I gots to have me spinach!

[superbadgirl]

I'm so seriously freaked out and bummed about this E. coli/spinach thing! I eat fresh spinach, like, every day. Well, I used to anyway. I'm also a bit freaked that one of the brands named is Trader Joe's, and that's what I usually buy. The only reason I didn't get it this time was my sheer laziness - I didn't want to walk up the hill. I haven't become sick, clearly, but I'm still tempted to throw out what remains.

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[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I was just reading about that. I stopped buying bags of lettuce anyway because they always tasted weird, and nowadays, all lettuce seems yucky and gross so I rarely buy it, though I miss salads. Fortunately, I rarely eat spinach, though I used to love it in my salad back when I actually ate salad, before it became nearly impossible to buy lettuce/cucumbers/etc. that weren't already completely and disgustingly rotten. (I cannot believe the stores put this stuff in their stores. I find it difficult to believe that anyone buys the gross, rotten, slimy lettuce or the cucumbers that are already completely mushy and shriveled up. Yuck. Double yuck.)

I'm sorry about the spinach, but they are recommending that nobody buy/eat the bagged spinach for now--or at least, that's what I just read. I'd toss out the spinach that you have now. :-(

[superbadgirl]

I only buy the organic spinach, and it's usually pretty good (not slimy). They say unbagged should be all right. I just need to go find a place to buy that.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I was reading more about this, though, and they said that lettuce (or anything leafy) is particularly susceptible to this. They don't even know if this is something that was in the soil that the plants absorbed (?) through the roots or something like that.

Anyway, I don't know what's up with produce in the last couple of years, but I rarely even buy any of it any more because it's all so gross.

[khek.livejournal.com]

Toss the spinach you've got, and wait until they give the all clear before buying more! Especially if you got it at Trader Joe's.

E.coli is not to be fooled around with...and it could taint just part of a bag.

I want to plant a garden so that I know what's been around my veggies. Unfortunately, I'm too lazy and don't have space anyway. :(

[superbadgirl]

I would LOVE to have a small garden. I don't have much of a green thumb, but then the last time I tried to plant a garden I was about 8 and I picked a very shady, rocky-soiled spot. Don't know why my mom didn't try to convince me that wasn't a bright idea. ;)

I'd love tomatoes and spinach and peas, at the very least.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, there are arguments that even that won't help, as all ground and water sources are becoming increasingly polluted with chemicals, hormones, toxins, etc.

I'm not saying you shouldn't try... just saying we've got to get on top of this BS as a nation. It's crazy.

I'm pretty bummed about the spinach, too. Not just for me, but for Kiwi. I threw out our current batch and got her some broccoli and green beans (spinach has always been the only green she'd eat). To my shock, she gobbled up the broccoli like it was a treat, so I guess that's going to work find for her.

But dammit, I love salads and in particular fresh spinach.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I miss me spinach, too. :(

[superbadgirl]

I like that icon!

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

I have this feeling they never washed their spinach.

[superbadgirl]

They who? The people who bought it or the people who sold it? I'd like to think everyone has enough sense to rinse their leafy greens even if it says "triple washed, ready to eat" on the package...but they might not, because, well, "triple washed."

;)

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. ;-)

(Moi is guilty of not washing a few things... meep.)