I've suffered through salmonella twice, and believe me, you don't want to deal with it. Both times it was severe enough to make me go see a doctor even without health insurance. I don't know where I got it the first time, but the second time was when my refrigerator condenser quit working and I didn't know it because the motor continued to run. Anyway, salmonella is a nasty bacteria that will flatten you for several miserable days.
Sure, I ate raw cookie dough as much as anyone as a kid, but that was when our eggs came from small producers who had room for free-range chickens. The risk is greater these days, but thorough cooking kills salmonella. If you must eat soft cooked eggs, you should use pasteurized eggs. Meat must be cooked to the recommended internal temperature. And produce should be thoroughly rinsed. Rinsing won't kill salmonella bacteria, but it will reduce the number of pathogens. This TED-Ed lesson on what salmonella does to your body should keep you from taking chances with your food.
Friday, September 26, 2025
Is It Dangerous to Eat Raw Cookie Dough?
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Uh-oh. I've got this chocolate cookie recipe where the main challenge is to skip the baking process and just go with the dough. And then there's this chocolate cake batter. . .
Hmm.. Maybe it's the chocolate? Anyways - too late to stop now.
So ... not having health insurance ... is that like in other countries when you don't have pet insurance but you just HAVE to take the bloody cat (bloody as in annoying, not as in bleeding) and it ends up costing you $798 to have his his abscess popped and cleaned ?
Shines a light on the sham of democracy and election power, when the people can't make it so health care gets paid for through the tax you all pay, which means no one goes bankrupt trying to stay alive.
I mean, sheesh, you know everywhere else ... except maybe the Asian countries ... and I guess the African countries ....India ? the South American countries ? Russia ? the old USSR countries ?
.... how about, I mean, sheesh, you know every other White person's country has free health cars, right ?
Salmonella ! ... ever heard of tunaella ?
In health class in high school we watched a video about food storage and food-borne pathogens.
The narrator instroduced salmonella as "Good Ol' Sal." Every time someone mentions salmonella, I hear that narrator's voice in my head, "Good Ol' Sal."
Let me tell you, that refrigerator incident was bad, because I had to throw out the food before the kids got sick, and I was too sick to shop or cook. Thank God for grandmothers!
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