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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 12/25/2014 1:43 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> "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.

If you're hoping repetition of your embelishments makes your
stories more credible, dream on :-)

Janet UK