33 thoughts on “A Limerick A Day”

  1. Janet, I ate my Avatar

    at the same time
    you need exposure to build up resistance
    too clean makes for week immune systems and intolerance
    hot soapy water is better than antibacterial agents in general for this reason
    it’s kids who grow up in sterile homes that have the most allergies and asthma
    travel has given me a stomach like a rock :)

    1. david

      God you are on fire today.
      I cook for a living and our immune to food poisoning is lower than if we ate a bit of dirt.
      We need healthy bacteria in our gut hence probiotics.
      Cleaning products are sold many are very harmful
      They can cause cancer. And notice the high rates of cancers today.
      Also research out there connects cleaning products to Sudden adult death syndrome .
      Same regarding cot deaths.
      For many hundreds of Years wooden boards were used by butchers for chopping meat, and no chemicals were used ,just water and a wire brush ,its the enzymes in wood that would sterilise the surface.
      Now plastic that has no natural enzymes and chemicals
      And as the ad says
      Domestos kills 99%of all household germs.
      What they do not say is its the 1% domestos cannot kill which are the ones that will kill you.
      We now live in a sterile world with bacteria getting immune and when an outbreaks happens its serious
      For example WHO statistics puts Thailand which has little health regulations (regarding cases of reported food poisoning )two times more per head of the population than us.
      I travelled all over the world and like you have a cast iron constitution, simply because I ate what the locals did avoiding ice and salads.

  2. mildred st. meadowlark

    Use separate chopping boards. One for meat, one for veg and fruit, one for bread and dry goods.

    Wash properly when finished.

    Not that difficult.

      1. david

        Actually your mutt has enzymes on its tongue .
        There is a few true stories about including one about a mutt licking his masters septic toes and the toes healing.
        When you think about dogs sniffing and licking if that tongue did not have those properties they would all be dead.

    3. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

      I have those JosephJoseph ones. I just grab whichever colour takes my fancy, to be honest––happily chopping meat on the blue fishy one, sticking it to the man.

      1. Brother Barnabas

        bet you’re the sort who answers the phone without even checking who’s calling

        #LivingOnTheEdge

  3. De Kloot

    Top tip. When dealing with meat especially poultry, wrap your board in clingfilm. Nice and easy and no mess.

      1. Lush

        You can get biodegradable cling film Janet, but it’s not very sturdy. And yes, a childhood of scraping chewing gum off the ground and popping it in my mouth and alot of travel since then, have ensured my tum is cast iron.

        De Kloot : it’s all very well to say wrap the chopping board in cling film but, the clue is in the word chopping; if you are chopping meat, you are more than likely going to cut through the cling film.

        Millie and Janet are right, separate chopping boards and hot, soapy water.

        1. Janet, I ate my Avatar

          Oh I used to do that chewing gum thing too
          get it off with a ruler
          it was still minty if a bit gritty to start :)

    3. Neilo

      Also, wrap clingfilm around individual chicken breasts or pork chops. Hammer the bejaysus out of them with a kitchen mallet to make easy escalopes. This will keep the board relatively clean and allow you to vent the day’s frustrations in a delicious way.

  4. edalicious

    Slightly off topic but, glass chopping boards are the devil and, if I find out someone uses one, it definitely has a permanent negative effect on my opinion of them.

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