Cookies Gone Bad

On top of their depression from break ups and unemployment, women are having to deal with salmonella from eating too much raw Toll House cookie dough!!!!!!!

I guess my 1/2-tube binges will have to stop.

Apparently, they've recalled all the cookie dough because of salmonella detection. Looks like we'll be baking from scratch again. It's better like that anyway. PS: It's never a good idea to eat that much raw egg. Obviously people would get sick. But yeah, salmonella is pretty unfortunate. I guess we stilll have to blame the evil cookie monster corporation of Nestle instead of laughing at stupid consumers.

Courtesy of WCVB-TV News Online:

June 20, 2009

Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after 65 people nationwide who ate the dough raw reporting falling sick, including 25 who were hospitalized.

The recall covers all varieties of prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough but does not include Toll House chocolate chips or baking bars, or Dreyer's and Edy's ice cream products with Nestle Toll House cookie dough ingredients.

Below are lists of products that have been recalled by the company and a list of the states where people have tested positive for E. coli bacteria after eating one of the dough products raw:

- COOKIE & BROWNIE DOUGH BAR

Chocolate Chip bar 16.5oz

Chocolate Chip bar 16.5oz
Chocolate Chunk bar 16.5oz
Walnut Chocolate Chip bar 16.5oz
Jumbo Chocolate Chip bar 16.5oz
Oatmeal Raisin bar 16.5oz
Sugar Cookies bar 16.5oz
Sugar Cookies bar 16.5oz
Mini Chocolate Chip bar 16.5oz
Mini Chocolate Chip bar 16.5oz
Mini Brownie Bites bar 16oz
Fudgy Brownie With Peanut Butter Filling 19oz
- COOKIE DOUGH TUB

Chocolate Chip tub 40oz
Chocolate Chip tub 80oz (5 lb)
Sugar tub 40oz.
Gingerbread tub 40oz
Peanut Butter tub 40oz
- TUBE DOUGH

Chocolate Chip tube 16.5oz
Chocolate Chip tube 32oz
- ULTIMATES COOKIE BAR DOUGH
Ultimates Peanut Butter Cups, Chips & Chocolate
Chunks bar 16oz
Ultimates White Chip Macadamia Nut bar 16oz
Ultimates Chocolate Chip & Chunks with Pecans bar 16oz
Ultimates Chocolate Chip Lovers 16oz
Ultimates Turtles bar 16oz
Ultimates Peanut Butter Lovers bar 16oz
Ultimates Chocolate Chip with Caramel Filling bar 16oz
Ultimates Chocolate Chip with Chocolate Filling bar 16oz
- SEASONAL COOKIE & BROWNIE DOUGH

Valentine Hearts Sugar Cookie Shapes 15.5oz
Valentine Swirled Chocolate Chip bar 16oz
Fudgy Brownies With Raspberry Filling 19oz
Easter Eggs Sugar Cookie Shapes 15.5oz
Easter Swirled Chocolate Chip bar 16oz
Easter Swirled Mini Brownie Bites bar 18 oz
Red, White & Blue Swirled Choc Chip bar 16oz
Halloween Pumpkin Pals Sugar Cookies 13.5oz
Halloween Swirled Chocolate Chip bar 16oz
Halloween Swirled Fudgy Brownies bar 18oz
Christmas Shapes Sugar Cookies 15.5oz
Christmas Swirled Chocolate Chip bar 16oz
Christmas Swirled Fudgy Brownies bar 18oz
Limited Edition Mint Swirled Chocolate Chip 16oz
- DISCONTINUED VARIETIES

Valentine Hearts Sugar Cookies 13.5oz
Easter Brownie Bar 18oz
Easter Bunnies Sugar Cookies 13.5oz
Halloween Sugar Shapes 15.5oz
Christmas Sugar Cookie Tube 16oz
Oatmeal Cranberry Cookie Tub 48 oz.
- STATES WHERE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED:Arkansas (1); Arizona (2); California (2); Colorado (5); Delaware (1); Hawaii (1); Iowa (2); Illinois (5); Kentucky (1); Massachusetts (4); Maryland (2); Maine (3); Minnesota (5); Missouri (2); Montana (1); North Carolina (1); New Hampshire (2); New Jersey (1); Nevada (2); Ohio (4); Oklahoma (1); Oregon (1); Pennsylvania (2); South Carolina (1); Texas (3); Utah (2); Virginia (2); Washington (5); Wisconsin (1)
Grand Total: 65 cases in 29 states

Why are they listing Valentine's Day cookies? Wasn't that, like, 4 months ago? Hmmm....

PS: A tub of chocolate chip cookie dough sounds like a dream.

Simon Pearce

YAY I'm going to dinner at Simon Pearce for the first time ever and I'm so excited. What should I get? I'm thinking a little of everything...

Dinner Menu
Served Daily from 6-9pm

Dinner Appetizers

Ginger Chicken Pot Stickers 10
spicy peanut sauce, crispy rice noodles

Rock Crab Cake 12
meyer lemon aïoli

Crisp Lobster Spring Roll 13
mango, sweet garlic chili sauce

House Cured Salmon 12
cucumber, crisp potato strings, horseradish crème fraiche

Exotic Mushroom Strudel 11
Vermont chevre, white truffle vinaigrette

Salads

Arugula 9
green olives, manchego, marcona almonds, coriander artichoke vinaigrette

Strawberry, Brie & Spinach 9
spiced nuts, balsamic peppercorn vinaigrette

Romaine 9
sweet red pepper “pesto”, pine nuts,parmesan peppercorn vinaigrette

Seasonal Greens
herb vinaigrette 7
with Warm Vermont Goat Cheese or Great Hill Blue Cheese 9

