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jmcquown[_2_]

On 6/29/2014 1:35 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 6/29/2014 11:14 AM, barbie gee wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> Not that I know of but it's not advised eat raw flour either. Could
>>>> have bug eggs.
>>>
>>> It's not bug eggs that make raw flour inadvisable to eat.
>>
>> The big question would be why would anyone *want* to eat raw flour?
>
> When licking out the mix in the cake bowl, of course!
>
> Janet UK
>
I misunderstood. The licking the batter thing makes perfect sense.
Just eating flour, nope. I already said I don't think there is any
reason to panic if someone licked cake batter off a spoon. Chances of
getting ill are very rare.

Jill