Cake mix - am I being shafted!.

[Stat Brother]

Wifey has taken to baking cakes, very nice brownies, fairy cakes, etc.

Sadly though, because one of her friends (no friend of mine, now) has told her:-

'Cake mix is more dangerous than the bubonic plague, being carried by an Al Qaeda terrorist high jacking a plane you're on', because of the raw egg, none of us are allowed to lick the bowl, beaters or spoon.

Please tell me, and more importantly Wifey, that her friend is talking bollox.

 

[Conkers]

Depends how much raw egg there is, shirley?
I'm sure a little bit wouldn't hurt but you wouldn't crack open an egg and it eat without cooking it, would you?

 

[Muzzman]

As long as the chickens that have produced said egg are vaccinated against salmonella it should be fine.


I think.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Wasn't the manufacture of Cake Mix once one of Hove's major industries?

 

[Spider]

Nonsense. There was a scare about salmonella in raw eggs several years ago but licking the bowl of cake mixture is absolutely fine (as is making an Omlette and not cooking it all the way through etc.). Obviously it might not be 100% garanteed safe but people have been doing it all the time and not had any problems (like me)!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Avoiding every possible adverse effect of every variety of food is one of the major causes of loads of illnesses and "allergies". There is a whole generation of children being brought up by over-cautious parents who are preventing the proper development of their little ones' immune systems.

This can be FATAL.

DON'T KILL YOUR CHILDREN - START BY LETTING THEM LICK OUT BOWLS.

You have not been charged for this information.

 

[Stat Brother]

Nonsense. There was a scare about salmonella in raw eggs several years ago but licking the bowl of cake mixture is absolutely fine (as is making an Omlette and not cooking it all the way through etc.). Obviously it might not be 100% garanteed safe but people have been doing it all the time and not had any problems (like me)!

and me, I think it was part of my staple diet through the 70's.

 

[jevs]

Wasn't the manufacture of Cake Mix once one of Hove's major industries?

Wasn't it Greens of Brighton or something.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Wasn't it Greens of Brighton or something.

Yep.

 

[Bwian]

Wasn't it Greens of Brighton or something.

Yes, Portland Road I think it was where they were located.

 

[sydney]

Wasn't it Greens of Brighton or something.

they were in hove , can't remember what street but not far from the goldstone, had an interview there when i was 16

 

[Lush]

KILL YOUR CHILDREN - START BY LETTING THEM LICK OUT BOWELS.

 

[GT49er]

Avoiding every possible adverse effect of every variety of food is one of the major causes of loads of illnesses and "allergies". There is a whole generation of children being brought up by over-cautious parents who are preventing the proper development of their little ones' immune systems.

This can be FATAL.

DON'T KILL YOUR CHILDREN - START BY LETTING THEM LICK OUT BOWLS.

You have not been charged for this information.

This

 

[Dominoid]

Yes, your missus is being overly protective. Raw egg is fine. Let's be honest, a lot of people drink raw eggs as a hangover cure (that's also bollocks but it doesn't hurt them) Salmonella in eggs has pretty much all but been eradicated so unless you buy really cheap eggs from dodgy market stalls that don't have the lion mark, you're fine. If you can't eat raw cake mix, what's the point of baking in the first place?

 

[Robbie G]

I ate copious amounts of cake mixture as a kid and I have never had salmonella

 

[Lady Whistledown]

No wonder children are growing up soft these days.

 

[Lush]

No wonder children are growing up soft these days.

... and soggy in the middle.

 

[Billy the Fish]

That's insane. Nothing wrong with raw eggs.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Lick the bowl at your pleasure. A good fried egg has a raw yolk, and many people put raw whites into protein shakes.

 

[Martinf]

Yep.

But what in Gods name is a Castle Pudding?