This is NASTY....(((READ)))

IF YOU LICK ENVELOPES...YOU WONT FROM NOW ON!

A woman was working in a post office in California. One day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue on the envelope.A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her tongue. She went to the doctor, and they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not sore or anything. A couple of days later, her tongue started to swell more,

and it began to get really sore, so sore, that she could not eat. She went back to the hospital, and demanded something be done. The doctor took an x-ray of her tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for minor surgery. When the doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was able to h atch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and moist...

This is a true story reported on CNN.
2) Andy Hume wrote: "Hey, I used to work in an envelope factory. You wouldn't believe the things that float around in those gum applicator trays. I haven't licked an envelope for years!"

3) To All: I used to work for a print shop (32 years ago) and we were told NEVER to lick the envelopes. I never understood why until ......

I had to go into storage and pull out 2500 envelops that were already printed for a customer who was doing a mailing and saw several squads of roaches roaming around inside a couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the envelopes. I think print shops have a harder time controlling roaches than a restaurant. I always buy the self sealing type.
Or if need be I use a glue stick to seal one that has the type of glue that needs to be wet to stick.

Nasty Huh? Im never licking an envelope again.

Thanks for the info. I will never lick them again but use a damp sponge!!Does anyone remember the Seinfeld episode where George's fiancee dies after licking all the wedding invitation envelopes???

this sounds like an urban legend, it's been going around for awhile

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm

If you think that is bad do some research on what really ends up in your peanut butter! Or for that matter your dry cerials.
Olds

saw this on Hoax busters long go..
Larkie

Why would a post office worker be sealing envelopes, anyway?

Believe it or not, there is an allowable amount of insects, insect droppings, dirt, dust whatever, that gets into canned, boxed, processed foods. Ick. But true.

You have not seen gross until you are sitting in a restaurant, eating a salad and a roach crawls off your anchovie. You call the server over and discreetly tell her and she tells you it is just the anchovie. To that I watch my mother make her fingers into antennae and demonstrate the moving anchovie. She then pointed at the roach. LOL The server quickly took the plate away.

Yet another urban myth. Why do people insist on spreading such obvious nonsense?

I was thinking about "allowable bug parts" in food when I was making applesauce last week. It's probably a good thing we don't know what's in the food we eat!

:-D

Our neighbor own a cider mill when i was a boy and he always said that you needed a few worms to make good cider.
Considering that cider is made from drops i'm sure there were a several But oh how I wish i could buy cider like that today straight from the press to the holding tanks in the cold room There tank room was cooled by a spring that they had drove a well point into and made cooling pipes on the walls and stayed about 45* year around

Thank you I will stay with my Brandy! :)

Thans a good idea, Olds, and perhaps a couple of pineapples too.

BIRD

Ya now that is an idea....brandy soaked pineapples! Umm with ho-made ice cream!

Olds

Olds - I had forgotten that pineapples grew in Florida. I guess I thought they all came from Hawaii. There is nothing like a sweet slice of pineapple.

BIRD

Until the 1920 pineapples here where grown commercially. The one I have, I have been growing now for 12-13 years! Now let me explain. The way I feed my plant the pineapple generally has 5 to 6 pups at it base. These become the next "plant." But if you think about it....in truth it is the same plant as the first one! Nothing was a seed. Just one continuous growth...

Kind of like that one tomatoe plant I grew from almost 6 years! At the end of each cycle I would take a sucker and root it! LOL!

What is special about this pineapple is my sister brought me the first pup from Hawaii...and now she is gone. Every time I eat one I kind of smile and say thanks Sis...

These when ripe are a dark golden color. Nothing like what you get in the stores... Organic gardening pays off.

i've just begun my luck with pineapples - first ONE about 3 years old now and maybe two feet tall. doesn't get very much sun so not surprised about bareness. i've also planted about 10 others which i had been rooting in containers since january - they are doing well; but my question is what to feed them. i live in lake mary florida (surburb of Orlando) where the soil is a good grade BEACH SAND!! I am determined to grow these critters as the pjlants make such nice foliage (discourages kids, dogs, and/or cats and other varmits, from entering flower beds!!). we came here from the rio grande valley of texas where often bought a fresh pineapple called a sweet esmaralde (sweet green) which was so naturally sweet as to be unbelievable - would love to find a pup (or just the top) of one of those!!!