On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:48:46 -0500, Bob > wrote:

>
>And a lot of the taboos are wrong. There will be bacterial growth on a
>hot day with chicken salad or egg salad, but that's not from the mayo.
>It's from the other protein ingredients.

And possibly from the hands of the maker and / or server. If their
hands look clean, many people feel they are clean. They put the
chicken pieces in to fry and wipe the hands off with a towel and go
right to mixing or setting out the potato salad. We must remember the
child component, too. Let a kid get near a table with food being set
out and you're going to have hands that definitely aren't clean
grabbing at it.
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