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> 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.


Ah, I love me some parsnips...I will make them for Christmas!

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Greg