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AuntPatsy

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1. That is so horrible, I hope they feel well enough soon...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 11:36 PM

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Source of Ohio botulism cases likely was potato salad [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

That is so horrible, I hope they feel well enough soon... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #1

That makes sense. For decades we have known that potato salad if left out of the fridge too long jwirr Apr 2015 #2

You're thinking of salmonella jmowreader Apr 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Apr 2015 #4

Thank you. I can't imagine canning potatoes either. Maybe just a way to store excess garden jwirr Apr 2015 #14

Potatoes keep well long-term in cool, dry storage jmowreader Apr 2015 #18

We grow them and take what we can keep and the rest go to either poor families around us or jwirr Apr 2015 #19

Who cans potato salad????? FarPoint Apr 2015 #5

The potatoes were canned, not the salad. crim son Apr 2015 #6

It was just the potatoes that were canned, I think. Liberal Veteran Apr 2015 #7

The problem comes when people think those are just boiled potatoes in a can, not jtuck004 Apr 2015 #9

Thank you for pointing this out.... FarPoint Apr 2015 #10

I use canned whole potatoes LibertyLover Apr 2015 #22

scrub them down good and leave the skins on. nt magical thyme Apr 2015 #23

Thank you. If I was cooking just for me, I would - I like potato skins LibertyLover Apr 2015 #26

in which case, they can make themselves useful and peel the potatoes... magical thyme Apr 2015 #32

BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHA LibertyLover Apr 2015 #33

AS soon as I heard of this botulism-tainted potluck No Vested Interest Apr 2015 #8

The area has a vigorous commmunity of actual family farms - hedgehog Apr 2015 #11

Another example of why I never, but never, buy at bake sales and the like. WinkyDink Apr 2015 #12

It's always the potato salad. Frank Cannon Apr 2015 #13

Took the words right out of my mouth. lol. B2G Apr 2015 #17

It just takes once Aerows Apr 2015 #29

Sometimes.... PassingFair Apr 2015 #21

Absolutely! Aerows Apr 2015 #28

But in the first thread all the canners were saying it was off-the-shelf sauce? snooper2 Apr 2015 #15

Yeah, the facts are a later recalled sauce was suspected in other OH botulism cases last summer. Gormy Cuss Apr 2015 #16

If it's not acidic, do NOT can it with the boiling water bath method NickB79 Apr 2015 #20

And be suspicious of old recipes. LeftyMom Apr 2015 #24

Or learn from someone Aerows Apr 2015 #31

I learned from my grandmother, but she learned when God was a child. LeftyMom Apr 2015 #34

My grandmother learned when she was taking Aerows Apr 2015 #35

That's it in a nutshell. herding cats Apr 2015 #25

Exactly Aerows Apr 2015 #30

Bad potato salad Aerows Apr 2015 #27