"aem" > wrote in message
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> On Mar 16, 8:19 pm, "nemo" > wrote:
> >
> > I used to like corned beef very much. We all did until the Typhus
outbreak
> > in the 50s. We didn't fancy it much after that. I know it tastes good,
but
> > please don't overdo it.
> >
> There was a Typhus outbreak somewhere in the world sometime during the
> 50's?!!? Omigod, I'll never eat corned beef again...... idiot. -
> aem
>
Yup. Here in the UK amongst other places. Fray Bentos it was. They weren't
autoclaving the tins properly. That's bringing them up to boiling point
under pressure to kill the bacteria. So they were the idiots.