"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> > "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> > m...
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> >> "Nancy Dooley" > wrote in message
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> >> > MAYA > wrote in message
> >> > >...
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> Can anyone suggest some recipes that specifically use extra-virgin
> > olive
> >> >> oil? I bought two liters at a sale.
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> MAYA
> >> >>
> >> > Flavor a couple quarts - with garlic or other herbs - refrigerate -
> >> > that will use some of it up, and it comes in very handy for things
> >> > like salad dressings and bread dips.
> >>
> >>
> >> Not good advice.
> >>
> >> Dimitri
> >>
> >> Botulism
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > I know that steeping herbs in oils is *theoretically* a growing medium
for
> > botulism, but have there been any documented cases? Of course
> > refrigerating
> > should make the process perfectly safe, but even unrefrigerated I have
> > never
> > heard of a single case of poisoning. Is this yet another case where
people
> > read about some theoretical danger and start running around flapping
their
> > hands in the air when in fact the danger is miniscule or nonexistent?
> >
> > So - any documented cases? If so, I want to know about them. If not,
> > well.....
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Aitken
>
> http://www.ochef.com/272.htm
> http://vt.essortment.com/garlicuses_rsuz.htm
>
http://www.ivillage.com/home/howtogu...ival_freqCap=2
>
> Dimitri
>
>

C'mon Dimitri, give me a break. Not a single one of your links had the
remotest sign of a documented case of botulism from infusing oil with garlic
or herbs - just more of the fact-free hand-waving about the supposed
dangers. If you cannot do better, fine, but don;t waste my time with this
garbage.


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