On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 08:24:56 -0800 (PST), GM
> wrote:

>graham wrote:
>
>> On 2018-11-21 9:13 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:54:47 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >> On 2018-11-21 10:34 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> >>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 08:16:06 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> CDC says eat no romaine lettuce in any form, anywhere, from no
>> >>>> location. It is not safe to eat.
>> >>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wel...cid=spartandhp
>> >>>> or
>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/y85p68dq
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Janet US
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ==
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Good warning, thank you! They say it is true of Romaine lettuce
>> >>>> 'everywhere'!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I guess that means here in UK too?
>> >>>
>> >>> sorry, just US and Canada
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> We get lettuce from the US, so when there is a problem with a product in
>> >> the US we have a problem too.
>> >>
>> >> Having driven through the areas where a lot of American fruits and
>> >> vegetables are grown I can understand how the get problems like this.
>> >> The fields are huge. The farmers have trailers with rows of portable
>> >> toilets and they park them at one end of the fields. The pickers are
>> >> likely paid piece work, so there is no money made while they walk a half
>> >> mile to use the toilet, and if they are infected with e coli they aren't
>> >> going to have enough warning to get to the portapotty... so they squat
>> >> and crap in the field.
>> >
>> > In some areas, there's runoff from livestock operations, too. I believe
>> > that's what caused the previous outbreak.
>> >
>> > I probably will buy head lettuce the next time I shop, or Bibb or
>> > leaf lettuce.
>> >
>> > Pity this happened during the winter, or there'd be some hope of
>> > local lettuce.
>> >
>> > Cindy Hamilton
>> >
>> The problem could be solved by eating what is in season locally, as we
>> did during my childhood. Salads are for summer!
>
>
>A winter's veg diet of neeps, tatties, onions, and carrots would get *very* old *very* fast, graham...

You left out parsnips, at their finest in mid-winter.