grow your own !! (Sprouts)

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Thanks for posting the CDC warning. How depressing! I've heard of this

before, though. Can't imagine how awful cooked alfalfa sprouts would taste!!

 

I've heard that one can kill the bacteria in the seeds with a weak bleach

solution. Does anyone know of a way to be able to enjoy raw sprouts safely?

 

Sherry in Oregon

 

At 06:12 PM 1/14/2002 -0000, you wrote:

>CDC Warns of Raw Alfalfa Sprouts

>.c The Associated Press

>

>ATLANTA (AP) - Federal health officials Thursday renewed warnings

>about the raw alfalfa sprouts often served on sandwiches and salads,

>saying they can be contaminated with salmonella or E. coli bacteria.

>

>The sprouts should be thoroughly cooked to kill the bacteria, and

>some people should stay away altogether, the Centers for Disease

>Control and Prevention said.

>

>The Food and Drug Administration warned Americans four years ago not

>to eat raw alfalfa, clover and other sprouts after hundreds of

>reports of bacteria-related illnesses.

>

>The new warning came after a CDC investigation of a salmonella

>outbreak that sickened 32 people last year in California, Arizona,

>Colorado and New Mexico. The outbreak, which caused diarrhea and

>urinary tract infections, was traced to a batch of raw alfalfa

>sprouts.

>

>The CDC said even washed sprouts need to be fully cooked to kill any

>bacteria. People at higher risk for sickness - children, the elderly

>and the chronically ill - should avoid them altogether.

>

>On the Net:

>

>http://www.cdc.gov

>

>AP-NY-01-11-02 1025EST

>

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[Guest guest]

Sherry Rose wrote [[Thanks for posting the CDC warning. How

depressing! I've heard of this before, though.]]

** This is the first I had ever heard of it. I am still a little

shocked. I have heard of food-poisoning from fruit & vegetable

produce that has spoiled, but not from a regular sprout.

 

[[Can't imagine how awful cooked alfalfa sprouts would taste!]]

** I have cooked with them before. They develop a stronger flavor

but become stringy.

 

[[i've heard that one can kill the bacteria in the seeds with a weak

bleach solution. Does anyone know of a way to be able to enjoy raw

sprouts safely?]]

** I /assumed/ from the article that the CDC is referring to STORE

BOUGHT sprouts ... NOT home grown. As such, I have never been ill

from sprouting my own, nor am I willing to put them in a week bleach

solution. (I do not buy commercial sprouts.) Afterall, the water

used becomes part of the sprout, so I only use pure distilled water.

 

Om Shanti ...

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