On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 11:20:26 AM UTC-5, 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!

My husband won't eat any kind of winter vegetables. I'm not particularly
fond of them either. Salads are for year around.

What's the point of progress if we do the same things we did as children?

Cindy Hamilton