Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 In a message dated 10/25/2001 11:11:06 AM Central Daylight Time, butchbsi writes: The reporters suggestion cook foods thoroughly etc. I peel everything i eat, even grapes, won't eat the outards or innards of anything. Anyways, even at that , I NEVER buy anything from Mexico, They still usse DDT and who knows what else. Deonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 Ugh, you make me not want lobster anymore, and I LOVE lobster! But on the food side, I think if the issue comes up I'll just eat my way through the freezer, I put up green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, and other yummies this summer. No chickens yet, but we're getting 12 next year once we get the coop shoveled out. Michele (the other preggo one, who is now craving watermelon) ---------- Butch Owen <butchbsi Not AT: Question re: food prep Thu, Oct 25, 2001, 7:12 PM Hey Janet, > Ok It is my fault I turned the news on. Ha! I must be more careful. One of those evils we can't live without .. ;-p > The reporter was talking about food prep in case terrorist went after > our food supply. He seemed to feel fresh vegetables would be a problem > area. Only 1% of produce inspected. Migrant works doing the labor etc. I think the fellow is embellishing .. howsomever, I have seen folks all over the world rush to hoard food everytime they thought something was going down so there could be a shortage in the markets. It's not easy to saturate the fields of America with harmful substances ... all the crop dusters in Arkansas aren't enough to spray the bean fields there. > The reporters suggestion cook foods thoroughly etc. A relatively safe recommendation .. ;-) > Ok, how would y'all wash lettuce and vegetables that you would not > normally cook, in order to feel secure enough to eat them? I've done that before - in Mogafriggindishu, Somalia. There, everything makes you sick - breathing the danged air makes you sick - flies and bugs biting make you sick - the only thing we found that didn't make us sick was canned beer - twas German beer ... Heninger. Somalis are hard-core Islamic - don't eat lobsters - but the Mogadishu Bay was fulla them bugs and the Somalis learned that us Infidels were crazy bout'em so they brought'em in when they got hung up in fish nets - sold'em in the market for around 25 cents a kilo (2.205 pounds). There was a Chinese Kenyan ex-pat owned a greasy spoon in the center of town - outside it was under some big Humma-Humma trees (forgot the name) and all the foreigners ate there .. Red Chinese, North Koreans and Russians were most in abundance as the Soviets had just left Somali when we poured in - but the Communist citizens had started industries there due to the extremely cheap labor. This joint (can't call it a restaurant) was the best of the worst - didn't have a refrigerator .. had an old ice-box so you didn't have to worry about meat being tough - if you were inclined to eat their lousy meat. We went for the lobster and ginger sauce over rice .. big double order with nice chunks of lobster in it. It tasted real good going down but we almost always lost it afore we got back to our hootch .. and went back the next night for more .. ;-p Folks tawking about immunizations, we needed a special shot record just to record the ones we got afore going to Somalia .. I've seen filth all over the world but Somalia takes the prize! Back to the subject - we wouldn't eat their veggies - too much Cholera, so we washed our veggies in a solution of Clorox water. Sounds bad - huh? It was bad! If I had to do it again today, I'd do it with something effective against a wide range of bacteria but tasted good at the same time - I reckon I'd use Oregano or Rosemary Hydrosol! > Oh I realize ideally we would only eat what we grew but then there > is reality life. Of course .. everybody got a veggie garden, a back yard fulla chickens and a cow or two ... ;-p > Thanking y'all in advance, > Janet Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com > Janet Keene Golden M.H., L.M.T., H.At. > 2024 Kendall Avenue > Suite 4, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 > > 608.238.9442 voice > 305.847.8331 fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 In a message dated 10/25/2001 12:08:57 PM Central Daylight Time, mbrantner writes: No chickens yet, but we're getting 12 next year once we get the coop shoveled out. Michelle, watch it if you get any roosters, I started with 5 cute little chicks three years ago and two years later, I had almost fifty! All born right here. My pet chicken , Sadie,who used to ride on my shoulder everywhere I went outside, wouldn't stay off the nest! She took over my Chimminea that was sitting on my patio and I never was able to build a fire in it until I gave them all away. Loved the manure, hated chasing them when they flew away, And, yes , I did clip their wings, the little heathens just flew from tree to tree and walked over the fence. Every time I turned around, one of my neighbors was bring Sadie home. Everybody in the neighborhood knew her. LOL Deonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Hey Janet, > Ok It is my fault I turned the news on. Ha! I must be more careful. One of those evils we can't live without .. ;-p > The reporter was talking about food prep in case terrorist went after > our food supply. He seemed to feel fresh vegetables would be a problem > area. Only 1% of produce inspected. Migrant works doing the labor etc. I think the fellow is embellishing .. howsomever, I have seen folks all over the world rush to hoard food everytime they thought something was going down so there could be a shortage in the markets. It's not easy to saturate the fields of America with harmful substances ... all the crop dusters in Arkansas aren't enough to spray the bean fields there. > The reporters suggestion cook foods thoroughly etc. A relatively safe recommendation .. ;-) > Ok, how would y'all wash lettuce and vegetables that you would not > normally cook, in order to feel secure enough to eat them? I've done that before - in Mogafriggindishu, Somalia. There, everything makes you sick - breathing the danged air makes you sick - flies and bugs biting make you sick - the only thing we found that didn't make us sick was canned beer - twas German beer ... Heninger. Somalis are hard-core Islamic - don't eat lobsters - but the Mogadishu Bay was fulla them bugs and the Somalis learned that us Infidels were crazy bout'em so they brought'em in when they got hung up in fish nets - sold'em in the market for around 25 cents a kilo (2.205 pounds). There was a Chinese Kenyan ex-pat owned a greasy spoon in the center of town - outside it was under some big Humma-Humma trees (forgot the name) and all the foreigners ate there .. Red Chinese, North Koreans and Russians were most in abundance as the Soviets had just left Somali when we poured in - but the Communist citizens had started industries there due to the extremely cheap labor. This joint (can't call it a restaurant) was the best of the worst - didn't have a refrigerator .. had an old ice-box so you didn't have to worry about meat being tough - if you were inclined to eat their lousy meat. We went for the lobster and ginger sauce over rice .. big double order with nice chunks of lobster in it. It tasted real good going down but we almost always lost it afore we got back to our hootch .. and went back the next night for more .. ;-p Folks tawking about immunizations, we needed a special shot record just to record the ones we got afore going to Somalia .. I've seen filth all over the world but Somalia takes the prize! Back to the subject - we wouldn't eat their veggies - too much Cholera, so we washed our veggies in a solution of Clorox water. Sounds bad - huh? It was bad! If I had to do it again today, I'd do it with something effective against a wide range of bacteria but tasted good at the same time - I reckon I'd use Oregano or Rosemary Hydrosol! > Oh I realize ideally we would only eat what we grew but then there > is reality life. Of course .. everybody got a veggie garden, a back yard fulla chickens and a cow or two ... ;-p > Thanking y'all in advance, > Janet Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com > Janet Keene Golden M.H., L.M.T., H.At. > 2024 Kendall Avenue > Suite 4, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 > > 608.238.9442 voice > 305.847.8331 fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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