The Continuation....Hello? Taco Bell anyone? chuckling to myself I am thinking of "Life is about Choices"....Right? If I am repeating myself I apologize up front...FACT: There are more reported cases of food-borne illness from the home than the commercial food service industry....(giving you a second to digest) OK I had an amusing thought well sort of amusing... driving up to the fast food menu-mic and ordering "Two burrito Supremes extra salmonella hold the E-Coli! ...and a diet coke..light ice..." When we order food we are practicing the faith principle...we all practice that in fact. Just as we drive through an intersection we do so in faith that the light is red for the oncoming traffic, and that they are making the choice to obey it! We order and recieve our food in part knowing that there are USDA, and other governmental agencies who have put rules and guidelines in place for our protection. ( Hmmmmm the young person who just made my Sub sandwich look just like the kid in my house that uses no such controls or discretion when eating or preparing food at my house recalling the many times he or she wiped their mouth with hte back of their hand after drinking milk from the carton...didn't he have a cough?.....hmmmmm)OK where was I earlier...Oh yeah Hand Washing...I tend to strive for the perfect world scenario...the best for all...we try but we fail alot... It's not that we don't care. We LOVE our family ...and friends...and ourselves (don't we?) Yet we don't do as much as someone paid minimum wage to feed and nourish us..assuming we order nourishing foods.I kow I started out talking about the Taco Bell fiasco...a fiasco becuse it happened before! If y'all remember a few years back. In fact for a year or so I posted a notice at work NO GREEN ONIONS TO BE USED UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY MANAGEMENT. They obviously were not vigilant. But as we have many enemies to battle it all has to be addressed by one comprehensive battle plan. Vigilance over everything that we consume ( and that is not just eating my friends). We battle against so many things Bacteria, Virus, infections, microbes, molds, chemicals, allergens, physical contaminations...I just read some TV (Frozen) dinners were being recalled for having glass in the rice! It is constant vigilance.
So what can we do about it? Knowledge is power and as we learn we grow into better persons, cooks, and care providers over those put in our path to serve...even ourselves. Before you get discouraged please note that there is Good News! Woo Hoo! well and bad ( in a way) The Cure is as intimidating as learning about all the bad stuff.
TBC