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What a top food safety expert won't order for dinner (washingtonpost.com)
4 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



We had issues in Costco romaine lettuce every year. I still eat salads containing it occasionally but I’d microwave the hell out of it.


> I still eat salads containing it occasionally but I’d microwave the hell out of it

At the energy you'd need to reach to sterilise lettuce in a microwave, you've cooked off a lot of its nutrition. If you aren't reaching those temperatures, you're not improving on simply washing your greens.


Thanks, guess I better avoid them…


we don't need clickbait


But ignores the safety aspect of #1 killer: cars (for people below the age of 50).




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