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Skriven 2008-04-09 18:54:00 av JOAN MACDIARMID (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MARK LEWIS
Ärende: ANOTHER FOOD RANT 80401
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 Hi, Mark,

 JM>  I don't think I would worry about it, actually.
 JM>  We had a case of a kid with MRSA in one of the
 JM>  local schools, and the health professionals, to
 JM>  stave off a public scare, made a point that maybe
 JM>  10% of people are carrying the MRSA bacteria at
 JM>  any time. Our immune systems handle it pretty
 JM>  well most of the time.

 ML> yeah... that was before everyone and their g-mother started killing
 ML> everything with the anti-bacterial stuff... no one can ever expect that
 ML> they or their children can build an immunity to stuff that their bodies
 ML> are not exposed to :?

 No, that was last month, with up-to-date statistics
 as far as I know. MRSA occurring out in the community
 is rare because though many of us harbor it, we are
 able to shrug it off as long as we are healthy. Where
 it is much more prevalent is in hospitals, because
 that's where the weakened, sick people are, after all.
 You do have some of the right idea, though...MRSA would
 not exist if we hadn't been sort of overusing anti-
 bacterials, it would still be ordinary staphyllococcus
 we could knock down with standard drugs. It's not so
 much that our immune systems are not working, but that
 the bacteria selected themselves to be "immune" to the
 drugs they encountered in low enough doses to only
 kill the non-immune "normal" bacteria, leaving the
 stronger ones to prosper!

 You do sound like my Dad who thought it would be
 a good idea to let the little kids out in the back
 yard to play in the dirt!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

      Title: Mississippi Mud Cake 4
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 1 Servings

           -MM BY H PEAGRAM
           -cake
    3/4 c  Butter or
           -margarine
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      3 tb Cocoa
           -dash salt
      3    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
  1 1/2 c  Self-rising flour
  1 1/2 c  Chopped nuts
           -Topping:
      6 oz Bag miniature marshmallows
           -(about 3 cups, I think)
           -Frosting
    1/4 c  Margarine
  2 1/4 c  Confectioner's sugar
      4 tb Cocoa
      1 ts Vanilla
      2 tb Milk

  For cake, beat butter, sugar, salt, and cocoa together until light.
  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour
  and beat; stir in nuts. Spread in a greased 13 x 9 cake pan and bake
  at 325 for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and top immediately with
  marshmallows. For frosting, cream butter, add cocoa, sugar, and
  vanilla and beat well. Thin with milk only if necessary to obtain
  good spreading consistency. Spread frosting over marshmallows while
  the cake is still warm.

  My mom always makes this at Christmas.  The frosting softens a bit
  and gets shiny, and with the semi-melted marshmallows underneath it
  looks just like freshly uncovered river mud.  Ugh.  However, the cake
  is dense and rich, and will remind you of a cake-style brownie. I
  have never met a child who didn't love this.

    Valarie Cook Converted by MMCONV vers. 1.00

MMMMM

 Joan MacDiarmid
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