Listeria In Boiled Eggs

[baymule]

The other side of the coin is not about laziness - it is the people that are simply not capable because of whatever challenges they take. When my parents were still living in their own home a lot of packaged convenience foods became their norm. It was not safe for them to continue to use the stove - or their hands shook too much to peel their own oranges...or they couldn't see well enough to read cooking directions...

My Mom did the same thing, buying pre cooked bacon, but at least it had to be heated up. My sister is all about prepackaged food.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

My MIL takes great pride in the fact that she "doesn't cook any more." She buys pre-cooked boiled eggs, even though I have offered to even do that for her. Buys pre-cooked everything. She will peel a banana, but that's about as extensive as her food prep gets.

I can say that I do like the pre-cooked bacon. It crisps up nicely in the frying pan without a lot of extra grease spattering around. However, when looking at $/# and meal satisfaction, I'll be buying more SPAM and less bacon. Organic veggies seasoned with highly processed meat products. That makes me a food hypocrite.

 

[Hinotori]

If we hit the local restaurant supply and the ends and pieces are on the sale sheet, I get them. I freeze bacon if I buy a lot. It can be thawed for cooking later. It's usually what I use for potato soup. Bacon grease is filtered and used for cooking here. I only use olive oil if I don't have any left. I like making wilted salad with spinach as well.

I buy very little pre-packaged foods. There are usually a couple things in the freezer for those times when I just can't cook.

I can see elderly and disabled needing items like the peeled eggs. That's a very good reason for them.

Most the people I see buying stuff like that are younger though. Like the mother telling her toddler to leave the mandarin oranges alone. "Oh no you don't want those. We only get the peeled ones." Or the guy buying lots of very expensive small trays of cut watermelon in the summer when next to it you can grab a whole melon with 10 times as much fruit for the same price as one of those trays.

 

[flowerbug]

My MIL takes great pride in the fact that she "doesn't cook any more." She buys pre-cooked boiled eggs, even though I have offered to even do that for her. Buys pre-cooked everything. She will peel a banana, but that's about as extensive as her food prep gets.

I can say that I do like the pre-cooked bacon. It crisps up nicely in the frying pan without a lot of extra grease spattering around. However, when looking at $/# and meal satisfaction, I'll be buying more SPAM and less bacon. Organic veggies seasoned with highly processed meat products. That makes me a food hypocrite.

we do buy pre-crumbled bacon and cook it to finish it up in a coffee cup. it's one of the few things i'd make that exception for. i'm sure it gets way up there in temperature when we heat it up to crisp it. 20-30 seconds. be careful to not burn yourself on the hotness.

 

[Hinotori]

I do buy the crumbled bacon from Costco for salads. The price isn't bad compared to the sliced bacon I prefer. I won't buy the tiny expensive little bags at the grocery store. I frequently do price per ounce math before buying things. Sometimes the smaller size is actually cheaper.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Agreed, it's wise to have an idea what things cost at the grocer, so you can do a comparison at the "club" stores. Bigger is not always cheaper.