Posted by Mark S on September 21, 1998 at 12:26:59:
In Reply to: Re: Thanksgiving is coming. Have you killed someone lately? posted by Sharon Odmann on September 21, 1998 at 09:54:59:
: : The salmonella probably came from the inside cavity of the turkey.
: : The blood seeped down into the center of the stuffing and it
: : was not brought up to 150deg long enough.If you consider how
: : many raw or soft cooked eggs are eaten every day and the increase
: : of salmonilla cases around turkey time,why would anybody think
: : it came from the eggs?Oh yea If you cant protect"all of the people"
: : that you serve"all of the time"from food born illness,you dont
: : belong in the kitchen.
: : Mark Sulzinski
: : chef/owner
: Man, what kind of world are you living in? If you think you can protect all the people all the time, I bet you have a very stressed out life!
: Let me ask you this: if you are so stuck on being able to protect all the people all the time do you include your ingredients on your menu to protect the people from potential possible allergic reactions to food? Pineapple, bananas, mangos, msg, shellfish, fish, wheat, gluten, corn, coconut, garlic, walnuts, pecans, eggs, milk, soy, yeast just to name a few.
: What are you going to do?
: As for me, I prefer to remember that I can control only what I can control. As for the rest of it, it's up to God!
: Sharon
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I thought we were talking about food born illness.
If a customer tells me that there allergic to something,I will
suggest something without that ingredient and try not to"cross contaminate"(sic)
unless it is onions,then I tell them to eat somewhere else.
My consern is that we dont make light of our responsability to kill harmfull
before it gets to the customer.It is relatively easy with proper storage,refrigeration,
rotation,food handling,freezing,boiling and bleach.
Yes I do get stressed out alot especialy when I"roll the dice" and run a
medium rare duck breast special.Oh well
Keep on cooking
Mark