Cucumbers e coli?

tanith

I've eaten every day this week, as always I wash it well but must admit I've been peeling it as an extra precaution

dannie

Thanks for the further replies.
annie123 - thanks very interesting website.

misskool

annie123 wrote: »

It can survive for extended periods in water and soil, under frozen and refrigerated temperatures, and in dry conditions. It also can adapt to acidic conditions. The organism is destroyed by thorough cooking or pasteurization.

taken from here:http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09369.html

That's for the E coli strain 0157, the one in Germany is a different one so may be resistant/adaptable to different things.

The standard E coli lives in your gut, there are few strains that would kill you.

Washing all your produce is a good start, I always do even for the homegrown stuff.

cootambear

moonrakerz wrote: »

I bought a cucumber from a German store (Lidl) this morning - is it safe to eat - or should I boil it first ??:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Insert it into a dogs anus. If the dog does not die in a week, it safe to eat.

Mrs_Arcanum

moonrakerz wrote: »

I bought a cucumber from a German store (Lidl) this morning - is it safe to eat - or should I boil it first ??:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

They seem to be selling UK or Spanish ones at the moment. Tis only the pesky German ones that seem to be an issue.

Lotus-eater

I just was in Asda and can you believe it, not one cucumber, unbelievable. But not to worry, I found a German tourist and accosted him on behalf of withoutabrain up there ^

Farway

Well I shall continue as before, the e-coli can only be on the outside anyway, unless sliced & prepared of course

I always wash salad items and fruit anyway so no changes to routine for me

Folk seem to panic at the smallest things when kitchen & personal hygiene avoids any risk with vegetables

Carry on avoiding them please, I love the price reductions, care to start a scare on sirloin steak?

Viper_7

Farway wrote: »

Well I shall continue as before, the e-coli can only be on the outside anyway, unless sliced & prepared of course

I always wash salad items and fruit anyway so no changes to routine for me

Folk seem to panic at the smallest things when kitchen & personal hygiene avoids any risk with vegetables

Carry on avoiding them please, I love the price reductions, care to start a scare on sirloin steak?

How can you say it can only be on the outside...?

Washing veg/fruit will not kill it either nor any other bacteria, you could wash it all day and all you would manage to accomplish is spreading it around a little more.

Agree though we need bugs - even the nasty ones to develop our immune systems, but some are real killers this being one of them, so it makes sense to be careful, but not to panic.

Be interesting what the impact on Spanish sales was, as Germany was quick to point the finger with little factual information, and Spain are rightly looking to sue.

Farway

Viper_7 wrote: »

How can you say it can only be on the outside...?

.

Because it is a biological fact, e-coli is not in vegetable or fruit, it is of animal origin and thus can only be on the skin, not inside,the molecules just cannot get in, ever heard of a cucumber having measles, malaria, typhoid or TB?

newsgroup_monkey

Well, there you go. Nothing to do with Cucumbers apparently.....

Beansprouts grown locally in Hamburg.

As they say, Assumption is the mother of all f* ups.