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Friday, March 21, 2008Leave The Eggs Alone!Time for a food rant. I just ran to the grocery store. And what did I see on the shelf beside the nice, brown, cage free eggs? Pasteurized eggs. Folks. Eggs do not need to be pasteurized. "Protection from salmonella!" the carton cried in obnoxious font. No. No and no and no. All it takes is a little bit of reading to learn the truth about these things. You're reading right now, so here it is: Salmonella does not live inside eggs. If the shell is intact, there is no way for it to get in. And eggs aren't "born" with salmonella. So, what's the hype? Well, salmonella can -- and sometimes does -- live on the eggshells. Why? Chicken poop. And such. Right. So why are they pasteurizing eggs? Because we live in a paranoid, brainwashed, believe-what-they-tell-you society. And somebody in said society came up with the brilliant idea of pasteurizing eggs. Pasteurization kills things. Good things. It kills vital enzymes that our bodies need for optimal health. It kills them in milk. That's why pasteurized milk is nutritionally void (and also why so many children end up with so-called "milk allergies"). It kills them in bottled juices. That's why we should eat fresh fruit and drink freshly squeezed juices instead. And it most certainly kills them in eggs, too. An egg is a nearly perfect food. (You've heard differently? Of course you have. We've been misled for decades now.) Why mess with it? "Because salmonella might be living on the eggshell and make me and my family very, very sick." Ahem: Here's how to make sure your eggs are safe: 1. Wash your hands when you've been handling whole eggs. That way, you won't transfer any unsavory, microscopic beasties to other foods and surfaces. 2. Wash your eggs with mild soap and water and rinse well before you crack them. Salmonella taints eggs when the shells touch the inner goo. So if you wash the shell first, there is no danger of contamination. 3. Never, never, never use an egg that's already cracked. Discard it immediately. 4. Choose naturally fed, free range, and/or organic eggs. Yes, they are more expensive. Yes, you get what you pay for. (Yes, they taste better.) Oh, and the whole scare tactic about Never Eating Anything Made With Raw Eggs? Ur, wash your eggs first. Remember, the salmonella doesn't grow all by itself inside an egg. Chocolate Mousse and French Silk Pie, here I come! That's my whole foods rant for the week. And now I'm feeling hungry. Labels: cooking, natural foods |
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6of my readers are feeling chatty:
Amen sister! Thank you for the tips.
One question...two of my children were born with a dairy allergy. What do you mean by "dairy allergy?"
I have been dairy free (It's HARD) for ten months now because Allyson has a fairly strong reaction to it. I discovered this on my own when she was a week old and not gaining weight had reflux and some really strange poops.
I have tested it a few times and my poor sweet girl just can't tolerate it at all. She had a scary reaction once...
Our neighbor's sweet baby girl was over (same age as Ally) and mothed one of Allyson's toys. One of the kids gave Allyson the same toy hours later (I had put it on the counter to wash) and she imediately broke out in hives, her eyes started watering and swelling up! Yep. Scary stuff. I now have an epi-pen. Luckily I had benadryl in the house and my great friend stopped by right as it happened. She is an emergency room nurse.
I grew up eating egg nog made with raw eggs (the non-alcoholic kind; my parents were kind of picky that way). As you can see, I lived to tell the tale. LOL.
Oh, silly me. I meant that I DRANK egg nog. I didn't eat it, unless I didn't beat the ingredients enough. LOL.
it's a crazzy what the food companies tell us! Now I for one love Oreos and other really "bad" foods. But eggs...the prices went up on basic eggs and really the cage free ones at my local Trader Joes are cheaper than the others! And yummy!
Pretty soon the only "safe" thing to eat will be Cheetoes.
Sigh. What a world.
Oh my gosh, I am going to print this out and POST IT ON MY FRIDGE so that people will just shut up when I make my yummy egg nog and homemade marshmallows!
AWESOME post Jill! Thank you!!!!
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