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Woman Finds Frog in Bag of Lettuce

Posted Nov 3rd 2009 4:30PM by Jennifer Lawinski
Filed under: Food News

Photo: Courtesy FOX 2

It's hard enough as it is to get the kids to eat their salad. But Tracy Grimes will have an even tougher time getting her 4- and 8-year-old kids to nibble their greens after she says she found a tree frog in a bag of romaine lettuce she bought from a Kroger supermarket in Sterling Heights, Mich., last Friday.

Grimes, of Troy, Mich., told Slashfood she noticed something moving inside the package as she was getting ready to make a salad for dinner.

"I didn't know what I was seeing but sure enough, I looked a little closer and there was a small light green tree frog, happy as can be, crawling around, living life in the bag of lettuce," she said Tuesday. "I just sort of gasped a bit, and then I stared and just remember thinking 'That's not right.'"

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Romaine Lettuce Recalled for Salmonella

Posted Jul 24th 2009 11:30AM by Sara Bonisteel
Filed under: Food News

Recalled romaine lettuce. Photo: Tanimura & Antle

A California lettuce producer has recalled bulk and wrapped romaine lettuce after a batch tested positive for salmonella.

Tanimura & Antle, Inc. of Salinas, Calif., issued the recall for its Tanimura & Angle wrapped single whole-head romaine lettuce, banded single whole-head romaine lettuce and naked (unwrapped) single whole-head romaine on July 21. The nationwide recall applies to lettuce purchased before July 23.

The move comes after the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture tested positive for salmonella. No illnesses have been reported. The lettuce affected by the recall was harvested between June 25 and July 2, and should be past its shelf life, company officials said.

Symptoms of salmonella poisoning include diarrhea and abdominal pain. Anyone with questions about the romaine recall should call Tanimura & Antle at 877-827-7388.

The man who microwaves his salads

Posted May 14th 2008 9:06AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Microwaving, Health & Medical, Soups/Salads

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I feel like I'm revealing some deep, dark secret, but here goes: I microwave my salads.

Now, this isn't because I like my lettuce and carrots and salad dressing really hot, it's because of bacteria. I started doing this a couple of years ago, when we had all those recalls and scares involving pre-made bagged salads and spinach. I make my salad on a plate then zap it for about 20 seconds. Just enough to kill something but not make the salad get hot and shrivel.

Now, I have to stress that I have no idea if 20 seconds in the microwave will even do anything to destroy bacteria, but it makes me feel good anyway.

I now return you to your normal Slashfood posts.

Take a break from turkey with a big, green salad

Posted Nov 24th 2007 12:03PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Vegetables, Recipes, How To, Comfort Food, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was Thursday (yes, I realize that it's always on Thursday) and now it's Saturday. This means that you are heading into your third day of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes and might be ready for a bit of a break. Whenever I find that I've overdone the heavy foods, what my body wants more than anything is just a big, simple salad. However, just because you're eating salad doesn't mean that you can't still incorporate some of your turkey leftovers.

Wash and tear some lettuce. I find that romaine works best for this kind of salad, because it is tough enough to stand up to lots of add-ins. Then start looking in the fridge. Cube up the last of the breast meat (I promise it will taste different cold and doused with Italian dressing). If you put out a relish tray before dinner on Thursday, get the remnants of that out and cut up the last of those celery sticks, gherkins, baby carrots and olives. They all make great salad additions. A little cranberry relish (the raw kind, not the jellied stuff) is excellent with greens. If you are the type to serve steamed green beans at your dinner and you have a few leftover, they also are terrific in salad. However, green bean casserole won't work. If your leftovers make a paltry-looking salad, you can always open a can of black beans, steam up some beets, shred some broccoli and hard boil an egg or two to round out the toppers.

If you're making this salad just for yourself, you can just toss it all together in a big bowl. If you're feeding a bunch, I'd suggest doing this salad bar style so that people can avoid the bits they don't like as much. Use your favorite dressing to top it.

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Woman Finds Frog in Bag of Lettuce

Romaine Lettuce Recalled for Salmonella

The man who microwaves his salads

Take a break from turkey with a big, green salad

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