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Why did I lick the spoon!?
Today, I was baking fairy cakes with my little niece after we finished she ran off with the bowl leaving me with the spoon.. (not fair I know). Well with out thinking and having doing as I have done for years I popped the spoon in my mouth and started to clean up. as I grabbed the egg shells it hit me.. RAW EGG!!
You don't think there is much of a risk right?... right?!
You don't think there is much of a risk right?... right?!
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Re: Why did I lick the spoon!?
Don't panic. Seriously.
Look at how many eggs went in.... and look at how much batter that made. You'll be FINE. You're not gulping down raw eggs. Don't panic.
i'd say don't do it again, and ask your OB. Saying that i've done that once this pregnancy too (why i don't bake much while pregnant, i have a really hard time not eating the dough/batter).
but again, its done now, so i'd call you ob to ask if they're worried and if they're not, don't worry about it.
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It's fine. If I'm not mistaken the risk of eating raw eggs is the risk of being exposed to salmonella. And I read somewhere that in America we as individuals come across an egg contaminated with salmonella once every 40 years or so.
Ditto. Can't resist brownie batter
This! I tend to eat raw cookie dough from time to time...and, it's always been fine
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The so-called "danger" of raw eggs is one of the most overblown food safety issues.
You know what the contamination rate of an egg with salmonella is? 1 in 30,000. With average egg consumption, that comes out to you maybe coming across a contaminated egg once every **42 YEARS**!
DH made brownies last night, I purposely told him to leave some extra batter in the bowl for me to eat raw! I still eat my eggs runny, even while pregnant. I've eaten raw eggs (in dough/batter, protein shakes, etc) my entire life and never been sick.
Contrast that with the 3 times I've had food poisoning from restaurants, which are supposed to be "safe" and have routine health inspections. So in my personal experience, restaurants are far more likely to make someone sick than a raw egg. (I don't have any real statistics on-hand to back that up, but I would bet it's statistically accurate as well.)
same here....except i do it weekly.
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Dude.
You probably have a higher chance of being struck by freaking lightening, than getting salmonella.
I can't resist when I bake. I'm still alive and LO is fine.
The main risk is the same whether you are pregnant or not: salmonella. If you don't get a tummy ache, no salmonella.
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I did this last night while baking a cake with my youngest son.
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One is more likely to come into contact with salmonella eating a salad than eating cookie dough.
Scientists estimate that, on average across the U.S., only 1 of every 20,000 eggs might contain the bacteria. So, the likelihood that an egg might contain Se is extremely small ? 0.005% (five one-thousandths of one percent). At this rate, if you?re an average consumer, you might encounter a contaminated egg once every 84 years.
Go ahead and eat that batter!