The Mark of the Beast: 2111

Post by **Dale** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:19 pm

Oh great. I just threw away an unopened jar of Peter Pan peanut butter with the "2111" code indicating it is part of the salmonella recall. The bad news: I also threw away a half-empty jar. I'm so totally screwed.

Post by **Dale** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:21 pm

If I die of peanut butter, please start a thread on which people can post better stories of how I died. Death by Peter Pan is freaking humiliating.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:24 pm

Gives a whole new meaning to the "I won't grow up" song, eh?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:25 pm

Have you seen a doctor? I'm pretty sure Salmonella poisoning is treatable and doesn't usually kill people, it just makes them pretty sick. Calm down and relax, everything will probably be ok. If you're really worried, see a doctor. *hugs*

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:26 pm

jsluder wrote:Gives a whole new meaning to the "I won't grow up" song, eh?

I feel your pain, Dale. I had to throw out 7 jars, plus one that was half full (of which I had a HUGE spoonful a couple of days ago

).

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:28 pm

Man, this is the problem with you SUV-drivin' gas-gullin' meat-eatin' greedy awful American consumers.

Doncha know you should grow your own peanuts, then pulverize 'em in a granite pestle? Store-bought peanut butter, indeed. Next thing you'll tell me is that you buy butter in cardboard boxes instead of churnin' yer own.

Peter Pan. Wow. It should be at least something like Mama Nirvana's Organic Peanut Spread with no animal testing. You deserve the evil germs, man, for your crimes against Gaia!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:30 pm

The Weekenders wrote:Peter Pan. Wow. It should be at least something like Mama Nirvana's Organic Peanut Spread with no animal testing. You deserve the evil germs, man, for your crimes against Gaia!

At first I thought I wrote that.

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:43 pm

Surely you must be kidding. No one really buys Peter Pan peanut butter, do they?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:44 pm

Dale, there is evidently no "choosy mother" in residence at your place.
Here we have some choosy adolescents who choose Jif.
I'm afraid that I, personally, might go for the brand Weeks is recommending if it were available. As it is not, I must accept the Whole Foods Market 365 brand.

Post by **Dale** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:46 pm

Live-blogging my nut paste salmonella crisis at:

http://dalewisely.googlepages.com/deathbypeanutbutter

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:51 pm

Ok, riddle me this. At the Conagra website, they tell me that I need to throw away all unused peanut butter immediately, but keep the lids so I can send them in for a full refund. On about 4 of the 7 jars I have in my possession, there is no code...it's on the jar itself. Why in the heck do they put it on the jar, if it's the lid that they want? I smell a peanut butter covered rat here.

By the way, Dale, I agree with you. You are screwed. Sorry about that.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:57 pm

emm beat me to it!

(even though we sold Jif to Smuckers a few years ago)

Trivia time - what was the original brand name of Jif?

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:11 pm

Salmonella .... isn't that the one where you grow gills or sumthin'?

djm

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:32 pm

djm wrote:Salmonella .... isn't that the one where you grow gills or sumthin'?

djm

Nah..

Sam and Ella were Humpty Dumptys parents.

Slan,
D.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:46 pm

jsluder wrote:Gives a whole new meaning to the "I won't grow up" song, eh?

One of the children was feeling unwell, but not terribly unwell. Her mother told her she could go to whatever it was they were going to if she didn't feel nauseous. Upon which, she burst out in song, to the familiar tune ...

"I WON'T throw up! ..."

Best wishes,
Jerry