Results tagged “tomatoes”

We're finally coming into the gardening season, and most of us who live in the city have limited space and resources for planting a garden. Sometimes it seems as if even having some sort of a porch, or a stoop to read a book on is a faraway dream--let alone a yard.

Seattlest was thrilled yesterday when we went to our local store and saw beautiful ripe red Roma tomatoes again. Turns out the tomatoes were neither killer nor the cause of a nation-wide salmonella outbreak. The current guess of the sickening culprit? Fresh jalapenos. According to breaking news banners on websites from King5 to CNN--industry sources have found the salmonella bacteria on fresh jalapenos imported from Mexico. Looks like it's time for Seattlest to trade in the spicy guacamole with fresh jalapenos we've been making for a fresh summer bruschetta.

Well, unless you want your burger to be a bun, pickles, lettuce cheese, and condiments. Or perhaps of the exotic meat or veggie variety. Local QFCs and Fred Meyers (parent company: Kroger) are recalling ground beef purchased at their stores over the past few weeks. The beef is being recalled after an outbreak of E. coli in the Midwest traced to the beef. Of course this recall comes on the heels of the are-they-or-aren't-they-killer salmonella-tainted tomatoes outbreak, which has yet to be solved.

"Salad Anyone?" by Asherblue