An interesting guide to romaine alternatives.

[Happy]

First of all, am I correct in assuming that there's no reason to be afraid of eating my own romaine?

Slate has an interesting guide to other varieties of lettuce. 
slate.com/human-interest/2018/05/which-lettuce-is-objectively-the-best-not-romaine.html

[Shawn]

I donot have time today to read the article but will when I relax later.

As for our own lettuce gardens, I would not think there is an issue.  We do not use pesticides or any other products that cause salmonella.  If I were growing it right now I would eat it.   Hope that helps

[Happy]

Nov 21, 2018 12:20:50 GMT -5 Shawn said:

We do not use pesticides or any other products that cause salmonella. 

... or overworked farm workers who aren't given proper facilities nor the time to use them, if you get what I mean.

[serri588]

The warning is for store bought lettuce. Last I read they weren't sure where the contaminant came from so they were saying to just toss all of it.

I think it's pretty safe to say my homegrown lettuce has not been cross-contaminated by the stuff still at the grocery store.

[MaryL]

I just bought a new 6 pack of romaine hearts for sandwiches.

[Happy]

Please don't cook your romaine as I had incorrectly posted above.
The article on it has retracted the information... It might not be safe.

[Shawn]

Nov 22, 2018 12:11:00 GMT -5 Happy said:

DELETED!
The article that posted this info has since retracted it.
"It must be true because it was on the Internet."
Sorry for spreading incorrect and possibly dangerous info.

You can cook them.
I read that once they're hot enough to wilt, you've killed any bacteria. It also said to have the oil plenty hot before you add the greens.
Happy Thanksgiving!

I will delete this thread if you want.  In the meantime if you want you can edit your post to remove the link and post it has been retracted

[drbanks]

Last spring, they found out that all winter Romaine growers, which is pretty much Yuma AZ were affected because the source of their irrigation water was next door to a cattle processing area, making it pretty easy to figure that all growers were affected.  Summer romaine is grown elsewhere in CA.  Not at all surprised that we're seeing this again, just as soon as the country switched from the CA grown romaine back to the AZ grown romaine

[drbanks]

So, my earlier assertion that this is AZ romaine may have been premature, and I'm seeing daily flip-flops on whether it's CA/summer or AZ/winter romaine we should be worrying about.  I will say this, though, hearing what I heard on the questionable irrigation water supply in use in AZ, I don't think I'm ever going to trust the winter stuff again, and if this is indeed CA romaine this time, I think I'm just going to have to stick with growing my own from now on.

On the other hand, even though I find many benefits to romaine over other varieties, deep down in my heart of hearts, I just like iceberg better anyway.