Scores ill after eating at Indiana Olive Garden

[strandinthewind]

It is ALL about being clean, esp. habds. With the dawn of things like Purell, it should not be that difficult. But, cleaning containers and surfaces is equally as important. I remeber when I was a kid, this guy's dad would take the live crabs or crawfish he caught and dump them from a bucket into the boiling water and then put the cooked stuff back in the same container without washing it. Then, they would wonder why they got sick

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

It is ALL about being clean, esp. habds. With the dawn of things like Purell, it should not be that difficult. But, cleaning containers and surfaces is equally as important. I remeber when I was a kid, this guy's dad would take the live crabs or crawfish he caught and dump them from a bucket into the boiling water and then put the cooked stuff back in the same container without washing it. Then, they would wonder why they got sick

Right, but wasn't the Taco Bell related to the green (and white) onions, NOT from fecal matter?
Who wants to bet the Olive Garden was from onions, too?
I love Olive Garden. And onions.

[SortaSavageLike]

That's what you get for going to a chain Italian restaurant.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

That's what you get for going to a chain Italian restaurant.

Yeah, I'm sure single restaurants only buy non-e coli green onions.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Right, but wasn't the Taco Bell related to the green (and white) onions, NOT from fecal matter?
Who wants to bet the Olive Garden was from onions, too?
I love Olive Garden. And onions.

I believe the fecal matter got on the onions somewhere like a month or so ago when the people processing the spinach were unclean.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I believe the fecal matter got on the onions somewhere like a month or so ago when the people processing the spinach were unclean.

Is that it? I never actually heard the connection of HOW the green onions got it.

[michelle2677]

Just reading this alone made me ill. I love the olive garden. Its my fav and i'll still go

[PsychCat]

I'm hearing on the news now that it wasn't the onions but actually the lettuce that was funky.
I'm still waiting for the conspiracy theories to start rolling... after the spinach scare earlier, now the lettuce, and now a place with the word "garden" in it's name.

[estranged4life]

We rarely eat out as often as we once did.

As for Olive Garden, ate there one time...Good food but a bit too pricey (Prefer Fazoli's!!!)

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Is that it? I never actually heard the connection of HOW the green onions got it.

Industrialized farming has it's risks. So does imported produce. With NAFTA (which was the worst thing Clinton ever did in his presidency) and GATT we have less and less control over our food supply and unfortunately this is the end result.