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Wow- very interesting....Everyone should read :)

ONIONS! I had never heard this!!!PLEASE EA "O "#E EN: I$PO"AN"

In %&%& when the 'lu (illed * +illion ,eo,le there was this otor that visited the +any'ar+ers to see i' he ould hel, the+ o+at the 'lu...

$any o' the 'ar+ers and their 'a+ilies had ontrated it and +any died.

"he dotor a+e u,on this one 'ar+er and to his sur,rise/ everyone was very healthy. When the

dotor as(ed what the 'ar+er was doing that was di''erent the wi'e re,lied that she had ,laed an

un,eeled onion in a dish in the roo+s o' the ho+e/ 0,roaly only two roo+s a( then). "he

dotor ouldn1t elieve it and as(ed i' he ould have one o' the onions and ,lae it under the+iroso,e. She gave hi+ one and when he did this/ he did 'ind the 'lu virus in the onion. It

oviously asored the ateria/ there'ore/ (ee,ing the 'a+ily healthy.

Now/ I heard this story 'ro+ +y hairdresser. She said that several years ago/ +any o' here+,loyees were o+ing down with the 'lu/ and so were +any o' her usto+ers. "he ne2t year

she ,laed several owls with onions around in her sho,. "o her sur,rise/ none o' her sta'' gotsi(. It +ust wor(. "ry it and see what ha,,ens. We did it last year and we never got the 'lu.

Now there is a P. S. to this 'or I sent it to a 'riend in Oregon who regularly ontriutes +aterialto +e on health issues. She re,lied with this +ost interesting e2,eriene aout onions:

"han(s 'or the re+inder. I don1t (now aout the 'ar+er1s story...ut/ I do (now that I ontated

,neu+onia/ and/ needless to say/ I was very ill... I a+e aross an artile that said to ut othends o'' an onion ,ut it into an e+,ty 3ar/ and ,lae the 3ar ne2t to the si( ,atient at night. It said

the onion would e la( in the +orning 'ro+ the ger+s...sure enough it ha,,ened 3ust li(ethat...the onion was a +ess and I egan to 'eel etter.

Another thing I read in the artile was that onions and garli ,laed around the roo+ saved

+any 'ro+ the la( ,lague years ago. "hey have ,ower'ul antiaterial/ antise,ti ,ro,erties.

"his is the other note. Lots o' ti+es when we have sto+ah ,role+s we don1t (now what to

la+e. $aye it1s the onions that are to la+e. Onions asor ateria is the reason they are so

good at ,reventing us 'ro+ getting olds and 'lu and is the very reason we shouldn1t eat an onionthat has een sitting 'or a ti+e a'ter it has een ut o,en.

LE4" O5E ONIONS AE POISONO6S

I had the wonder'ul ,rivilege o' touring $ullins 4ood Produts/ $a(ers o' +ayonnaise.

7uestions aout 'ood ,oisoning a+e u,/ and I wanted to share what I learned 'ro+ a he+ist.

Ed/ who was our tour guide/ is a 'ood he+istry whi8. uring the tour/ so+eone as(ed i' we

really needed to worry aout +ayonnaise. Peo,le are always worried that +ayonnaise will s,oil.

Ed1s answer will sur,rise you. Ed said that all o++erially-+ade +ayo is o+,letely sa'e.

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9It doesn1t even have to e re'rigerated. No har+ in re'rigerating it/ ut it1s not really neessary.9

#e e2,lained that the ,# in +ayonnaise is set at a ,oint that ateria ould not survive in thatenviron+ent. #e then tal(ed aout the su++er ,ini/ with the owl o' ,otato salad sitting on

the tale/ and how everyone la+es the +ayonnaise when so+eone gets si(.

Ed says that/ when 'ood ,oisoning is re,orted/ the 'irst thing the o''iials loo( 'or is when the

1viti+1 last ate ONIONS and where those onions a+e 'ro+ 0in the ,otato salad). Ed says it1s

not the +ayonnaise 0as long as it1s not ho+e+ade +ayo) that s,oils in the outdoors. It1s ,roalythe ONIONS/ and i' not the onions/ it1s the PO"A"OES.

#e e2,lained onions are a huge +agnet 'or ateria/ es,eially unoo(ed onions. ;ou should

never ,lan to (ee, a ,ortion o' a slied onion.. #e says it1s not even sa'e i' you ,ut it in a 8i,-lo( ag and ,ut it in your re'rigerator.

It1s already onta+inated enough 3ust y eing ut o,en and out 'or a it/ that it an e a danger

to you 0and douly wath out 'or those onions you ,ut in your hotdogs at the aseall ,ar(!). Edsays i' you ta(e the le'tover onion and oo( it li(e ra8y you1ll ,roaly e o(ay/ ut i' you slie

that le'tover onion and ,ut on your sandwih/ you1re as(ing 'or troule.