"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>I bought a three pound package of organic ground beef at Costco. It's
>>>>actually three, one pound packages together. I buy this all the time
>>>>and we've had no problems with it. Coscto has had beef recalls but
>>>>AFAIK, never this kind.
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>>>> I also had most of a bag of red potatoes that I bought at Costco. Baby
>>>> ones. They were sprouting. So I trimmed some and filled my crockpot
>>>> with them. Threw the rest away. Angela and I ate some for dinner with
>>>> various meat and veg. We didn't eat the same things. Anyway... I had
>>>> some left over so I decided to make an adaptation of a Southwestern
>>>> style hash recipe that I got from the beef council.
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>>>> The recipe calls for ground beef, O'Brian potatoes (hash browns with
>>>> peppers and onions) and salsa. The other difference is that I used the
>>>> previously crockpot roasted potatoes. So they didn't get crispy. And
>>>> the stuff didn't taste the same. Had a roasted flavor. Not entirely
>>>> bad, but not something I ever want to make again.
>>>>
>>>> Well, we ate it and both of us got sick to our stomachs. I thought it
>>>> was a fluke. With my gastroparesis, I tend to get sick easily.
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>>>> Then tonight we ate the rest of it. Both of us are sick again. Do you
>>>> think I could have gotten bad beef? How would I know? The expiration
>>>> date is Sept. 29. It looks and smells fine. The only other thing I
>>>> can think of is the salsa. I had part of a jar in fridge. It was left
>>>> from when Angela made dinner for me. Can't remember how long that has
>>>> been but a couple of weeks at least. I used peppers from the salad
>>>> bar. The same ones that went into the pasta salad. I did feel sick
>>>> after eating that, but she didn't. And an organic yellow onion. The
>>>> onion had no signs of mildew and looked just fine. The onions that had
>>>> been in the bin had gone bad, but I did clean the bin out well before I
>>>> put new onions in. It's a wooden beef.
>>>>
>>>> Someone is telling me to be safe and throw out the rest of the beef.
>>>> Do you think I should?
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>>> Whatever was in it that made you ill should have been fully destroyed in
>>> the cooking process. But if you got sick both times, it could have
>>> been anything. Hard to know exactly what. Try making something like
>>> a meat loaf from the rest of the ground beef because it requires long,
>>> well done cooking. Or meatballs or something else that is prepared
>>> very well done.
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>> Well, Angela woke with a sore throat so perhaps our feeling ill had
>> nothing to do with the meat? Not likely I could make something that
>> takes a long time to cook. I haven't found a meatball recipe that
>> actually works since we can't have eggs or bread. And I don't have the
>> ingredients for meatloaf in the house. I think I might just throw it out
>> to be safe though. I know Costco is very careful with their food, but it
>> could be someone took it out of the case for a while and put it back.
>> You just never know.
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> Bring it back Julie. Let them give you your money back. Just to be
> safe.

I won't take it back.