Wow- very interesting....Everyone should read :) ONIONS! I had never heard this!!! PLEASE EA! "O "#E EN!

: I$PO "AN" In %&%& when the 'lu (illed )* +illion ,eo,le there was this !o-tor that visited the +any 'ar+ers to see i' he -ould hel, the+ -o+.at the 'lu... $any o' the 'ar+ers and their 'a+ilies had -ontra-ted it and +any died. "he do-tor -a+e u,on this one 'ar+er and to his sur,rise/ everyone was very healthy. When the do-tor as(ed what the 'ar+er was doing that was di''erent the wi'e re,lied that she had ,la-ed an un,eeled onion in a dish in the roo+s o' the ho+e/ 0,ro.a.ly only two roo+s .a-( then). "he do-tor -ouldn1t .elieve it and as(ed i' he -ould have one o' the onions and ,la-e it under the +i-ros-o,e. She gave hi+ one and when he did this/ he did 'ind the 'lu virus in the onion. It o.viously a.sor.ed the .a-teria/ there'ore/ (ee,ing the 'a+ily healthy. Now/ I heard this story 'ro+ +y hairdresser. She said that several years ago/ +any o' her e+,loyees were -o+ing down with the 'lu/ and so were +any o' her -usto+ers. "he ne2t year she ,la-ed several .owls with onions around in her sho,. "o her sur,rise/ none o' her sta'' got si-(. It +ust wor(. "ry it and see what ha,,ens. We did it last year and we never got the 'lu. Now there is a P. S. to this 'or I sent it to a 'riend in Oregon who regularly -ontri.utes +aterial to +e on health issues. She re,lied with this +ost interesting e2,erien-e a.out onions: "han(s 'or the re+inder. I don1t (now a.out the 'ar+er1s story....ut/ I do (now that I -onta-ted ,neu+onia/ and/ needless to say/ I was very ill... I -a+e a-ross an arti-le that said to -ut .oth ends o'' an onion ,ut it into an e+,ty 3ar/ and ,la-e the 3ar ne2t to the si-( ,atient at night. It said the onion would .e .la-( in the +orning 'ro+ the ger+s...sure enough it ha,,ened 3ust li(e that...the onion was a +ess and I .egan to 'eel .etter. Another thing I read in the arti-le was that onions and garli- ,la-ed around the roo+ saved +any 'ro+ the .la-( ,lague years ago. "hey have ,ower'ul anti.a-terial/ antise,ti- ,ro,erties. "his is the other note. Lots o' ti+es when we have sto+a-h ,ro.le+s we don1t (now what to .la+e. $ay.e it1s the onions that are to .la+e. Onions a.sor. .a-teria is the reason they are so good at ,reventing us 'ro+ getting -olds and 'lu and is the very reason we shouldn1t eat an onion that has .een sitting 'or a ti+e a'ter it has .een -ut o,en. LE4" O5E ONIONS A E POISONO6S I had the wonder'ul ,rivilege o' touring $ullins 4ood Produ-ts/ $a(ers o' +ayonnaise. 7uestions a.out 'ood ,oisoning -a+e u,/ and I wanted to share what I learned 'ro+ a -he+ist. Ed/ who was our tour guide/ is a 'ood -he+istry whi8. !uring the tour/ so+eone as(ed i' we really needed to worry a.out +ayonnaise. Peo,le are always worried that +ayonnaise will s,oil. Ed1s answer will sur,rise you. Ed said that all -o++er-ially-+ade +ayo is -o+,letely sa'e.

9It doesn1t even have to .e re'rigerated. No har+ in re'rigerating it/ .ut it1s not really ne-essary.9 #e e2,lained that the ,# in +ayonnaise is set at a ,oint that .a-teria -ould not survive in that environ+ent. #e then tal(ed a.out the su++er ,i-ni-/ with the .owl o' ,otato salad sitting on the ta.le/ and how everyone .la+es the +ayonnaise when so+eone gets si-(. Ed says that/ when 'ood ,oisoning is re,orted/ the 'irst thing the o''i-ials loo( 'or is when the 1vi-ti+1 last ate ONIONS and where those onions -a+e 'ro+ 0in the ,otato salad:). Ed says it1s not the +ayonnaise 0as long as it1s not ho+e+ade +ayo) that s,oils in the outdoors. It1s ,ro.a.ly the ONIONS/ and i' not the onions/ it1s the PO"A"OES. #e e2,lained onions are a huge +agnet 'or .a-teria/ es,e-ially un-oo(ed onions. ;ou should never ,lan to (ee, a ,ortion o' a sli-ed onion.. #e says it1s not even sa'e i' you ,ut it in a 8i,lo-( .ag and ,ut it in your re'rigerator. It1s already -onta+inated enough 3ust .y .eing -ut o,en and out 'or a .it/ that it -an .e a danger to you 0and dou.ly wat-h out 'or those onions you ,ut in your hotdogs at the .ase.all ,ar(!). Ed says i' you ta(e the le'tover onion and -oo( it li(e -ra8y you1ll ,ro.a.ly .e o(ay/ .ut i' you sli-e that le'tover onion and ,ut on your sandwi-h/ you1re as(ing 'or trou.le. <oth the onions and the +oist ,otato in a ,otato salad/ will attra-t and grow .a-teria 'aster than any -o++er-ial +ayonnaise will even .egin to .rea( down. Also/ dogs should never eat onions. "heir sto+a-hs -annot +eta.oli8e onions. Please re+e+.er it is dangerous to -ut an onion and try to use it to -oo( the ne2t day/ it .e-o+es highly ,oisonous 'or even a single night and -reates to2i- .a-teria whi-h +ay -ause adverse sto+a-h in'e-tions .e-ause o' e2-ess .ile se-retions and even 'ood ,oisoning. Please ,ass this on to all you love and -are a.out. = with Adonain !anny ivera.