Not SPINACH!?!?

[Seymour Bigby-Heinz]

Well, somebody's foolish procedures somewhere in the food distribution network has screwed-up our spinach supply. Guess what I'll be adding to my garden...

Sy

[Jan Flora]

Buy it at your local farmer's market until you can get a crop going.

Jan

[Tominama]

[Seymour Bigby-Heinz]

I consider that to be a part of the distribution network. From source to destination, we are encountering more problems with the way we get our food. Home gardening is looking more attractive every day.

Sy

[Puckdropper]

"Tominama" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

That explains why a plant would get such a bacteria. I was wondering about that, with most the concern being over E.Coli in animals.

Puckdropper -- Who eats his spinach from a can like Popeye, but drains and heats it first!

[Penelope Periwinkle]

Yabut, it's been too hot to grow spinach around here until lately. There's no way to get it except at the grocery store.

And, no malabar isn't a suitable substitute.

Penelope

[The Cook]

I just planted some today. I'm in zone 7a in North Carolina. My beans are still producing well. We plowed under some beans because the bugs were eating them. Now I have some 3 to 4" plants coming along. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a late frost.

[Puckdropper]

The Cook wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Bugs have been bad on my beans this year too. They got to the first planting (we got about a bowl's worth from that) and the seven dust got to the bugs for the second planting (much more. :-))

Puckdropper

[Nicole]

[sherwindu]

What about frozen spinach in packages (Green Giant) ?

Sherw> It's only the packaged spinach that's a problem. The fresh bunches are ok.

[Nicole]

Frozen, canned and fresh bunches are all ok.

Nicole

[FACE]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:47:07 -0500, in rec.gardens.edible sherwindu , in glistered weave writ large for all to see:

Deep freezing is probably as effective as heating in killing the bacteria. However, you do display the proper "we're all gonna DIE" attitude. :-)