What nut is next?
Oh pistachios...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_pistachios
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23 Comments:
@Heart--I soooo agree. I guess for the moment I'm glad I didn't pick up a bag of the Sunkist shelled pistachio kernels (I don't know if they're one of the ones affected--I really hope not). It was a battle between watching the weight vs. craving. Hopefully this won't be a large outbreak and I'll be able to munch some in moderation soon. From what I understand so far, this may be a cross contamination issue where the roasted and raw we're processed using some of the same equipment. Sigh. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
dhorst at 8:52AM on 03/31/09
I bought a jar of cashew butter this weekend and said "please don't let this kill me" as I put it in my shopping cart. Sad.
kathyvegas at 10:26AM on 03/31/09
no way!!!!
ssultan23 at 11:14AM on 03/31/09
i'm so PIS-tachioed off! my favorite nut of all.....
pooch at 11:32AM on 03/31/09
Well, my favorites are brazil nuts, so I assume that they will be next, followed my cashews and almonds.
What I really wonder is how the general public will react to this: will people just begin to avoid *any* nut, just in case, like a panic reaction? Oddly enough, I can see something like that happening.
Traveller at 11:52AM on 03/31/09
Long live the mighty pecan!
emgroff at 11:54AM on 03/31/09
I never buy pistachios (although I love them!) but would you believe I recently bought some trail mix with pistachios? Ate the whole bag already. Glad I didn't get sick....that would have been too ironic.
arm1970 at 12:01PM on 03/31/09
okay, I should also mention that, as a person who has a few food sensitivities (including being allergic to mushrooms - who knew that they were in pretty much everything?), sometimes I am willing to sacrifice a few days of feeling crappy for something really tasty. Case in point, a really nice Dairy Queen M&M Blizzard. That does a number on me, but is so worth it...
I can't live without nuts, so if they all end up getting recalled, I may just have to take my chances. I see no other way.
Traveller at 12:17PM on 03/31/09
I bought a can of the shelled pistachios which were supposedly "possibly contaminated" and ate the entire thing a few weeks ago. THEN I got the "recall warning" on my shopping reciept at Kroger three days ago. I'm so glad my kids and I didn't get sick. We were gobbling those things up like crazy! (they had been on sale)
juliebugsmama at 12:18PM on 03/31/09
My heart is broken. I just bought a new carton of pistachio ice cream and OH insists that I shouldn't eat it until "further notice". I really, really love pistachios (and pistachio ice cream)...UGH!
brooke29 at 12:31PM on 03/31/09
LOL @ pooch! (Corny but funnee)
Pistachios rule though. This sux...
hungrychristel at 1:56PM on 03/31/09
Just emailed Trader Joe's to see if what I have stashed in the freezer is no good.
JerzeeTomato at 1:59PM on 03/31/09
I have half a bag of pistachios left over...
eh, I'm not dead yet. I'm proclaiming the other half safe.
dbcurrie at 2:22PM on 03/31/09
At this rate, we might as well be living in China...
ahpek at 3:47PM on 03/31/09
@brooke29--yes, I thought that you would! What a month, eh--first the snowstorm March 1, and March 31 ending with profaning your favorite nut.
@dbcurrie--I know that most of the recalls are just precautions and I'm not being alarmist, but better to 'know and use your judgment' than not to know, which is why I posted it.
@Traveller--I agree, and I know some people who are afraid of nuts simply because of the nut allergies even though they don't have them, they just feel nuts are 'bad' somehow--yet nuts are very hard to avoid, because they're present in trace amounts in so many products.
I like enough nuts so perhaps I can rotate the different kinds around the cycle of recalls :p
HeartofGlass at 6:45PM on 03/31/09
@heart, if I'd just bought those nuts, I'd be giving them the evil eye. But we've eaten them in several different ways since I opened the bag (it's a big, honkin' bag) so I'm fairly certain they're okay. Either that, or we're immune. Which would actually be better, now that I think of it.
dbcurrie at 7:01PM on 03/31/09
@Heart - I know! It's like it's some kind of a month-long anti-Brooke conspiracy! But I'll even take the snow (well, at least that's what I think now), just leave my favourite nut alone!
brooke29 at 7:17PM on 03/31/09
I feel bad because I love almost all nuts and like munch on them or them to things quit a bit.
pjracz10 at 8:26PM on 03/31/09
I was sad to read about the pistachios too, especially because we have a giant unmarked ziploc bag full of them and I have no idea where they came from. I still haven't thrown them out.
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 10:52AM on 04/01/09
I just finished a whole bag, which I shared with my 3 year old!!!! She adores them, now I'm very nervous!!!
chilimama at 3:24PM on 04/01/09
Y'all should learn to love boiled peanuts as we do in the south. There's no danger in them as they are thoroughly cooked before eaten.
I can't enjoy a ballgame without a bag.
Poultrygeist at 5:42PM on 04/01/09
As a home cook, if you purchase raw nuts and roast or boil them yourself, you can kill the Salmonella and still eat the nuts. Treat the nuts like you would raw meat - being sure to clean and sanitize hands, work surfaces, etc. as you go.
Opposite is true of prepared foods though. If there is a recall or warning, do not eat packaged foods with the tainted food, even if you heat it.
-Dawn
Orlando Cooking
WickedGoodDinner at 8:51PM on 04/01/09
Glad that cashews aren't nuts, and this should make kathyvegas not just knowledgeable but also more comfortable with the idea that they aren't hazardous... yet.
Leopold Porkstacker at 7:10PM on 04/03/09