Heads Up re the Peanut Butter Recall

I think there's a very valuable lesson to be learned here, everyone:
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Don't shop at Wal-Mart.

We had some of the dreaded 2111 Peter Pan also, purchased in SoWal in late December. (Actually the PCB Publix) My mother bought it and ate some right away. She became ill 48 hours after our arrival. She swore it was food poisoning but I didn't see any way how it could be, because the only cooked meals we had were eaten by everybody. I assumed it was a virus -- and it may well have been.

My BIL, who was staying in the same house as my mom, was violently ill also. One of my sons got it and my husband got it later in the week. (We were the ones who took the peanut butter home with us!)

Now, if anybody gets sick in my house I always get it because of lack of sleep and getting slurped and drooled on all the time. But I didn't get it this time. Incidentally I am a peanut butter snob. Since trying the Smucker's Natural, the kind you have to mix up and then keep in the fridge, I now know what real peanut butter tastes like and can't eat the other stuff. The Peter Pan did not cross my lips.

I was out of the Smuckers but got some after our SoWal trip. I had the Peter Pan in our pantry as backup but tossed it yesterday. I think it's been used at least a few times since then. Skunky, any idea how long salmonella can survive in a jar of peanut butter?

Now, maybe everyone had just a virus. If so it was a baffling virus. :scratch:

Whatever hubby had ruined his Disney Marathon run. Wonder if he can sue?

We had some of the dreaded 2111 Peter Pan also, purchased in SoWal in late December. (Actually the PCB Publix) My mother bought it and ate some right away. She became ill 48 hours after our arrival. She swore it was food poisoning but I didn't see any way how it could be, because the only cooked meals we had were eaten by everybody. I assumed it was a virus -- and it may well have been.

My BIL, who was staying in the same house as my mom, was violently ill also. One of my sons got it and my husband got it later in the week. (We were the ones who took the peanut butter home with us!)

Now, if anybody gets sick in my house I always get it because of lack of sleep and getting slurped and drooled on all the time. But I didn't get it this time. Incidentally I am a peanut butter snob. Since trying the Smucker's Natural, the kind you have to mix up and then keep in the fridge, I now know what real peanut butter tastes like and can't eat the other stuff. The Peter Pan did not cross my lips.

I was out of the Smuckers but got some after our SoWal trip. I had the Peter Pan in our pantry as backup but tossed it yesterday. I think it's been used at least a few times since then. Skunky, any idea how long salmonella can survive in a jar of peanut butter?

Now, maybe everyone had just a virus. If so it was a baffling virus. :scratch:

Whatever hubby had ruined his Disney Marathon run. Wonder if he can sue?

That's really scary! So sorry, TFT!

I think the school would be in serious trouble if they knew about the peanut butter problem and didn't do something. taking away a sandwich won't hurt anyone. letting them eat it could.

Yes a trans fat, nitrate filled, pork based, ham sandwich is better.

I understand the importance for ConAgra to inform the people to dispose of the jars of peanut butter made in plant #211. However, it also makes it conveniently easier for ConAgra to deny your claims in the lawsuits if you were harmed by their products.

So how long has this stuff been out there? At least since December...that's really scary.

I believe one of the news reports I heard today mentioned people claiming food poisoning from the peanut butter as far back as July '06. What ConAgra has done until they determine the specific cause, is to pull all peanut butter made in that particular factory in GA, hence the 211... code. They have to work their way down to the actual source of contamination.

Yes a trans fat, nitrate filled, pork based, ham sandwich is better.

For one day, in comparison to getting food poisoning, it is definitely much better. I speak with plenty of experience in having food poisoning.

Whatever hubby had ruined his Disney Marathon run. Wonder if he can sue?

Sue? For me, that'd be cause to send a thank you note.

I bet Jif will start airing the old commercial "Choosy mothers choose Jif!!

You're right, now would be a good time. I've eaten JIF Crunchy for 43 years!

We were talking about this at lunch today. I have a jar at home of the Great Value brand that they sell at Walmart. So, if it is in Great Value, and Peter Pan wouldn't that be the EXACT same peanut butter? I paid alot less for the "off brand (Great Value)" than I would have for the "name" brand Peter Pan. So, how do they get away with that. Just slapping another label on the jar and asking you to pay more for it?

The way I understood it, was that Great Value buys the same peanut butter in volume, puts their label on it, and sells it at a reduced price as a leader/bait item. This is done with sodas, cleaning products and other items as well.

Why am I craving peanut butter and spinach?

BTW...Jif rules.

I say, let's start sharing our favorite Peanut Butter Sandwich recipes. I haven't done the PB and spinach yet...Maybe for lunch.:roll:

I like JIF Crunchy, on toasted bread, with pickles and Tabasco! GRAYT!!

However, now that we're talking about it, I'll have to go make one. Or two!

