Uncooked Tomatoes

With summer now on us and gardens greening up I thought it time to bring up this little song I wrote. I can't write music but the tune is in my head. I hope you all enjoy your tomatoes this year.
Mike

Uncooked Tomatoes

Uncooked Tomatoes, uncooked tomatoes
Gotta keep away from uncooked tomatoes

You get them in your salsa; you get them in your salad
With Salmonella poisoning we could write a ballad
About
Uncooked tomatoes, uncooked tomatoes
Gotta keep away from uncooked tomatoes

Hundreds have been stricken; two were in Virginia
Salmonella kills you if you get enough within ya
OF
Uncooked tomatoes, uncooked tomatoes
Gotta keep away from uncooked tomatoes

Gotta keep reminding folks to cook them babies down
‘Cause big and red and ripe one’s where Salmonella’s found
In
Uncooked tomatoes, uncooked tomatoes
Gotta keep away from uncooked tomatoes

But a burger’s not a burger without this bright red fella
And the E Coli will kill ya, before the Salmonella

Uncooked tomatoes and ground tainted meats
Gotta keep away from these culinary treats

MDailey

Salmonella in Tomatoes: An outbreak of salmonella initially linked to uncooked tomatoes has reached Virginia. US health officials say two people in Virginia are among the more than 100 in a dozen states that reportedly have been infected with the same strain of salmonella. That strain has been traced to 71 reports of the illness in Texas and New Mexico since April. Thirty-four people in 10 states have also been infected with the same strain. Nineteen people have been hospitalized by the food poisoning. There have been no deaths (to date). An investigation by health authorities tied those cases to uncooked, raw, large tomatoes. Tests are under way to determine if the Virginia cases are linked

Suspected E. coli Causes Burger Recall: USDA recalls 10-pound vacuum-packed plastic bags of ground beef and 10-pound boxes of patties sold by Dutch Meats of Trenton, NJ over suspect E Coli contamination.