or they did get sick, but called it a cold or flu never connecting it with
the food, Lee

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>>>> So I was right! Cut into tomatoes DO need to be put in the fridge.
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>>> That's just common sense. Did someone tell you otherwise?
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>> Yes. I got into a big argument over it on a food forum where I was told
>> refrigeration was never necessary for fruits and vegetables. One woman
>> said she grew up in a house that had no fridge and she never got sick
>> from it. I posted links to sites telling how to store food, but they
>> kept telling me I was wrong. The one person said when she cut into a
>> tomato, she just put it cut side down on a plate and left it sitting out
>> on the counter for days.
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>> Some were claiming that only cooked fruits and vegetables needed
>> refrigeration. I said once the natural state had been altered, they
>> always needed to be put in the fridge. And I still contend that some
>> things like greens need to be put in the fridge to start with!
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> I agree, and people who tell anecdotes about how they "never got sick"
> were just lucky. I could also talk about things that I did as a child
> that "could" have caused injuries...but I would not use that as evidence
> that we were using good judgment simply because we avoided injuries. For
> example, we saw old cowboy movies where a rider would hang underneath the
> horse while it was running. We went home and tried the same stunt. We
> were young, stupid, and lucky--we didn't know those were trick riders.
> But those tales about how someone "never got sick" remind me of that type
> of incident.
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> MaryL
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