Dinner Entrees

Horseradish Crusted Blue Cod 26
crispy leeks, herb mashed potatoes, balsamic shallot reduction

Crisp Roasted Free Range Duckling 30
vegetable fried rice, mango chutney sauce

Seared Steelhead Trout 24
confit shallots, swiss chard, olive oil poached fingerling potatoes,
sherry smoked bacon sauce

Cavatelli Pasta and Grilled Artichokes 22
cipollinis, arugula, house made ricotta and lemon sauce

Chèvre and Sorrel Stuffed Misty Knoll Chicken 26
spinach, oven roasted tomato, pappardelle, chèvre sorrel sauce

Braised Pork Ragout 23
peas, pearl onions, pappardelle, marsala porcini sauce

Balsamic Grilled Lamb Top 29
minted fava beans, mascarpone polenta, pearl onions, spring garlic jus

Grilled Top Sirloin 28
Northeast Family Farms natural beef, asparagus, roasted yukon gold potatoes,
sweet onion marmalade, banyuls jus

All menus subject to change

Chef Joshua Duda and Team
Wine Spectator Magazine “Best of Award of Excellence” Winner
We proudly feature local produce from Crossroad Farm, Post Mills, Vermont

Dessert Menu
$8

Chocolate Duo
bittersweet flourless cake, mocha semi freddo, hazelnut tuile, espresso cream

Apple Napoleon
hazelnut pastry, applejack cream

Crème Brûlée

Rhubarb Cobbler
organic vanilla ice cream, strawberry sauce

Bananas Foster Bread Pudding
toasted walnuts, organic vanilla ice cream, butterscotch sauce

Walnut Meringue
strawberry sauce

White Chocolate Mousse Cake
raspberry sauce

Strafford Organic Creamery Ice Cream

Blue Moon Sorbet (Quechee, VT)

Wine Spectator "Best of Award of Excellence" since 1993
Wine lists change frequently. For specific inquiries, please call 802.295.1470.
Champagne/Sparkling			6 oz	Glass	Bottle
Rose Cava, Cristalino Brut N.V., Spain				8	32
Prosecco, Cantine Maschio Brut N.V., V.S.Q., Italy				8	32
Brachetto d'Acqui, Marenco "Pineto" '07, Piedmont, Italy				9.75	39
Champagne Brut N. V., Moet "White Star", Epernay, France				18	72
Dry/Crisp White
Pinot Grigio, Posenato "Le Coste" '07, Delle Venezie, Italy (sc)				8	32
Riesling, O'Reilly's '07, Yakima Valley, Washington				9	36
Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, Chateau Graville-Lacoste '07, Graves, Bordeaux, France				11	44
Chardonnay
Simon Pearce N.V, California				7	28
Chardonnay/Viognier, Keenan "Summer Blend" '07, Napa Valley, California (s)				9	36
Healdsburg Ranches "Unoaked" '07, Healdsburg, California (sc)				10	40
Aromatic/Floral White
Insolia/Chardonnay, Cusumano "Angimbe" '07, Sicily, Italy (sc)				9	36
Chenin Blanc/Chardonnay, Domaine de la Barbiniere "Les Silex" '07, Vendee, France				9	36
Viognier/Marsanne/Grenache Blanc,Tablas Creek "Cotes de Tablas Blanc" '06 Paso Robles (o, sc)				12	48
Blush/Rose
White Zinfandel, Beringer '07, California				7	28
Malbec Rose, Dona Paula "Los Cardos" '07, Mendoza, Argentina (sc)				9	36
Zweigelt, Tegernseerhof '07, Lower Austria (sc)				9.50	38
Light to Medium Bodied Red
Pinot Noir, Cesari "Duetorri" '07, Delle Venezie, Italy				8	32
Nero d'Avola, Villa Pozzi '07, Sicily, Italy				8	32
Full Bodied Red
Merlot, Simon Pearce N.V, California				7	28
Cabernet Sauvignon, Simon Pearce N.V, California				7	28
Malbec, Conquista '07, Mendoza, Argentina				8	32
Cabernet Sauvignon, Avalon '05, Napa Valley, California				11	44
Merlot, Ferrari-Carano '05, Sonoma County, California				12	48
Spicy/Rustic Red
Carignane/Grenache/Syrah, Walden '06, Cotes de Roussillon, France				10	40
Zinfandel, Rosenblum '06, Contra Costa County, California				10.50	42
Grenache/Syrah/Mourvedre/Counoise, Tablas Creek, "Cotes de Tablas" '06, Paso Robles (o)				12	48
Shiraz, Henry's Drive "The Dead Letter Office" '06, McLaren Vale/Padthaway, Australia (sc)				15	60
Biodynamic (b), Organic (o), Sustainably Produced (s), Stelvin® (Screwcap) Closure (sc)
Bottled Beer			Draught Beer	Glass	Pint
Bass Ale	4		Guinness	5	6
Heineken	4		Long Trail "Winter White" Belgian White	5	6
Harp	4		Special Beer	5	6
Harpoon Raspberry Hefeweizen (VT)	4
Killian's Irish Red Lager	4		Sparkling Apple Cider	Glass	Bottle
Long Trail Ale (VT)	4		William's, Westford, MA	3.50	12.50
Otter Creek Copper Ale (VT)	4		Woodchuck "Dark & Dry" (VT)		4
Pilsner Urquell	4
Sierra Nevada	4		Water
Smithwick's Irish Ale	4		Saratoga Spring Water, Sparkling (VT/NY) 12oz		3
Amstel Light	4		Saratoga Spring Water, Sparkling (VT/NY) 28oz		5
Michelob Light	3.75
Clausthaler (non-alcoholic)	3.75

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