External contamination is much higher. Figures vary but are in the
order of 5%. As you said, be careful to ensure that yolks destined
for mayo don't come in contact with the shells when cracking the
eggs. And also washing the eggs first.

The thing that has remained unsaid in our discussions
and our sources is that such eggs tend to travel in
packs. If one egg in a shipment tests positive for
contaminants, the chance of detecting more is way higher.

the rate of infection was very small (0.6% in a study of
naturally contaminated eggs and 3.0% among artificially
and heavily infected hens).
[so] 1 in 3 million-odd.

That is much less than I would have guessed. And reassuring, as I do
make homemade mayo with raw egg yolks.

That's I admit citing fairly advantageous stats, but
it's abundantly clear to me that the likelihood of
yolk contamination before cracking is vanishingly small.
Nonetheless, if cooking for guests, I use caution to
avoid the near occasion of poisoning, plus I use
extra salt in my raw and undercooked foods.

On a related note, Britain and Europe have a vaccine for birds and
although it's fairly expensive to administer (their poultry meat
and eggs cost more than ours) that, along with smaller operations,
cleaner facilities and stringent rodent control (their droppings are
a vector), they have virtually eliminated salmonella there. They also

Not to say that we can't, just that we won't,
barring a major paradigm shift. I guess your
situation is similar but not as severe. I think
I posted a link to a Korean study that found
zero contamination in Korean eggs but cited
less comforting numbers regarding US eggs.

track every step of the supply chain from farm to consumer and can
track down a contaminated farm, truck, warehouse or processing plant
in 1 or 2 days after a human illness is reported.

The thing here is that the cost-benefit ratio is the
decisionmaker in what level of caution to exercise,
and the quantification of the cost doesn't take into
consideration the costs to the consumer, except the
chance that the consumer happens to sue the company
and wins. Ethics, justice, and the American way have
little to do with anything these days.

Title: Coffee Hazelnut Biscotti
Categories: Cookies, Nuts, Italian, Chocolate, Alcohol
Yield: 60 Servings

1/2 c Hazelnuts
2 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ts Instant espresso or
2 ts Instant coffee granules

I'm thinking that these ingredients outweigh
this one by far -

2 tb Frangelico

Which would make if anything a minor difference.

1/2 c Whole-wheat flour

Why not good flour?

By the way, I saw seedless watermelons priced
by the pound in the store day before yesterday.
Next time I'm there, I'll check to see what the
fallout of that was.

Harrogate Nights
categories: celebrity, New Yorker, Ethiopian, Swedish, British, Yorkie, inauthentic, booze
yield: 1

1 oz Vodka
1 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz Matilda Peche liqour
1/2 oz cranberry juice
1/4 oz lime juice

Shake; serve on the rocks. Garnish with a
few cubed pieces of fresh peach or pineapple.

Marcus Samuelsson
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