Very Interesting Read

[Got Stripers]

Onions and Mayo (not a joke)

In 1919, when the flu killed 40 million people, there was this Doctor that
visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.
Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it, and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone was very
healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different,
the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms
of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't
believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under
the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu
virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping
the family healthy.

Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several
years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were
many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions
around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work....
Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.

Now there is a P. S. to this.... I sent it to a friend in Oregon who
regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this
most interesting experience about onions:

Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story.... But, I do
know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill... I came
across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put it into an
empty jar.....placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the
onion would be black in the morning from the germs.... Sure enough it happened
just like that.... The onion was a mess, and I began to feel better.

Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around
the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful
antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

This is the other note.

Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't know what to blame.
Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the
reason they are so good at preventing us from getting colds and flu's and is
the very reason we shouldn't eat an onion that has been sitting for a time
after it has been cut open!

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS

I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, makers of
Mayonnaise.. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the
Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned
from a chemist.

The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers. Ed is a
chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula.
He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone
asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always
worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said
that all commercially- made Mayo is completely safe.

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but
it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at
a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked
about the quaint essential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on
the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Ed says that when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials
look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came
from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as
it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the
onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.

He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked
onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. He says
it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your
refrigerator.

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit,
that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you
put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!) Ed says if you take the leftover onion
and cook it like crazy, you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover
onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions
and the moist potato in a potato salad will attract and grow bacteria faster than
any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions..

Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and try to use it to cook
the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and
creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of
excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.


Please pass this on to all you love and care.

[PRBuzz]

Need a Mythbuster opinion:

Flu Remedy Myth - Onions Absorb Viruses and Bacteria From a Room

[Piscator]

The was made up by the Onion Farmers!!!!!!!!

[Raven]

legends that leaving cut onions around a dwelling could ward of the Bubonic Plague...


actually during the times of the bubonic Plague
was also a time of very DEEP fear of anything herbal
and anything related to witch craft ...SO cats became outlawed
as they were thought to be enchanted and possibly a witch was inhabiting their body to escape detection...
so that all cats were systematically killed by throwing them in a burlap bag that was weighted with stones and then tossed into the nearest river. Only the cats kept ultimately secret beneath houses survived.

that being said:

Along came the regular merchant trading ships as trade
was booming back then and when they tied up to the docks down the mooring lines the rats ran that had crossed the ocean in the hull of the ship.

Now these particular rats were loaded with fleas and "they carried the BUBONIC plague"....so that anyone bitten by the fleas contracted the plague and of course it was contagious as hell.

the ceremonious killing of the cats based upon paranoia and superstition created a situation where the rats had no natural predators to keep them in check and being "communal" they passed the fleas from one to another thus spreading the plague carriers.

In those days there were some men that would rob the dead and they wore a string of bulbs around their necks to "ward off the evil spirits" which was actually GARLIC that repelled the fleas from jumping on them and biting them giving them immunity.

it is from this custom of wearing garlic that this legend was Born.

[BigBo]

Originally Posted by Raven

legends that leaving cut onions around a dwelling could ward of the Bubonic Plague...


actually during the times of the bubonic Plague
was also a time of very DEEP fear of anything herbal
and anything related to witch craft ...SO cats became outlawed
as they were thought to be enchanted and possibly a witch was inhabiting their body to escape detection...
so that all cats were systematically killed by throwing them in a burlap bag that was weighted with stones and then tossed into the nearest river. Only the cats kept ultimately secret beneath houses survived.

that being said:

Along came the regular merchant trading ships as trade
was booming back then and when they tied up to the docks down the mooring lines the rats ran that had crossed the ocean in the hull of the ship.

Now these particular rats were loaded with fleas and "they carried the BUBONIC plague"....so that anyone bitten by the fleas contracted the plague and of course it was contagious as hell.

the ceremonious killing of the cats based upon paranoia and superstition created a situation where the rats had no natural predators to keep them in check and being "communal" they passed the fleas from one to another thus spreading the plague carriers.

In those days there were some men that would rob the dead and they wore a string of bulbs around their necks to "ward off the evil spirits" which was actually GARLIC that repelled the fleas from jumping on them and biting them giving them immunity.

it is from this custom of wearing garlic that this legend was Born.

Maybe I'm just a tad slow, but this reads like you went way the hell off on a tangent (like I'm surprised) and it has nothing at all to do with onions and the Flu.
Right? Or is it just me?

