What are you taking to 4th of July parties?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our pool is having a party
I’m taking 2 bags of Costco size Doritos.
Judge away, I don’t care, they’ll get eaten.
I don’t enjoy cooking.

No judgement. I find the Costco Dorito bags to be less flavorful than regular store bought bags of Doritos. Anyone else notice this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ps- please stop with the mayo based items on July 4th. Yuck.

PS, please get over yourself.

Truly. That person is so annoying. I'm making orange pasta salad with some miracle whip. Cry yourself to sleep previous poster.

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Anonymous wrote:Ps- please stop with the mayo based items on July 4th. Yuck.

PS, please get over yourself.

It’s not a judgement it’s a health concern.

Everything is a health concern. If you're worried about the heat and mayo, you are just being hysterical. It doesn't go bad and doesn't contain raw eggs that are going to make everyone sick unless it is homemade. You're just nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:Ps- please stop with the mayo based items on July 4th. Yuck.

PS, please get over yourself.

It’s not a judgement it’s a health concern.

Most people aren’t eating globs of mayonnaise on a daily basis. Fourth of July is a holiday. People want to eat special food because it’s a special occasion. You do not have to eat it if you’re concerned about your health.

I think perhaps PP meant health concern interns of mayo sitting out for hours at a time. It doesn’t really concern me, we keep the food indoors and on ice, and most people eat right when we arrive (dinner time).

Good point, didn’t think of that. Most of the parties I attend or host, the food is inside and put in the fridge in an appropriate amount of time. But yeah mayonnaise outside in hot weather could be gross for sure.

In Europe Mayo is not refrigerated in restaurants. It isn’t as dangerous as you seem to believe.

People seem to be clueless about this in the US. It is fine in the heat. It's mostly whipped oil.

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Anonymous wrote:Ps- please stop with the mayo based items on July 4th. Yuck.

PS, please get over yourself.

It’s not a judgement it’s a health concern.

Most people aren’t eating globs of mayonnaise on a daily basis. Fourth of July is a holiday. People want to eat special food because it’s a special occasion. You do not have to eat it if you’re concerned about your health.

I think perhaps PP meant health concern interns of mayo sitting out for hours at a time. It doesn’t really concern me, we keep the food indoors and on ice, and most people eat right when we arrive (dinner time).

I don’t eat mayo, so I’m no expert. But I see bottles of mayonnaise out on tables in restaurants all the time. Not sealed mayo packets, but big half empty bottles of Hellman’s which appear to have been out all day. I don’t think anyone is switching them for refrigerated ones at the local dive diner.

What gives? Why is ok for that mayo to stay out all day, but not potato salad made with it? My personal theory is that grocery store mayo is perfectly fine and potato salad made with it won’t go bad as quickly as people think. All the preservatives prevent the bacteria from growing. Just like homemade whipped cream goes bad far before the commercial stuff does.

Sealed mayo at room temp is fine. Mayo based items sitting outside at length in 80-90 degree heat breeds bacteria like salmonella (it’s egg based).

It's oil based, not egg based and it doesn't breed salmonella as meat would. You are hysterical. Ask anyone from the south where mayo based salads are always outside for family reunions, the 4th etc.

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Peach crisp. Mainly for moi.

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Anonymous wrote:Ps- please stop with the mayo based items on July 4th. Yuck.

PS, please get over yourself.

It’s not a judgement it’s a health concern.

Most people aren’t eating globs of mayonnaise on a daily basis. Fourth of July is a holiday. People want to eat special food because it’s a special occasion. You do not have to eat it if you’re concerned about your health.

I think perhaps PP meant health concern interns of mayo sitting out for hours at a time. It doesn’t really concern me, we keep the food indoors and on ice, and most people eat right when we arrive (dinner time).

I don’t eat mayo, so I’m no expert. But I see bottles of mayonnaise out on tables in restaurants all the time. Not sealed mayo packets, but big half empty bottles of Hellman’s which appear to have been out all day. I don’t think anyone is switching them for refrigerated ones at the local dive diner.

What gives? Why is ok for that mayo to stay out all day, but not potato salad made with it? My personal theory is that grocery store mayo is perfectly fine and potato salad made with it won’t go bad as quickly as people think. All the preservatives prevent the bacteria from growing. Just like homemade whipped cream goes bad far before the commercial stuff does.

Sealed mayo at room temp is fine. Mayo based items sitting outside at length in 80-90 degree heat breeds bacteria like salmonella (it’s egg based).

I don’t think this is true. The mayo bottles are not factory sealed anymore - they have been opened and exposed to air and are sitting out on tables in the sun. I

Good luck.

Check out the FDA guidance when you’re having diarrhea.

We do the same foods in the heat every summer and no one has ever gotten sick other than one older relative suffering from the heat one year after we all started playing frisbee. You are nuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. Who still wants to celebrate this disgusting country?

+1

Well there are plenty of folks out in full force - the Mall in DC, waterfronts, QueenB concert festivities or at their neighborhood pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Ps- please stop with the mayo based items on July 4th. Yuck.

PS, please get over yourself.

It’s not a judgement it’s a health concern.

Mayonnaise isn't as much of a picnic concern as you may have been led to believe. Rice dishes, with B. cereus, are more commonly a problem. Would you like links? I will dig them up if it would make a difference to your preconceptions.

Rice and bean dishes are often the culprits. So many people have no clue about this.

[Anonymous]

Again, all of you have terrible taste in food. All these "menus" sound revolting.

[Anonymous]

I’m hosting this year. Korean bbq (pork and beef), Persian cucumber salad, baby gem salad with orzo and lemon poppyseed vinaigrette, creamed corn, Thai papaya salad, berries and whipped cream.

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Jamaican jerk wings & rice
A bottle of wine and
A cake from Wegmans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, all of you have terrible taste in food. All these "menus" sound revolting.

*and I won't share mine because I'm better than all of you

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Anonymous wrote:Again, all of you have terrible taste in food. All these "menus" sound revolting.

*and I won't share mine because I'm better than all of you

They just don't know what their personal chef is making this year. He forgot to email the menu and will be reprimanded later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, all of you have terrible taste in food. All these "menus" sound revolting.

Okay? WTF are you eating?