Yet another outbreak of salmonella in the news...this time its tomatoes. Roma tomatoes and "big round" tomatoes. What variety is big round??? And where do they grow these "big round "tomatoes? I prefer the "small square" ones myself.... come on...
The CDC is investigating but so far no grocery chain or distributor has been found to be a common factor yet. The tomatoes were consumed raw and it hasnt been determined whether the bacteria was on the skin of the tomatoes or in the flesh itself.
At first I was going to rant about our food sources, but was wondering if our own homegrown food could become contaminated through animal feces. If salmonella bacteria lives in the intestinal tracts of humans and animals...can it not be "dropped" into our gardens by rabbits or mice...deer or birds??? What if we use manure in our gardens. Unless we test the horse or cows or goats or chickens whose poop we use then how are we to know for sure???
Our best defense would be to wash, wash, wash every bit of produce that goes in our mouths...even the "prewashed" salad mixes that are sold in the grocery store. I love picking cherry tomatoes , peas, berries and popping them into my mouth...maybe not such a good idea anymore...
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