Random question - cookie dough

ammommy wrote: Some friends and I were talking about this the other day so I'm polling everyone I can think of. Do you know anyone who has actually gotten sick from eating raw cookie dough? (and not just because they ate too much )

So far, I haven't found anyone who has.

luvbug00 replied: No , I do it ALLL the time...( must quit though bad for my thunder thighs)

3_call_me_mama replied: don't know of anyone.. I;m sure somewhere someone woudl know someone or will have heard of someone who has, but nobady that i personally know or have even heard of.

Sarah&Mackenzie replied: I don't know of anyone.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I do not know of anyone. But have you heard of anyone yet, from other sources??

ammommy replied:
No, I haven't and my friends don't know of anyone, either. Makes you wonder about the whole raw egg thing...

Insanemomof3 replied:
They eat raw eggs and stuff on Fear Factor! LOL And I heard that some sporty type people drink them before working out or whatever...I personally don't know anyone who has gotten sick from cookie dough though.

redchief replied: nope... eat it all the time... and I love to eat the cake batter that's left over in the bowl too.... Mmmmmm. LOL

holley79 replied: I eat raw cookie dough all the time. If it were so bad for you, why would they make Cookie Dough ice cream??? I love it.

jcc64 replied: I also wonder about the whole cookie dough in ice cream thing too. I'm sure it's been dealt with, for fear of lawsuits. I still eat raw cookie dough and cake batter and brownies and love every second of it. I do it secretly, however, b/c I don't let my kids do it. I guess I sort of care less about myself, in conjunction with the notion (however misguided) that my immune system is sufficiently polluted by now to deal with a little errant salmonella. I may come to regret that maverick attitude, and it's a risk I'm not willing to take with my kids.

redchief replied: Everything you've heard about not eating that stuff revolves around the raw eggs in the dough/batters. It's still not recommended to eat anything with raw eggs in it, but oh it tastes so darned good.

PS - there aren't any raw eggs in the cookie dough ice-creams you buy today.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I have eaten it my whole life and never had a problem!

TsurugiButterfly replied: I don't personally know anyone who has gotten sick from eating raw cookie dough. My mom even almost encouraged us to lick the bowl after brownies. (I don't like raw cake batter, but brownies weren't too bad) My mom always made her chocolate chip cookies in huge batches, so while she's at the stove switching pans, us kids would be sneaking into the bowl! But she never told us not to, either.

Apparently a USDA study in 2002 showed that of the 69 billion eggs produced annually, only 2.3 million of them are contaminated with salmonella. That works out to about 1 in 30,000. That risk is even lower if you're buying cage-free, organically fed chicken eggs.

Another website I stumbled across had some pointers on checking the freshness of eggs as well:

Guidelines To Ensure That You Are Consuming Fresh High- Quality Eggs

1.

You can go to the American Egg board for a great overview of eggs.
2.

Always check the freshness of the egg right before you consume the yolk.
3.

If you are uncertain about the freshness of an egg, don't eat it. This is one of the best safeguards against salmonella infection.
4.

If there is a crack in the shell, don't eat it. You can easily check for this by immersing the egg in a pan of cool, salted water. If the egg emits a tiny stream of bubbles, don't consume it as the shell is porous/contains a hole.
5.

If you are getting your eggs fresh from a farmer it is best to not refrigerate them. This is the way most of the world stores their eggs; they do not refrigerate them. To properly judge the freshness of an egg, its contents need to be at room temperature. Eggs that are stored in the fridge and opened immediately after taking them out will seem fresher than they actually are. Eggs that you want to check the freshness of should be kept outside the fridge for at least an hour prior to opening them.
6.

First, check all the eggs by rolling them across a flat surface. Only consume them if they roll wobbly.
7.

Open the egg. If the egg white is watery instead of gel-like, don't consume the egg. If the egg yolk is not convex and firm, don't consume the egg. If the egg yolk easily bursts, don't consume the egg.
8.

After opening the egg you can put it up to your nose and smell it. If it smells foul you will certainly not want to consume it.


----- taken from http://www.mercola.com/2002/nov/13/eggs.htm#

MamaJAM replied: Not that I'm aware of.

I still grab bites of certain cookie doughs (peanut butter is my weakness)....and occasionally lick the spoon when making cakes and brownies - I've never gotten sick.

~Roo'sMama~ replied: Mmmm.... cookie dough. I don't know of anyone who's ever gotten sick from it either.

PhiMuMommy replied: NO WAY!