Yes a trans fat, nitrate filled, pork based, ham sandwich is better.

:funn: I agree.

On a serious note though, I forgot to write what I meant to write when I looked into this thread!
A friend of mine from work was rushed to the hospital Tuesday. She has had many complications with her pregnancy and we just thought she was going into early labor, though only by a couple of weeks. Anywho, turns out she has salmonella poisoning from the Peter Pan Peanut Butter!
We're still waiting to find out if the unborn baby has or will be affected!
We're also waiting to find out whether they are going to induce labor or let it go naturally.
Also to add insult to injury, the original "photos" showed a little boy, so we spent a fortune on a "boy" baby shower. Now they say its going to be a girl. If so I hope she looks good in the little hunting outfit and baseball outfits I got her!:roll:

On a serious note though, I forgot to write what I meant to write when I looked into this thread!
A friend of mine from work was rushed to the hospital Tuesday. She has had many complications with her pregnancy and we just thought she was going into early labor, though only by a couple of weeks. Anywho, turns out she has salmonella poisoning from the Peter Pan Peanut Butter!
We're still waiting to find out if the unborn baby has or will be affected!
We're also waiting to find out whether they are going to induce labor or let it go naturally.

That's so sad. Prayers going their way.

Yes a trans fat, nitrate filled, pork based, ham sandwich is better.

yessirreeee! slathered with hellman's mayo, on white bread. :clap_1:

yessirreeee! slathered with hellman's mayo, on white bread. :clap_1:

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"Let nut be the vomity pea of unbeen. The only nutter is the emperor of peanut butter." ---Gov. Wallace

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"Let nut be the vomity pea of unbeen. The only nutter is the emperor of peanut butter." ---Gov. Wallace

oh dear baby jesus with the balled up fists. bless your heart.

we had a 2111 too....i thought that pb&j sandwich tasted a little funny...gotta love sowal for the up to the minute news items

we had a 2111 too....i thought that pb&j sandwich tasted a little funny...gotta love sowal for the up to the minute news items

sowal - my main source of news!:clap_1:

yessirreeee! slathered with hellman's mayo, on white bread. :clap_1:

So I have ask this interesting and important question --

Hellmanns Mayo OR Miracle Whip?

I was raised in a Miracle Whip household. Can't stand the stuff. When I discovered mayo at a neighbor's house, I thought I had found the best condiment ever!

Weigh in everyone- this is important. I have to figure out if I was somehow traumatized by Miracle Whip.

So I have ask this interesting and important question --

Hellmanns Mayo OR Miracle Whip?

I was raised in a Miracle Whip household. Can't stand the stuff. When I discovered mayo at a neighbor's house, I thought I had found the best condiment ever!

Weigh in everyone- this is important. I have to figure out if I was somehow traumatized by Miracle Whip.

I'm so glad you asked this question. It is a hot debate here in the dd house. I am mayo all the way and mr. dd is miracle whip. we keep both in the fridge. when we run out of one or the other, we won't use the one we don't like. I'd rather eat a DRY sammy than use that nasty MW. Personally, I think MW contains some "suspect" ingredients so you might have very well been traumatized.

100% Hellman's :clap_1: Doesn't MW have a ton of sugar in it?

So I have ask this interesting and important question --

Hellmanns Mayo OR Miracle Whip?

I was raised in a Miracle Whip household. Can't stand the stuff. When I discovered mayo at a neighbor's house, I thought I had found the best condiment ever!

Weigh in everyone- this is important. I have to figure out if I was somehow traumatized by Miracle Whip.

Have you ever heard of a Miracle Whip sandwich? That says it all.

So I have ask this interesting and important question --

Hellmanns Mayo OR Miracle Whip?

I was raised in a Miracle Whip household. Can't stand the stuff. When I discovered mayo at a neighbor's house, I thought I had found the best condiment ever!

Weigh in everyone- this is important. I have to figure out if I was somehow traumatized by Miracle Whip.

OMG, this is my story in reverse; raised on mayo, converted to Miracle Whip. I will admit, though, I do like homemade "real" mayonnaise on occasion.

OMG, this is my story in reverse; raised on mayo, converted to Miracle Whip. I will admit, though, I do like homemade "real" mayonnaise on occasion.

Miracle Whip--blech!

So I have ask this interesting and important question --

Hellmanns Mayo OR Miracle Whip?

I was raised in a Miracle Whip household. Can't stand the stuff. When I discovered mayo at a neighbor's house, I thought I had found the best condiment ever!

Weigh in everyone- this is important. I have to figure out if I was somehow traumatized by Miracle Whip.

We only had miracle whip growing up. I thought it was mayonaise. I always HATED it. I started working at Wendy's in high school and discovered real mayonaise and thought the same thing! Best thing ever. I do think I was traumatized and feel very deprived of many years of loving mayonaise. Should we start a support group?