In article >,
Doug Weller > wrote:

> Is there a problem with raw egg whites? This is a recipe from long ago,
> remember. It wouldn't bother me now though.
>
> Doug

Fear of salmonella. Infants, elderly, and those with compromised immune
systems are advised some caution, I guess.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 2-28-2006, Crazy Lady Party;
Church review #7

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Doug Weller > wrote:
>
>> Is there a problem with raw egg whites? This is a recipe from long
>> ago, remember. It wouldn't bother me now though.
>>
>> Doug
>
> Fear of salmonella. Infants, elderly, and those with compromised
> immune systems are advised some caution, I guess.

The food police have everyone running scared.

But I think the risk is supposed to be much lower with whites than yolks.

Keep it chilled and eat it fresh and don't worry about it is my feeling.
(Besides which my eggs come from my own free range flock these days, not
from debeaked, overcrowded, antibiotic-filled factory hens.)

Janet Puistonen wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Doug Weller > wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a problem with raw egg whites? This is a recipe from long
> >> ago, remember. It wouldn't bother me now though.
> >>
> >> Doug
> >
> > Fear of salmonella. Infants, elderly, and those with compromised
> > immune systems are advised some caution, I guess.
>
> The food police have everyone running scared.
>
> But I think the risk is supposed to be much lower with whites than yolks.
>
If the flock has salmonella, the chickens aren't going to infect the
yolks and not the whites. All of the egg is at risk, in this case,
inside and out.

N.