June 9, 2008
Tomato Scare Prompts McDonald's to Get Even Less Healthful
Ever since a few cry babies got the sniffles over a few bad tomatoes last week -- fine, it was salmonella food poisoning, but tomatoes are the most awesome thing to eat in the entire universe, so we don't much care for the bad press they've been receiving -- McDonald's has decided to nix all sliced tomatoes on its sandwiches. (Wait, what sandwiches at McDonald's use tomatoes? One of those swank new chicken-ish items this now serve?)
So far 23 people have been hospitalized for eating bad, uncooked tomatoes. In addition to the golden arches, Taco Bell and Chipotle Mexican Grill have stopped using tomatoes n their gastronomic delights. Ralphs, Vons, and Albertsons have also put the kibosh on red plum, red Roma, and round red tomatoes. Poor little fellas.
We hope the FDA pinpoints where these salmonella-infused veggies are coming from. Tomatoes really don't deserve this kind of reputation. They just don't. A sad day, indeed.
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"even less healthier"? You mean "even less healthful," but I'm sure you are being cute. Because you are, you know.
Anyway, OMG! Not that those refrigerator pucks can compare with real tomatoes. I am even happier that I am growing my own. I'll be totally reveling in it when they actually come up in about 53 gazillion weeks.
Isn't ketchup still a vegetable?
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! This is just the beginning folks, in the weeks to come they'll be larger and deadly.
You must be mistaken. Tomatoes are one of the most vile things on the planet, perhaps second only to mushrooms. Unless we process the hell out of them they are completely and totally inedible.
a sliced ripe tomato with a little salt is better than heroin, gumdrops, and ponies.
Great, I guess I'm not getting a BLT anytime soon. It would just be a BL sandwich. I'll take extra bacon please!
wsanders:
Technically, Ketchup would be a fruit, since tomatoes are actually fruits, not vegetables. Unless you're Ronny Reagan, of course, who in his infinite wisdom tried to peddle ketchup as a veggy for school lunches.