Do Not Eat the Cookie Dough

[Awesome Possum]

The USDA has been saying that for years. Doesn't mean we stop doing it.

The government has had a similar amount of success with drugs.

A part of me is convinced this is a secret plot to kill off all the people who refuse to do what the government tells them, no matter how helpful it is. So Mrs. Obama tells us that vegetables are good, so a certain element of society decides to eat junk food out of spite. They'll be dead of heart attacks or diabetes in a few decades after gaining hundreds of pounds.

It's like the Purge, but slower and more like a dark comedy.

 

[Timewalker]

America is pretty much the only country that requires eggs to be stored under refrigeration. Naturally we do this to prevent bacterial growth in the egg.

So the instructions to "keep refrigerated" on Canadian egg cartons is on the package merely for decoration?

I used to sneak a taste of cookie dough now and then when helping my mother or grandmother bake cookies. I eventually grew out of doing that.

Someone on another of my forums recently decided to indulge, though, and described not-quite-graphically (but close enough) what happened, which confirms that my decision to get out of the habit was a good idea.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Like I said, just eat the cookie dough that you buy pre-made from the supermarket, and you should be fine. Especially if you're like me, and you're too lazy to cook.

 

[MacLeod]

Many things have a degree of risk attached o them, the risk might be very low but it is still there non the less. Governments/manufacturers etc.. tend to err on the side of caution. Many things come with warnings attached to them even if the chance of it happening is ver low. Take food alergy warnings for example, May contain Nuts. A company might place it on a product if anywhere in the factory handles nuts because there is a risk no matter how small that some cross-contamination might occur.

Most people know that things like raw eggs/chicken etc.. could carry certain bacteria which could make us ill. Yes it might come across as a bit of a Nanny state but the state is supposed to look after the welfare of its citizens even if sometimes we think they are Nannying us.

 

[tomalak301]

Seems like the USDA changes what is ok and what isn't like every month. I used to eat the Cookie dough (or at least some of it) but don't really do that anymore.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Seems like the USDA changes what is ok and what isn't like every month. I used to eat the Cookie dough (or at least some of it) but don't really do that anymore.

It's almost like they're actually learning new things and felt it was important enough to alert us.

 

[Squiggy]

America is pretty much the only country that requires eggs to be stored under refrigeration. Naturally we do this to prevent bacterial growth in the egg.

So the instructions to "keep refrigerated" on Canadian egg cartons is on the package merely for decoration?

Lemme help you with that.

America is [highlight]pretty much[/highlight] the only country that requires eggs to be stored under refrigeration. Naturally we do this to prevent bacterial growth in the egg.

 

[USS Triumphant]

Canada is just "America's Donutland", anyway.

I chose "I used to" because it was closest to true. I used to eat whole cookies worth of raw dough, these days I only sneak a little pinch off of one if the mood strikes me.

If the real question here is whether or not anyone heeds the warning about salmonella, I'll go with yes, because that IS the reason I changed my habits.

 

[Jedi_Master]

My mom used to give us tiny bits of raw hamburger when we were little. That could have turned out to have been a tragic mistake.

Food label warnings are very beneficial, as there is a tendency for people to think that because they survived a hazardous activity, that activity must not have been that dangerous in the first place. The same reasoning applies to people refusing to wear safety belts in cars.

 

[Kemaiku]

America is pretty much the only country that requires eggs to be stored under refrigeration. Naturally we do this to prevent bacterial growth in the egg.

So the instructions to "keep refrigerated" on Canadian egg cartons is on the package merely for decoration?

Lemme help you with that.

America is [highlight]pretty much[/highlight] the only country that requires eggs to be stored under refrigeration. Naturally we do this to prevent bacterial growth in the egg.

Most of Europe and the north american continent is "pretty much America" now. Wow, that shrank a bit in the last couple of days.

 

[USS Triumphant]

Most of Europe and the north american continent is "pretty much America" now. Wow, that shrank a bit in the last couple of days.

Well, I mean, on a large enough scale, the entire Solar System is "pretty much America". Close enough, anyway.

 

[Trekker4747]

So the instructions to "keep refrigerated" on Canadian egg cartons is on the package merely for decoration?

Lemme help you with that.

America is [highlight]pretty much[/highlight] the only country that requires eggs to be stored under refrigeration. Naturally we do this to prevent bacterial growth in the egg.

Most of Europe and the north american continent is "pretty much America" now. Wow, that shrank a bit in the last couple of days.

It was my understanding that most of Europe and Asia do not refrigerate their eggs and that it's a pretty uniquely American thing.

 

[Timewalker]

For me "America" = the United States. It does not mean Canada.

So no, it is not a "uniquely American thing" that eggs are required to be refrigerated. This requirement exists in Canada, as well.

 

[Starbreaker]

I will eat it if the opportunity arises. So good.

 

[Jedi_Master]

Lemme help you with that.

Most of Europe and the north american continent is "pretty much America" now. Wow, that shrank a bit in the last couple of days.

It was my understanding that most of Europe and Asia do not refrigerate their eggs and that it's a pretty uniquely American thing.

Well one can never say that TBBS is not an educational website.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Lemme help you with that.

Most of Europe and the north american continent is "pretty much America" now. Wow, that shrank a bit in the last couple of days.

It was my understanding that most of Europe and Asia do not refrigerate their eggs and that it's a pretty uniquely American thing.

For me "America" = the United States. It does not mean Canada.

So no, it is not a "uniquely American thing" that eggs are required to be refrigerated. This requirement exists in Canada, as well.

Right or wrong in what Trekker said, that's not what he said anyway. He said "pretty uniquely American thing." Pretty uniquely does not mean uniquely.

 

[Squiggy]

For me "America" = the United States. It does not mean Canada.

Same for most people.

So no, it is not a "uniquely American thing" that eggs are required to be refrigerated. This requirement exists in Canada, as well.

He never said it was. You're leaving out important qualifiers.

 

[Miss Chicken]

He is an article that explains the whole refrigerated eggs vs not refrigerated egg situation quite well. It shows that the countries that don't refrigerate eggs have good reason not to and vice versa.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/11/336330502/why-the-u-s-chills-its-eggs-and-most-of-the-world-doesnt

 

[Awesome Possum]

My mom used to give us tiny bits of raw hamburger when we were little. That could have turned out to have been a tragic mistake.

Food label warnings are very beneficial, as there is a tendency for people to think that because they survived a hazardous activity, that activity must not have been that dangerous in the first place. The same reasoning applies to people refusing to wear safety belts in cars.

It's why so many people still smoke, they haven't gotten cancer... yet.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'm not disputing that raw meat can be dangerous, but then why do people still eat steak tartare?