"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/25/2014 1:43 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12/24/2014 11:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> She said overnight. That's usually at least 8 hours and she said it
>>>> was
>>>> above 50 degrees. If she wants to give someone food poisoning, that's
>>>> her business. I grew up being told to fear green beans because of
>>>> botulism.
>>>
>>> Okay, you were fine up to the the point about overnight, 50 degrees.
>>> But growing up being told to fear green beans? I find that pretty
>>> funny.
>>
>> Oh it's funny the a woman died? I don't think so. It was on the news.
>> My grandma couldn't grasp the fact that they were home canned green
>> beans and the woman likely did something wrong when she canned them.
>> But they were warning people to make sure to fully heat their cooked
>> beans before eating them. So... The only beans we ever got at her
>> house were cooked to mush. It wasn't funny and the poor woman was
>> terrified that if she didn't do this, we would all die.
>
> *NOW* you embellish the story. You made no mention of anyone dying, or
> that it was from improper home canning of green beans. All you said was
> you were *told* to fear green beans. Big difference there.

I'm not embellishing anything. I know I have told this story here before.