Mystery of the killer cucumbers

[SueEllen]

Bean sprouts are being fingered now. If it weren't for Chinese meals I might claim never to have never eaten them. Not that I've had a Chinese meal for years, and I've never bought bean sprouts. I can't even recollect having seen them being sold in the shops, though I don't dawdle as I glide past the vegetable section. No wonder kids havn't been affected. And do you eat them raw, rather than stir fried with rice, prawns and noodles?

You can eat them raw but they taste like tulip. They also help in that department as well whether they are stir-fried or raw. Tescos, Sainsburys etc all sell them in packets or for the lazy mixed in with certain stir-fry mixes.

[TimberWolf]

You can eat them raw but they taste like tulip. They also help in that department as well whether they are stir-fried or raw. Tescos, Sainsburys etc all sell them in packets or for the lazy mixed in with certain stir-fry mixes.

Hmm, do those stir-fry mixes come with noodles and prawns?

[Cliphead]

Stir fried bean sprouts, mmmm.

[xoggoth]

Might be Al Quaida

Food chain at risk of being poisoned by terrorist groups - Telegraph

[TimberWolf]

No wonder you feel hungry after eating a Chinese:

Shrimp Stir Fry - 24 Oz A flavourful combination of shrimp, broccoli, sugar snap peas, carrots, water chestnuts, red bell peppers and mushrooms in sweet soy sauce. Fat-free, with 4 grams of fibre and just 130 calories per serving.
http://www.safeway.com/ifl/grocery/C...tiServeEntrees

You'd need 11 servings/day unless you want to stunt your growth.

[AtW]

You'd need 11 servings/day unless you want to stunt your growth.

Let's not eat prawns ok?

[OwlHoot]

Bean sprouts are being fingered now. If it weren't for Chinese meals I might claim never to have never eaten them. Not that I've had a Chinese meal for years, and I've never bought bean sprouts. I can't even recollect having seen them being sold in the shops, though I don't dawdle as I glide past the vegetable section. No wonder kids havn't been affected. And do you eat them raw, rather than stir fried with rice, prawns and noodles?

BBC News - E. coli outbreak: German beansprouts 'probable' cause

I wonder if they were imported from Korea, because apparently that's the only place the strain of E coli has been seen before this outbreak.

[doodab]

I wonder if they were imported from Korea, because apparently that's the only place the strain of E coli has been seen before this outbreak.

Grown in Germany apparently. I have a bag of locally grown ones in my fridge, you can get them in the Chinese supermarket here, a bit bag is about €1. An essential ingredient when making stir fried or soup based noodle dishes IMO. These ones shall be going in the bin though.

[TimberWolf]

Grown in Germany apparently. I have a bag of locally grown ones in my fridge, you can get them in the Chinese supermarket here, a bit bag is about €1. An essential ingredient when making stir fried or soup based noodle dishes IMO. These ones shall be going in the bin though.

Probably even cheaper now. There did seem to be a bit of a cucumber mound growing in my local Sainsburys, though that may not be unusual.

It seems the Spanish were right to be upset about their cucumbers being implicated.

[Sysman]

Might be Al Quaida

Food chain at risk of being poisoned by terrorist groups - Telegraph

Klaus-Dieter Zastrow, chief doctor for hygiene at Berlin’s Vivantes hospital, said: “It’s quite possible that there’s a crazy person out there who thinks 'I’ll kill a few people or give 10,000 people diarrhoea’. It’s a negligent mistake not to investigate in that direction.”

What a frightening thought

In its own way more frightening than a wild axe murderer.