[pct-l] Bring ONIONS on the PCT - don't eat them!

[Bob Bankhead]

Urban legend. A few facts and a HUGE amount of BS.

 

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Subject: Something to Think About - Onions & Mayo

 


 

 

 



 


 In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there
was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help
them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had
contracted it, and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer, and to his
surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the
farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that she had
placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably
only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if
he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She
gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the
onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the
family healthy.
  Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ.
She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down
with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she
placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise,
none of her staff got sick. It must work....Try it and see what
happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.

Now there is a P. S. to this.... I sent it to a friend in Oregon who
regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied                     with this most interesting experience about onions:

Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the
farmers story.... But, I do know that I contacted pneumonia and
needless to say I was very ill... I came across an article that said
to cut both ends off an onion put it into an empty jar.....placing the
jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be
black in the morning from the germs.... Sure enough it happened just
like that.... The onion was a mess, and I began to feel better.

Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

This is the other note.

Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't
know what to blame. Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions
absorb bacteria is the reason they are so good at preventing us from
getting colds and flu's and is the very reason we shouldn't eat an
onion that has been sitting for a time after it has been cut open!

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS

I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of Mayonnaise.. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist.

The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers. Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula. He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz.
During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about
mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's
answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially- made Mayo is
completely safe.

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in
refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained that
the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive
in that environment. He then talked about the quaint essential picnic,
with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone
blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the
first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate
ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed
says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade Mayo) that
spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the Onions, and if not the
onions, it's the POTATOES.

He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria,
especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of
a sliced onion.. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a
zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut
open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly
watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball
park!) Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy
you you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and
put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and
the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria
faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs
cannot metabolize onions.

Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and
try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for
even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse
stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food
poisoning.

Please pass this on to all you love and care.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

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