. I used to not wash it though just because it said "washed and ready to eat". Well, that was dumb and now I wash any produce very thoroughly, ESPCIALLY bagged salads. I try to buy fresh and local when I can, but no one ever has spinach!
People picking our produce need to use the BATHROOM and not cop a squat in the fields and we won't have as many e coli scares. Well, veggie people won't have as many e coli scares. Those meat eaters REALLY are brave to keep eating meat with all the nasty contaminated meat being put out for consumption these days.
2007-10-20 15:37:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The e-coli scare has nothing to do with spinach. It has its origins in fecal matter (animal or human) and anything that comes in contact with it is a potential source of infection. Leafy greens are a higher-risk product because they grow close to the ground (=manure) and are inadequately washed or cooked (sometimes not cooked at all).
I hate raw spinach anyway. I always cook it.
2007-10-20 13:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that recall was limited to spinach from a single source. I grew my own spinach this summer, but I'm back to buying it from the store.
2007-10-20 14:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost certainly those people who got sick were ones who ate that bag spinach raw, in a salad. I only eat spinach that has been steam cooked, which kills any bacteria that happens to be present.
2007-10-20 12:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by sharmel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't buy spinach for home use, but it has nothing to do with that. I have collard greens growing in my back yard almost all year round.
I have eaten spinach in restaurants, though.
2007-10-20 13:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by majnun99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I continued buying it then and continue to buy it now.
Life is too short to worry about this stuff.
What doesn't kill you , makes you strong...And there are so many products that "Could" have, E-coli, Or Botulism, or just cause food poisoning
Get a life...Be happy.
2007-10-20 12:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by bob shark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i'm still buying spinach.
scare? eh, never. (these things happen)
2007-10-20 16:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by dramatic p-dawg 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