[Raven]

ever heard of Faraday
or the Faraday tube?a tube,,,, it had some onion cells in it and the force
was something he could measure and that began all tubes used in the old tv's

Garlic as do onions begin to grow even if begining to rot
they have incredible power

the flu arrived on a meteorite and even wiped out the eskimo's
who had absolutely no exposure to any other people{period|
this was proven

onions and garlic are from the same family

flu is a virus.... garlic is an antibiotic
they act in a similar fashion

[Piscator]

Originally Posted by Raven

the flu arrived on a meteorite and even wiped out the eskimo's
who had absolutely no exposure to any other people{period|
this was proven

Doesn't that prove life in space?

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Raven

the flu arrived on a meteorite and even wiped out the eskimo's
who had absolutely no exposure to any other people{period|
this was proven

The flu arrived on the doorstep of the eskimos by way of whalers and fur trappers.

end of story.

nanu nanu

[Typhoon]

Keep getting those flu shots. That's how the government is implanting tracking devices in the population

No flu shot for me.

[Chubby-Chaser]

build model air planes says the crazy glue sniffer

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula.
He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz.

Maybe Ed can work on making the sauce less fattening!

[Got Stripers]

I'm a firm believer of moderation, while it might have been an interesting read, I had no idea what the original source was. Eat good, drink moderately, gave up cigarettes, exerxise 2-3 times a week, if that isn't enough then come get me.

[Peter D]

On Bull#^&#^&#^&#^&
.
by Harry Frankfurt
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bull#^&#^&#^&#^&. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bull#^&#^&#^&#^& and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern, or attracted much sustained inquiry. In consequence, we have no clear understanding of what bull#^&#^&#^&#^& is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves. And we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, we have no theory. I propose to begin the development of a theoretical understanding of bull#^&#^&#^&#^&, mainly by providing some tentative and exploratory philosophical analysis.

[numbskull]

So let me see, did I get this right? If you want to preserve an onion you should coat it in mayo?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

[BluesHarp]

Originally Posted by numbskull

So let me see, did I get this right? If you want to preserve an onion you should coat it in mayo?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

Yea, but don't eat it or it will kill ya.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Raven

yet there was no real vehicle to spread the virus from one
country to another other than the weather....
until they discovered the eskimo evidence and it wiped out
90% of the eskimo people BAM all at once

which made scientist's theorize that it arrived like
a haley's comet type event....

No vehicle, well, except for the birds doing their annual migration?

Originally Posted by Nebe

The flu arrived on the doorstep of the eskimos by way of whalers and fur trappers.

end of story.

nanu nanu

Mindy was kinda hot, eh?

[Raven]

Originally Posted by JohnR

No vehicle, well, except for the birds doing their annual migration?

Mindy was kinda hot, eh?

yeah she was....and that would be Avian Flu not our flu

it's a different strain like the difference between mexican and indica

Moork prolly brought it because he was always out to lunch
now there is a drug resistant TB because of all the antibiotics farmers have used in animals....
so they could feedem just corn for three times the milk instead of letting them eat grass....
it always comes back to grass...

[zimmy]

s'Nope

[likwid]

Doesn't anyone ever consult the anti-moonbat site?

snopes.com: Cut Onion Contamination

snopes.com: Onions Versus Swine Flu

Onions fight flu virus - snopes.com

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by likwid

Doesn't anyone ever consult the anti-moonbat site?

snopes.com: Cut Onion Contamination

snopes.com: Onions Versus Swine Flu

Onions fight flu virus - snopes.com

I didn't need Snopes---when I got to the part about the doctor seeing the flu virus under a microscope, that's when I knew it was bull#^&#^&#^&#^&.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I didn't need Snopes---when I got to the part about the doctor seeing the flu virus under a microscope, that's when I knew it was bull#^&#^&#^&#^&.

It was a really really big microscope.
Really.

[tattoobob]

This is the best thread known to man, Wait I'm on a fishing web site right?

[zimmy]

My favorite part is where the onion contains the "flu virus" and in the next sentence "It obviously absorbed all the bacteria."

On a related note, garlic does actually prohibit the growth of some bacteria.

[MAKAI]

God I do love Garlic

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I leave cut onions in the fridge all the time. I peel off a layer and have at it. I never equated eating a day old onion with eating raw chicken. So last night i ordered a pizza and put some onion on it and woke up with a belly ache. They must be on to something...

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler

I leave cut onions in the fridge all the time. I peel off a layer and have at it. I never equated eating a day old onion with eating raw chicken. So last night i ordered a pizza and put some onion on it and woke up with a belly ache. They must be on to something...

was it raw onion or cooked first onion?