[Sca-cooks] HALVAH ICE CREAM & uncooked eggs

[Olwen the Odd]

I don't have any problem with it provided I am the one who has been in
charge of getting and storing the eggs.  The eggs website says they are
safe.
Olwen

>Seton1355 at aol.com wrote:
> > Phillipa
> > PS: what is everyone's ideas about using uncooked eggs?
> > Phillipa
>-------------------------------------------
>I have very mixed feelings about raw eggs. If I am serving my
>family, it's one thing to use raw eggs. I'm responsible for
>what they eat and what I serve them.
>
>Serving or using raw eggs at a feast... these days NO!
>I just would not do it. I do not want a remote chance that
>someone could later say that they became ill, because I did
>not observe modern food safety practices. My sister was a
>public health director at the county level; one of the worst
>things that happened during her tenure was that a truckstop
>ended up with cases of salmonella. It was a nightmare with
>countless lawsuits and no end of problems. It continued for
>months, even after the source was found and identified. No one
>needs those sorts of problems.
>
>I use the modern equivalent recipes for royal icing that use
>merangue powder. I wouldn't bind things with eggs, unless I could
>insure that the dish then was cooked properly or I'd use egg
>beaters or the equivalent. If I was making ice cream for a group event,
>I'd use a cooked custard recipe or find an alternative recipe.
>
>I may err on the side of caution, but as they say, Better safe
>rather than sorry.
>
>Johnnae llyn Lewis   Johnna Holloway
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