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Look at all the eggs that will be most likely thrown into dumpsters. Talk about what a waste.
Egg Recall Expands on Salmonella Fears.
WASHINGTON (Aug. 20) -- The nationwide recall of tainted eggs expanded Friday as a second Iowa egg farm was linked to the ongoing investigation of a salmonella outbreak that has already sickened more than 1,000 people.
Iowa's Hillandale Farms said Friday it was recalling its eggs after laboratory tests confirmed illnesses associated with them. The company did not say how many eggs were being recalled or if it is connected to Wright County Egg, another Iowa farm that recalled 380 million eggs earlier this week.
I would think at least the egg shells would be great in a compost pile. I have always thrown mine in. But I think the stench of rotting eggs would be more than anybody could stand. I didn't read the article so many they are only talking about the shells.
I don't understand why they couldn't be used in factories for baked goods, or in homeless shelters and soup kitchens, hard-boiled. Good grief, cooking well destroys salmonella!
I guess it is kinda like CYA at this point. They can't guarantee every one would properly cook them as required. How I would love to have those shells for my garden. Actually all those deer repellents have putrid eggs in them. I'm sure some enterprising american business person has found some way to claim those eggs for something by now.
As long as the eggs were well covered with manure, I don't know why they would not make good compost material. Commercial composting businesses collect restaurant food waste and the whole kit and kaboodle of leftover food scraps go into the composters.
I would think at least the egg shells would be great in a compost pile. I have always thrown mine in. But I think the stench of rotting eggs would be more than anybody could stand. I didn't read the article so many they are only talking about the shells.
Eggs or egg shells should never be used in a garden. The compost won't get hot enough to kill salmonella and it will get transferred to whatever you are growing.
John1960,
A good rule of thumb is no protein.
That is what I do.
Especially if you are using your compost for plants that will bear fruit for you to eat.
No protein, especially on edibles.
I don't understand why they couldn't be used in factories for baked goods, or in homeless shelters and soup kitchens, hard-boiled. Good grief, cooking well destroys salmonella!
I agree, hard boiled would kill on the no nos. It just seem wasteful. Luckily none of ours were on the recall list.
NIta
ps: Op, yes, we do use the shells, but I don't think I would use the entire egg. For those who say, no, well so far years and years of gardening and never has anyone gotten sick from anything we have grown. We use the shells. We do wash them but we still use them.
I've used egg shells in my garden for 35 years and no problems. But there's always tomorrow..........
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