Franfogel wrote:

> In all the years I've been on this planet I have never heard
> of anyone getting sick from something they
> bought at a school bake sale.

It could easily happen. I got a case of food poisoning from
teriyaki meat sold on skewers at some sort of Asian cultural
festival. Granted that baked items are less likely to be
dangerous than meat, but lots of seemingly intelligent
so-called "adults" have surprisingly little understanding
of food safety. They'll eat stuff that's been out of refrigeration
for hours, put fresh herbs and garlic under oil, etc.

If they're going to invite Darwinian selection, I'd prefer
they did it with their own genes.

In California it is illegal to sell stuff made in a residential
kitchen. I'd have no problem with the state shutting down
any bake sale that violated that law.

> Am I off the beam here? What do you think?
>
> Fran

Wow. I haven't heard the term "off the beam" in decades,
and even then it was in a rerun of a TV show that was itself
really old. That's a term with an interesting etymology.