Community


  Forum Tools
Forums  | Register | Login

Photo Gallery |  Member List |  Search |  Calendars |  FAQ |  TOS |  Disclaimer |  Ticket List | 

Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the salmonella scare?

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [Fun] >> Home & Garden >> Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the salmonella scare?
Jump to post #:
Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the salmone... - 6/15/2008 11:02:12 AM   
raspberry331

 

Posts: 6942
Joined: 5/7/2005
Status: offline 		Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the salmonella scare?
Post #: 1
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 12:06:09 PM   
lexie


Posts: 2946
Joined: 6/27/2005
From: Toronto
Status: offline 		I've stopped eating tomatoes with my food when I eat out, just because I don't know where they get their tomatoes from. The salmonella outbreak doesn't include Canadian tomatoes, but a lot of fast food places here have stopped using tomatoes.

I'm comfortable buying Ontario tomatoes, and I'm not worried about the same thing happening here.

_____________________________

Are you ready should our Saviour call today?
Post #: 2
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 12:25:11 PM   
Ellie-Mae


Posts: 4275
Joined: 4/9/2005
From: The EMPIRE state!
Status: offline 		I didn't bu tomatoes that often anyway. I did eat tomatoes on my Sub at Subway though. They had a sign up saying that their tomatoes weren't among those contamnated.

_____________________________

Isaiah 40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
W1D3
Post #: 3
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 12:37:26 PM   
Miss Giggles


Posts: 3874
Joined: 4/18/2005
From: MI
Status: offline 		I don't buy fresh tomatoes often either, but I do buy fresh salsa and I was scared they were going to run out. LOL
Post #: 4
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 1:35:43 PM   
garsyt


Posts: 2099
Joined: 4/12/2005
From: the bottom of the laundry basket
Status: offline 		I haven't bought tomatos (other then the canned variety) in a while from the stores. Any fresh tomatos are either boughten on the vine or from local growers at a nearby farmers market - also now that I think about it, they are also "on the vine."

Blessings,

Garsy

_____________________________

My Blog: www.moredayslikethisplease.wordpress.com
Post #: 5
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 3:25:15 PM   
isaacsmom


Posts: 1767
Joined: 12/2/2005
Status: offline 		I haven't stopped buying them at the store. Our local grocery store has a sign posted saying theirs are safe. If I were eating out, I'd probably skip them. I can't wait for my own to start ripening!

_____________________________

<<< Pretty wildflowers my hubby picked for me
*~*~*Rachel*~*~*
My Space
pirtlefarm.blogspot.com
Post #: 6
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 3:41:20 PM   
cindybode


Posts: 1541
Joined: 4/11/2005
From: Northwest PA
Status: online 		If they don't come out of my garden, I don't eat 'em, not because of salmonella but because I can't stand the taste of those things they call tomatoes in the store.

_____________________________

If you lock in any creature, from rats to chickens to pigs to people, 10 to 30 or more in a box and force feed them you'll create little monsters. Confinement Education School Operations (CESOs) just don't compare to naturally pastured free-ranged kids.
Post #: 7
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 7:30:54 PM   
monamie


Posts: 1378
Joined: 1/26/2006
From: OK
Status: offline 		In the store, I only buy canned (for sauces, soups, etc.)---for fresh, I "buy fresh, buy local" so I'm not nervous about it.

_____________________________

"Lots of respectable people have been hit by trains."

Penny Wharvey McGill
Post #: 8
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/15/2008 9:50:37 PM   
Consecrated2God


Posts: 5063
Joined: 4/4/2005
From: Jesus Land
Status: offline 		I bought a package of three last Tuesday, and so far we've eaten two of them. The third goes in a breakfast dish tomorrow morning, and so far we haven't had any trouble with the last two we had, so I'm not worried about the third. Tomatoes are a staple around here.

_____________________________
Post #: 9
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/16/2008 8:48:46 AM   
Auben


Posts: 1611
Joined: 4/13/2005
From: Where pines tower and cranberries float
Status: offline 		Don't really like 'fresh' store tomatoes. We eat canned until local ones are ready.

_____________________________

Tamara

~Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time~
Post #: 10
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/16/2008 11:02:16 AM   
uncabeeil


Posts: 5876
Joined: 4/11/2005
From: Joisey. Got a problem wit dat?
Status: offline 		I'm only buying grape or cherry tomatoes, or from local farm stands.

_____________________________

Sniglet of the day: Bazookacidal Tendencies- n. The overwhelming desire of most individuals to reach out and pop the gigantic gum bubble billowing from someone's mouth.
Post #: 11
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/16/2008 12:48:24 PM   
HisCovenant


Posts: 4699
Joined: 4/12/2005
Status: offline 		Nope, but my state's tomatoes are still good. I did throw one out, though, because I couldn't remember if it was local.

_____________________________

-HisCovenant/ Zipporah

My friends call me Zippy!
Post #: 12
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/16/2008 10:05:44 PM   
MrsTracy72


Posts: 1600
Joined: 2/28/2007
Status: offline 		I will buy them when I go shopping. I know that we went to Red Robin for burgers on Father's day. It was Hubby's choice. And I forgot all about the tomato thing until I got my burger and had to add extra ketchup. It was a bummer.
Post #: 13
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/18/2008 7:46:41 AM   
DenimDiva


Posts: 5952
Status: offline 		It does seem weird getting a burger without tomatoes on it!

