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TMC: But I ♥ Eating Cookie Dough

Confession time: My dad and I used to wait till my mom would move away from the mixing bowl so that we could sneak bites of her chocolate chip cookie dough. If busted, she'd issue a stern warning that we'd “get worms” if we ate too much of it. That warning was never scary enough to make us stop. But this bit of news might: A study released today points the finger at ready-to-bake cookie dough for a 2009 E. coli outbreak. The most surprising finding was that eggs were not to blame. It turns out, it may be the flour is the most unsafe part/Gina Boysun, SR Too Many Cooks blog. (AP file photo for illustrative purposes)

Question: Do you eat raw cookie dough?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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