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Does any one else grow them?
I 've been growing mung beans, radish and funegreek on my window sill just to add some green stuff to some of our food as my veg isn't quite ready yet. Radish is my favourite as its quite hot while the funegreek is definitely better once cooked as it devlops a curry flavour.
One of my work mates today said at one point they suspected the seeds of this type of veg was the where the e coli outbreak started which worried me a bit but then again I've been using seeds from the same packet for weeks and not been ill and hopefully they will know for sure whats caused it before I open the next pack of seeds.
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Stoat
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Unknown said:One of my work mates today said at one point they suspected the seeds of this type of veg was the where the e coli outbreak started which worried me a bit but then again I've been using seeds from the same packet for weeks and not been ill and hopefully they will know for sure whats caused it before I open the next pack of seeds.
Hi Stoat
The E coli outbreak is restricted to people who have visited Germany, and is likely to have been caused by a batch of bean sprout seeds. Although people from other Countries have suffered from symptoms, they have all been to Germany.
There are some benefits and side-effects from eating Fenugreek (correct sp) Here
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Doubt about the bean sprouts cause of problem now.
michael s said:Doubt about the bean sprouts cause of problem now.
No E coli has been found in the latest batches, but it doesn't mean that previous batches weren't infected
My spelling has gone awful! I blame it on the sleepless nights with the kids. Thanks for all the info. I guessed it would be unlikely to be in any batch of seeds I bought but it does sort of worry you. I also heard on the radio this morning that they use steam (or mist maybe) for growing the bean sprouts and thats the perfect environment for e coli to thrive in.
Hi Stoat,
I have grown mung bean sprouts, and not been ill, but I probably won't try again. Not because of the recent e coli outbreak, but simply that the effort is not worth the result. It is not possible under home conditions to achieve the lengthy crunchy sprouts which can be bought from supermarkets.
As for the current e coli outbreak, as far as I know, there has been no definitive source, but if I had to guess, it might be from water contamination.
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" - Wlliam Blake
ps,
I feel for the Spanish farmers, at this difficult time, who have lost do much because of the speculation about spanish cucumbers.
I agree on the mung beans that they are not as good as the supermarket ones and thay are so cheap that its probably not worth it but I hate throwing food out and by growing my own I can do small batches which I do use up. I haven't seen radish or fenugreek on sale in supermrkets either so I will keep growing those.
As for the spanish farmers yes I do feel sorry for them. It seems to happen with any slight food scare that people just stop buying completely. Very embarrasing for the Germans if it does now turn out to be an outbreak of German origin.
Think too many conclusions on E Coli outbreak lots of damage done to busineses without any evidence and any conclusion could be put forward such as bird droppings,it is a complete farce to cause so many problems without some evidence.Tomatoes being thrown away in lorry loads even to landfill sites where already packaged and not sold.