How is spinach affecting your life?

[sherman]

I eat spinach all the time, raw, cooked and I use it alot in my cooking. I got rid of all mine that I had, plus I'll wait a little before I buy some. Arugula and Swiss Chard are a good sub.

 

[Lube]

Have they removed even fresh (unwashed, unbagged) spinach from the shelves?

 

[cbtfan]

Not being able to eat spinach has had a big affect on me and my girlfriend.
I seem to be a different person now that I can not eat it.

yours sincerely

popeye.

 

[bedbugy]

i grow my own spinach

 

[Orlandude]

I miss it for the moment but there are so many other veggies out there for salads that it really doesn't matter. Using a lot of Romaine and Arugula right now.

 

[pjlikesporn]

Yeah, what is it with the "bagged" spinach USarians?

We have a few types of fresh spinach available in the US. Certainly we have the fresh spinach sitting on the shelf, but because we're Americans, we also have spinach marketed to our crazy, on-the-go lifestyles. I of course have fallen entirely for that marketing category because I hate washing spinach--can never seem to get all the grit off of it. If someone's willing to triple wash and then dry the greens for me, I'm totally down.

Within the bagged and washed category, we also have a couple of varieties. One is the more mature spinach, which is cheaper but tougher and thus really appropriate only for cooking. Then we have bagged baby spinach which is much more delicate. It is delicious and light when cooked, but also works perfectly in the daintiest of salads.

 

[cynicus]

I have a friend at the CDC and he said he would eat no raw greens unless they were cooked. The newspaper today says 15 seconds at 160 degrees would do it. Microwaves won't work; they leave some cool spots that could still harbor bacteria. He also told me this is more common than we know. The CDC does not issue warnings unless the contamination is widespread. If 2-3 people in a single county or town die and a number get sick, they consider that local and contained and do not report it to the public.

I guess the problem will only increase as California demands more water for irrigation and that water comes from drain-offs from God knows where. The one I read about included the lack of toilet faclilites in the fields for the people harvesting the greens.

Oh, brother. . . . it is enough to put you off your spinach! Bottom line, be careful.

 

[Andreus]

it has not impressed my brother

he apparently loves the stuff and likes to eat it in all forms and recipes

i am fond of spinakopita, but thats about as far as it goes for me

I know at work it is a big deal. every person with any type of intestinal symptoms needs to be screened for it.

 

[Soilwork]

as someone who went through about a bag a day.. yeah.. it's pissed me off too.

I've found that salads can be really good without any greens at all, though...

Bell peppers, Tomatoes, Broiled asparagus, boconcinni cheese, olive oil and lemon juice... rocks.

 

[Newbie_69]

^Yeah, it does not neccessarily has to have leafy greens. Aubergines(Grilled), Cucumber, zucchini, tomatoes(grilled or fresh), carrots, broccoli(blanched), cauliflower(blanched), potato(boiled),sweet potato(boiled), radish, peppers, turnip, sprouts, parsnip, peas, mange tout(blanced), mushrooms(any kind), pears, apples, grapes, kiwi, pineapple, olives, etc.

Add some tofu, haloumi, poached egg, toasted multigrain croutons, vege sausage, turkey ham, lean beef jerky, smoked meat(turkey, beef, chicken, salmon), grilled chix breast, grilled beef, seafood(blanched),etc.

Salad can be anything.So, get yor imagination wild and enjoy your bowl of veggies.

 

[NedNickerson]

If you've ever had, or know anyone who's had, food poisoning, you'd thank them for taking this precaution.

I know exactly what your father means. I had food poisoning over 20 years ago and thought I was going to die. I lived alone at the time and was so sick. I called a friend and told her, "I'm dying," and she drove me to the emergency room. All they did was give me a shot to stop the vomiting and then sent me back home. They said they didn't know what was wrong with me, and they wouldn't admit me to the hospital.

I was so sick I couldn't stand upright. I had to crawl on the floor to the bathroom and to the kitchen. It's pretty bad when you're sitting on the toilet doing one thing and throwing up in a bucket at the same time. In the kitchen, I would sit on the floor in front of the refrigerator and drink apple juice out of the container. I had vomiting and diarrhea for 18 days before I finally began to start feeling better and could keep food in my stomach. I lost over 25 pounds and my clothes literally hung on me.

Years later, a girl I worked with had a bout of food poisoning and she described the same symptoms and I realized I had had food poisoning all those years before.

 

[Michael Luc]

I was like, "OH NO!!!! Not Spinach!" I love the stuff and am going through serious withdrawal.

 

[KentuckyPython]

Yes, the lack of fresh spinach is getting to me. I'm not happy. I used it daily. It's one of the power foods on the Abs Diet.

 

[martyj]

Man. However will Popeye save Olive from Bluto now?

 

[Kuja]

All the bagged spinach at our local Wal-Mart Supercenters (Plural, because there's about five) have been picked up. It makes me a sad panda.

 

[lukylok]

I must have missed something, what is the problem with spinach ? I was in the UK for the week end but neither there nor here on the continent is the spinach the center of conversation !

 

[Andreus]

I must have missed something, what is the problem with spinach ? I was in the UK for the week end but neither there nor here on the continent is the spinach the center of conversation !

the california irrigation water system was contaminated with E.Coli... the poopoo bacteria

over a hundred people in about twenty states have become sick and one has died

no one in america is supposed to eat fresh spinach right now

 

[ambiguity]

^^Canadians aren't supposed to eat some of it either, because some of our spinach is imported from the states. Canadian-grown spinach is fine though.

I don't really eat spinach at all, so it hasn't affected me in the slightest. I'll stick to my romaine lettuce.

 

[Xenos Morphe]

I have a friend at the CDC and he said he would eat no raw greens unless they were cooked. The newspaper today says 15 seconds at 160 degrees would do it. Microwaves won't work; they leave some cool spots that could still harbor bacteria. He also told me this is more common than we know. The CDC does not issue warnings unless the contamination is widespread. If 2-3 people in a single county or town die and a number get sick, they consider that local and contained and do not report it to the public.

I guess the problem will only increase as California demands more water for irrigation and that water comes from drain-offs from God knows where. The one I read about included the lack of toilet faclilites in the fields for the people harvesting the greens.

Oh, brother. . . . it is enough to put you off your spinach! Bottom line, be careful.

I bet it was human waste contamination. I had not considered that until I read your post. A spinach leaf is just the right size to wipe the crap off. It proboly fells pretty good scooting your ass down a row of spinach. It's hydroponics for me from now on!

 

[Joshua_me]

Who knows how something like this even happens ??

Killer Spinach ????

(They're interigating The Jolly Green Giant over a pot of boiling water until
he talks..... Heh... Meanwhile, The Little Green Sprout has gone into seclusion... )

It's a case of now that I can't get it, I *really* want it. Keith and I go
to this local restaurant all the time and split this HUGE spinach salad that they serve...(Made all the more healthy by the warm bacon vinegarete
dressing) But now, of course it's off the menu...and I'm really craving one.

Sometimes I think the rest off the world just looks at The States and shakes their collective heads...

F 'em, I want my spinach salad back !!