I do prefer home grown ones, but don't have a garden this year.

I haven't bought any from the stores, mainly because they aren't as good.
Post #: 14
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/18/2008 10:45:10 AM   
Calea37


Posts: 717
Joined: 10/2/2007
Status: offline 		I always buy stem tomatoes anyway, so it hasn't made a difference to me...Except that now there are fewer stems to choose from because that is what everyone is buying right now..

_____________________________

Calea

Isaiah 2:22 Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Post #: 15
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/18/2008 11:55:33 AM   
fluffmonkey


Posts: 1740
Joined: 2/17/2007
From: some where over the rainbow
Status: offline 		Yea from our local farm because I know those people and know they are safe to eat, although I did have some at subway...

_____________________________



My Blog
Daily Fun Blog

Jennifer
(\__/)
(=' '=)
(")_(")
Post #: 16
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/18/2008 11:57:55 AM   
seagullplayer


Posts: 127
Joined: 9/18/2007
Status: offline 		My wife and I stacked ours last night, we have several green ones now, if a few weeks we won't have to buy any...

And the peppers look good to for that matter, eat one last night. Home made salsa is around the corner!

_____________________________

The world has only one problem, sin.
There is only one solution, Jesus.

THE WAY.
Post #: 17
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/18/2008 4:50:56 PM   
Harvie


Posts: 1488
Joined: 4/18/2005
From: california
Status: offline 		I buy tomatoes ALL the time from Whole Foods and Trader Joe's ... and didn't stop because of the salmonella scare.

_____________________________

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY MILITARY PILOT HUSBAND
Post #: 18
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/22/2008 10:48:47 AM   
MamaPyratekk


Posts: 96
Joined: 6/16/2008
From: NC
Status: offline 		I've been sticking to the ones I usually buy which are organic local ones that they sell in the grocer I go to. They try to stock mostly local fruits and veggies, and I'm pretty comfy with the ones that I buy. I've been eating them through the entire scare with no problems.
Post #: 19
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/22/2008 3:11:08 PM   
APZR


Posts: 737
Joined: 4/18/2005
From: GA
Status: offline 		No change, still buy and eat them. Most are locally grown, but even those need to be WASHED before eaten. It's all in how you prep and clean your food.

_____________________________

Ya can't keep trouble from visitin, but you don't have to offer it a chair.
Post #: 20
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/24/2008 8:14:02 PM   
wfisaac


Posts: 2132
Joined: 3/18/2007
From: Tip of the Mitt
Status: offline 		A lot of places around here voluntarily pulled the tomatoes off their menu items. But yesterday I went to Subway and requested tomato and got it and totally forgot about the whole deal until I was about half way done eating my sandwich and then thought oh well....I'm this far into it, might as well finish it.

And I love tomatoes and usually buy at the farmers market and at the grocery store I normally get the cherry ones or the vine ones.

_____________________________

Veronica
Post #: 21
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/24/2008 8:35:47 PM   
Karaboo2


Posts: 1598
Joined: 2/4/2008
From: Ontario, Canada
Status: online 		I'm still amused that most fast food places here in my city (in Ontario, Canada) have pulled the tomatoes from all products, but I didn't encounter a single fast food place across the bridge which did, even though it is the US tomatoes which are contaminated, not the Canadian ones.

_____________________________

Kara


"I am not here. I am lost. I have gone to find myself. If I should get back before I return, please ask me to wait!"


Proud member of the moo club!
Post #: 22
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/25/2008 12:49:02 AM   
cheeky_monkey

 

Posts: 89
Joined: 6/18/2008
Status: offline 		If I were a tomato eater I would stop buying them. I've had salmonella before and have no desire to go through that again!
Post #: 23
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/26/2008 8:42:07 AM   
Laine99

 

Posts: 16
Joined: 11/23/2007
Status: offline 		I have a few questions,
I understand how cut/sliced/diced tomatoes can get samonella, but how does a whole tomato become infected?
Does the bacteria stay only on the surface or is it actually in the meat of the tomato?
If it's only on the surface...would washing the produce eliminate it?
Our local McDonald's did post a sign they would not be serving tomatoes due to the outbreak of samonella.
Post #: 24
RE: Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the sal... - 6/26/2008 4:39:17 PM   
Cloak


Posts: 3892
Joined: 1/4/2008
From: Canada
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Karaboo2

I'm still amused that most fast food places here in my city (in Ontario, Canada) have pulled the tomatoes from all products, but I didn't encounter a single fast food place across the bridge which did, even though it is the US tomatoes which are contaminated, not the Canadian ones.



Thanks hun for reassuring me. I purchase tomatoes every week! (((Kara)))

_____________________________

And My God shall meet ALL Your Needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4: 19)
Post #: 25
Page:   [1] 2   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Fun] >> Home & Garden >> Have you stopped buying tomatoes because of the salmonella scare?
Jump to post #:
Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Jump to: