On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 9:01:24 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 03:34:53 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 6:12:06 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2018-11-21 4:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 3:40:36 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> >> I would rather have a real Greek salad that any lettuce salad. I cringe
> >> >> thinking back to the times I naively ordered Greek salads and they came
> >> >> withe lettuce in them. There is not enough lettuce in a Nicoise salad
> >> >> to be a problem, or to be missed.
> >> >
> >> > Tastes vary. I occasionally have a salad of nothing but lettuce.
> >>
> >>
> >> That is the Honeymoon Salad.... Let us alone.
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >>> Sure would hate to be a Romaine lettuce farmer this year though.
> >> >>> Probably a lot of good stuff wasted.
> >> >>
> >> >> Maybe I should be paying closer attention to the story, but I am
> >> >> assuming that, rather than being some sort of epidemic, it is only a
> >> >> small number of acres or farms affected. There would not be time to
> >> >> check them all, so they will chuck it all rather than take a chance of
> >> >> facing a huge lawsuit.
> >> >
> >> > It quite likely is one grower or one processor, but until the source
> >> > is identified, better safe than sorry.
> >> >
> >> > Most people have no idea where their lettuce came from. The romaine
> >> > that I buy lists an address for the grower, but that's just where
> >> > their corporate headquarters are.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Smart companies keep good records of their sources and sales.
> >
> >I imagine that they get in a bunch of lettuce from multiple sources,
> >put it in a big vat of questionably clean water, and don't know which
> >lettuce came from where when it comes out.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Read The Future of Farming article in the Costco magazine
> http://www.costcoconnection.com/conn...ssues&pg=1#pg1
>
> Things are changing.
>
> Not all places dip produce in vats of filth anymore.

Not all, no. But plenty still do, as we continually have outbreaks
of foodborne illness.

> Glass house grown produce is the way to go in my view.

Sure. Meanwhile, I live in the here and now.

I've got a sixpack of romaine hearts in the fridge. I'm thinking
that the $5-6 that I paid for it is a very small amount to waste.

Cindy Hamilton