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Health A Lot Of People Like To Eat Raw Cookie Dough
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Which makes E.-coli-laced packaged cookie dough kind of problematic.
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So how safe-to-eat is prepackaged raw cookie dough, anyway? In the back of my mind, I was always a little worried about salmonella or something, but figured it was safer than eating homemade cookie dough.
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Gee, isn't it too bad the FDA hasn't got more regulatory muscle to force recalls of unsafe and tainted products?
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@1 I'm pretty sure the only risk from any cookie dough is salmonella from the raw eggs (which itself is very rare). Toll House must be either using really crappy ingredients or suffering from cross-contamination. Either way, homemade cookie dough is safer and with pasteurized eggs, it should be almost 100% safe.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Why the fuck are they making cookie dough (and spinach, and peanut butter, etc.) at the cow shit factory?
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@3,4 - besides, if you buy the pre-made stuff, there's no bowl and spoon to lick and where's the fun in that?
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uh, it takes about 5 minutes to make from scratch cookie dough which is a million times better than store bought.
and as for eggs, just make sure you buy them fresh and if you're ultra paranoid, give them a scrub before using them.
and, refrigerate your dough when you're done gorging, or better yet, go ahead and BAKE some cookies.
and as for eggs, just make sure you buy them fresh and if you're ultra paranoid, give them a scrub before using them.
and, refrigerate your dough when you're done gorging, or better yet, go ahead and BAKE some cookies.
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"Just another reason why homemade from scratch is better. "
This. and @7 I have never tasted any pre-packaged cookie dough that tasted half as good as my own home made, and I am no kitchen wizard. It's really simple stuff to make and well worth the clean-up afterward.
This. and @7 I have never tasted any pre-packaged cookie dough that tasted half as good as my own home made, and I am no kitchen wizard. It's really simple stuff to make and well worth the clean-up afterward.
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E.coli only comes from bird and mammal shit/intestines. Disease-free foods (like spinach) often get cross-contaminated by factory farms that slaughter and process meat. This is reason #75937593 how meat eaters are endangering me and everyone else who eats food by continuing to support slaughterhouses.
Vegan chocolate chip cookies are easier, cheaper, healthier, and more delicious (less slimy) than social conservative chocolate chip cookies.
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=6391.0
Vegan chocolate chip cookies are easier, cheaper, healthier, and more delicious (less slimy) than social conservative chocolate chip cookies.
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=6391.0
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Oh shit. I'm fucked. I love raw cookie dough. I'm gonna be next. Hm. But, hey, wait a minute -- what about all that chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream? Is that disease-ridden as well?
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E. Coli can be a problem in eggs sometimes, actually, and it is one of the reasons you're not supposed to eat them raw, according to food safety people, anyhow.
Many people take that risk and live to tell the tale. Heck, E. Coli food sickness isn't even necessarily all that bad a disease for many healthy people. Just a bit of a case of the runs, really.
But I don't know what the viral load in this case was or what the source of the E. coli contamination was.
Really, any time you eat raw foods in general, there's a chance of getting E. Coli food poisoning because someone didn't wash their hands quite enough or the lettuce brushed up against the counter top or something. As someone who's worked in the QA department of a food production plant, I have to say that we are very wise to strongly regulate the way we prepare our food, but sometimes the problem really is more one of misperceptions about the natural risks of raw and prepared foods and disease than of any real extra danger.
I guarantee that your mother gave you food poisoning many times over when you were a child, however diligent they were.
Many people take that risk and live to tell the tale. Heck, E. Coli food sickness isn't even necessarily all that bad a disease for many healthy people. Just a bit of a case of the runs, really.
But I don't know what the viral load in this case was or what the source of the E. coli contamination was.
Really, any time you eat raw foods in general, there's a chance of getting E. Coli food poisoning because someone didn't wash their hands quite enough or the lettuce brushed up against the counter top or something. As someone who's worked in the QA department of a food production plant, I have to say that we are very wise to strongly regulate the way we prepare our food, but sometimes the problem really is more one of misperceptions about the natural risks of raw and prepared foods and disease than of any real extra danger.
I guarantee that your mother gave you food poisoning many times over when you were a child, however diligent they were.
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I'll only eat Cougar Mountain's cookie dough. It's touched with magic moon rays or something, says right on it that it's safe to eat raw. Plus it tastes better then the big brands, and it comes in a recloseable tub.
I know Ballard/Greenwood Markets carry it, and the website leads me to think QFC and Fred Meyer might too.
No, I don't work for them, just a fan.
I know Ballard/Greenwood Markets carry it, and the website leads me to think QFC and Fred Meyer might too.
No, I don't work for them, just a fan.
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@11 ¶3, E. coli is a bacterium (plural: bacteria). Viruses are different (measles, mumps, common cold, @13 Ebola, etc., etc.). It's a common mixup in the general public, but a food-plant QA worker should really know the difference.
With either type of infectious agent, though, how many you ingest (1000, 10 million, whatever) can make the difference between getting sick or not. One bug rarely equals disease.
With either type of infectious agent, though, how many you ingest (1000, 10 million, whatever) can make the difference between getting sick or not. One bug rarely equals disease.
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@12, fresh footnote on the Cougar Mountain home page:
Updated on June 19, 2009
Product Note:
Our cookie dough products are not involved in the
Nestle Tollhouse cookie dough recall.
Updated on June 19, 2009
Product Note:
Our cookie dough products are not involved in the
Nestle Tollhouse cookie dough recall.
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OK, Lizzie, I'll bite. How are vegan chocolate chip cookies easier than my recipe with browned butter?
(And, oh yeah, for the rest of you omnivores? Cook's Illustrated browned butter chocolate chip cookies FOR THE WIN. They're even better if you can horrify a vegan while you're baking them.)
(And, oh yeah, for the rest of you omnivores? Cook's Illustrated browned butter chocolate chip cookies FOR THE WIN. They're even better if you can horrify a vegan while you're baking them.)
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If you're going to make cookie at home to eat, use the in-shell pasteurized eggs. One brand is Davidson's. Of course if your flour or chocolate chips are contaminated, you're screwed.
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