re: Help - Mayo left out too long

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> Message: 13

> Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 23:13:59 -0700

> From: Blank <john.blank@...>

> Subject: Help - Mayo left out too long

>

> Hello all,

>

> I tried to post the following on this list a couple of days ago but it

> never made it on. So here goes again:

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> Hi folks,

>

> I made some mayonaisse yesterday, a la Sally, with the tablespoon of

> whey, (plus the 1½ T of lemon juice) but left it out overnite by

> mistake (i.e., 15 hours instead of

> the 7 she recommends). My DW is suspicious as it has raw eggs, and

> she's had salmonella in the past. It smells and tastes OK, but I

> don't know that you can detect salmonella that way.

>

> Any ideas? Should I throw it out?

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Oh, it made it on. I suspect that the lack-of-response means that

nobody really knows. Maybe you should try eating it and report back to

us. :-) It might be so nourishing that you have one hell of a

Herxheimer reaction. Or something....