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Default Food safety question -- egg-related

On 6/28/2014 11:18 AM, wrote:
> I haven't baked for a long time, and after I made my plum cake I unthinkingly
> licked the batter off the spoon.
>
> But then I automatically thought "I'm going to get salmonella, because
> there's raw egg in the batter."
>
> But I am still hale and hearty two days later.
>
> Has anyone gotten sick from tasting raw cake batter?
>

Probably every kid on the planet who ever asked their mother if they
could lick the spoon/beaters. They're all dead now, don'tcha know.

Jill