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Skriven 2006-09-25 22:01:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE SACERDOTE
Ärende: eek! coli!
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 -=> Quoting Dave Sacerdote to Jim Weller <=-

 DS> But, do they do things differently in California than they do 
 DS> here?
 
 JW> Sadly, they do. The working conditions for seasonal, migrant farm
 JW> workers suck.

 DS> I suppose that the reasons conditions are bad is because no one wants
 DS> to pay another dime a pound for their lettuce and grapes.

That's part of it. The other part is corporate greed; most customers
have never seen a working farm, so the ugly parts are hidden and they
can get away with it.

 DS> the bastards
 DS> at another local business sprayed herbicide on their blackberry canes
 DS> because I had an argument with them last year.  (The business is 
 DS> leasing unposted land on which I have gathered blackberries for nearly
 DS> 20 years.  According to common law here, because the land wasn't 
 DS> posted and because I've always enjoyed access, the lessor has no 
 DS> legal right or ability to keep me off the land.  So the sons of
 DS> bitches sprayed the canes.)

Do not remain rational. Overreact in a major way. Torch his business.
Shoot his daughter. Rape his dog. Place the head of his favourite horse
in his bed. THEN call him to negotiate. [G]

 DS> I never worked tobacco when I was a kid, but my brother and I used
 DS> to pick strawberries from dawn to noon, then peddle them door to door
 DS> from 1 to 5 every day during strawberry season.

If you've worked half days then you can visualize full days. And picking
at dawn is harder with all that cold wet dew than afternoon picking in
the sun.

 JW> You just have to worry about the germs not any lingering 
 JW> toxins. So 160 F is more than enough. Most germs die around 
 JW> 148 F or so. 

 DS> So what the hell is the problem, then?  Pull the raw salad stuff
 DS> and put tags on the rest warning people to cook it.  Cripes.

Because fools will ignore the warnings and die. Or cross contaminate
their kitchen and die. And their relatives will sue. Successfully. I
don't know how many people die every Thanksgiving from turkey salmonella
in their salad from dirty cutting boards but according to renowned
scientist Dr. Dave Barry, it's in the billions.

 JW> Have some endive instead....

 DS> Eww.  You know what belongs in a salad?  Cool, wet, crisp iceberg
 DS> lettuce...
 DS> fongoolia or arroogola or whatever the hell it is, no weeds out of
 the back yard, no "edible" flowers.  I'm not livestock.  And no
 DS> spinach.  Cook the spinach with a knob of butter and add some cream
 DS> sauce if you will, but cook the stuff.  [g]

Oooh, another rant. 

I like good old iceberg too even though it's out of favour with the food
writers and critics. But I also enjoy checking out all the other greens.
But if I had to choose just one, I'd go with romaine; iceberg would be
number 2.

If you have a garden excess, lettuce CAN be cooked too. I like lettuce
in my green split pea soup. It melts away and disappears and adds a
subtle flavour to the final result.

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     Title: Dorset Lettuce Soup
Categories: British, Soups
  Servings: 4

      1 lg Lettuce, (about 225g, 8 oz)
      1 md Onion, chopped
      1 md Potato, diced
     25 g  Butter (1 oz)
    450 ml Milk (3/4 pint)
    300 ml Chicken stock
           Salt and freshly ground
           pepper
      4 TB Double cream, optional

Shred the lettuce, reserving some for garnish. In a saucepan fry the
lettuce, onion and potato gently in the butter for 5 minutes without
browning. Add the milk and stock.

Bring to the boil, stirring continuously, cover and simmer for 10-15
minutes. Liquidize or rub through a sieve and return to the pan.

Ladle into warm soup bowls, whirl on a tablespoon of cream if used and
garnish with lettuce pieces.
                          
  From: The British Food Trust          
 
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Cheers

Jim, in Yellowknife




... A man has urges that can't be satisfied by lettuce alone.
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