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228M eggs recalled following salmonella outbreak

Ockham said:
The article I just liked to (above) identified 1 in 10,000 eggs are infected. Given that number, (and discounting outbreaks) I'd say it's much less than 1 every 84 years... unless you eat runny eggs twice or three times in your entire life. But like I said... have at it. The runny stuff is all you.
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Would be 1 in 42 years to use their numbers - but that's way too high for me. That would be 4.5 runny eggs a week, each and every week for 42 years. I probably eat them runny 2 or 3 every 2 weeks. So that's... 1 every 154 years? Not even factoring in that I buy expensive eggs...
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
I break mine over a piece of bread and toast it a bit to keep the egg attached but still runny on the inside. :blah:
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Now you're talking! For me, add a little salt and pepper and lots of tabasco... perfection!
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
It's probably because **** got on the shell and wasn't cleaned off.
The shell is a hermetic seal that prevents bacteria from entering the egg.
They are effectively sterile until the shell is broken.
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Salmonella Levels Over 5x Higher in Factory Farm Eggs than Organic
By Peter Shield
Natural Choices, 2/1/2008
Straight to the Source


The Soil Association can reveal that a recent government survey shows that organic laying hen farms have a significantly lower level of Salmonella. Salmonella is a bacterium that causes one of the commonest forms of food poisoning worldwide.

The study showed that 23.4 per cent of farms with caged hens tested positive for salmonella compared to 4.4 per cent in organic flocks and 6.5 per cent in free-range flocks.

The research also showed that the highest prevalence of salmonella occurred in the largest holding size category (30,000 birds or more). This was over four times the average level of salmonella found in flocks closer to the maximum size allowed under Soil Association organic standards.
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Salmonella Levels Over 5x Higher in Factory Farm Eggs than Organic
 
If you live in the burbs, get a little coop or get a small garden shed (like an 6x6 or 8x6) with a small set of chicken wire and get a few guinea hens or Rhode Island Reds --- maybe 4-5 of them tops, and a heat lamp. I got the garden shed for nothing, the chicken wire was $12 and for nests I used 3 1/2 gallon buckets nailed to the wall on a few 2x4's. Had fresh eggs all the time, and chicken soup during the winter that was out of this world. Guinea hens are a bit gamy and all dark meat so --- not so good on soup but the eggs are good. Since I'm out in the boonies of New Jersey - guineas would pick my lawn clean. Planning on getting some next spring ...
 
Ockham said:
If you live in the burbs, get a little coop or get a small garden shed (like an 6x6 or 8x6) with a small set of chicken wire and get a few guinea hens or Rhode Island Reds --- maybe 4-5 of them tops, and a heat lamp. I got the garden shed for nothing, the chicken wire was $12 and for nests I used 3 1/2 gallon buckets nailed to the wall on a few 2x4's. Had fresh eggs all the time, and chicken soup during the winter that was out of this world. Guinea hens are a bit gamy and all dark meat so --- not so good on soup but the eggs are good. Since I'm out in the boonies of New Jersey - guineas would pick my lawn clean. Planning on getting some next spring ...
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Some day, maybe.

Guineas are cool.
 
I am continually reminded of how happy I am I get my eggs, beef, and produce from small, local, organic farmers.
 
Ockham said:
If you live in the burbs, get a little coop or get a small garden shed (like an 6x6 or 8x6) with a small set of chicken wire and get a few guinea hens or Rhode Island Reds --- maybe 4-5 of them tops, and a heat lamp. I got the garden shed for nothing, the chicken wire was $12 and for nests I used 3 1/2 gallon buckets nailed to the wall on a few 2x4's. Had fresh eggs all the time, and chicken soup during the winter that was out of this world. Guinea hens are a bit gamy and all dark meat so --- not so good on soup but the eggs are good. Since I'm out in the boonies of New Jersey - guineas would pick my lawn clean. Planning on getting some next spring ...
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How much does a hen cost?
 
Taylor said:
How much does a hen cost?
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I bought them only once from a local Agway who usually has a minimum of 10 chicks to purchase, but I got the 5 for $4 each, unsexed. Luckily I had all hens, but when they're small it's difficult to tell what sex they are. If you don't eat the chickens - they'll give eggs for 2 years. When I was a kid we had chickens for a while and guinea's but I was always afraid of the rooster who was a pushy bastard and liked to jump on little kids' head and peck them. Someone told me Tractor Supply carries them as well in the spring but haven't checked it out.
 
I have a dumb question. Has anybody in either California or Minnesota heard that you can prevent food-borne illness by washing your food before cooking and eating? DUH!!

So, eggs have salmonella on them. Wash your eggs, and you won't get sick. BTW, do people in California wash their hands before they eat. You have a lot more germs on them than you do on eggs......

OMG!! Someone didn't wash his hands before eating, and now has gotten sick. Hurry, we need a government mandated amputation, before this problem gets any worse. :mrgreen:
 
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danarhea said:
I have a dumb question. Has anybody in either California or Minnesota heard that you can prevent food-borne illness by washing your food before cooking and eating? DUH!!

So, eggs have salmonella on them. Wash your eggs, and you won't get sick. BTW, do people in California wash their hands before they eat. You have a lot more germs on them than you do on eggs......

OMG!! Someone didn't wash his hands before eating, and now has gotten sick. Hurry, we need a government mandated amputation, before this problem gets any worse. :mrgreen:
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It's inside the egg - see Ockham's post (#20).
 
Taylor said:
It's inside the egg - see Ockham's post (#20).
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Oops, that's different.

Never mind. :mrgreen:

BTW, how can it get inside the egg? Egg is sterile, and membrane should keep germs out.
 
Ockham said:
I bought them only once from a local Agway who usually has a minimum of 10 chicks to purchase, but I got the 5 for $4 each, unsexed. Luckily I had all hens, but when they're small it's difficult to tell what sex they are. If you don't eat the chickens - they'll give eggs for 2 years. When I was a kid we had chickens for a while and guinea's but I was always afraid of the rooster who was a pushy bastard and liked to jump on little kids' head and peck them. Someone told me Tractor Supply carries them as well in the spring but haven't checked it out.
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Heh, I have almost the exact same story. My dad bought 50 chicks because he had a chicken coop on the farm that was used for nothing. It was my job to feed the chickens. It was not bad when they where little, but once they got to full size, a couple of the roosters got real aggressive and would charge at me when I would go in, which terrified me. We ate them, and I watched my dad chop the heads off those 2 roosters.
 
danarhea said:
Oops, that's different.

Never mind. :mrgreen:

BTW, how can it get inside the egg? Egg is sterile, and membrane should keep germs out.
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Infected hen ovaries - gets in there before egg is fully formed.
 
Redress said:
Heh, I have almost the exact same story. My dad bought 50 chicks because he had a chicken coop on the farm that was used for nothing. It was my job to feed the chickens. It was not bad when they where little, but once they got to full size, a couple of the roosters got real aggressive and would charge at me when I would go in, which terrified me. We ate them, and I watched my dad chop the heads off those 2 roosters.
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Delicious revenge, with a side of mashed potatoes.
 
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