Hi Cookers, A friend sent me this recently, and wanted to share this with all of you. There are a lot of bakers on the list, and want you all to take this seriously.
Expiration dates are important!!!!! Cake Mixes & Toxins Before my surgery I bought quite a few Duncan Hines cakes mixes that were on sale. A couple of months ago I decide to use one. I checked the expire date and found it past; all the boxes were passed the expiry date. I phoned Duncan Hines to ask if the one that was only 2 months past if was OK to use. She told me in no uncertain words to throw them all out, she even said to open the boxes and throw the mix in the garbage, just in case someone picked it up and used it. Check your mixes for expiration dates! Cake Mixes & Toxins **PLEASE READ** Pass this on to ALL in your address book. You never know whose life you may save by doing so. For those of you at work, PLEASE remember to check your cupboards when you get home tonight!!! This is confirmed on Snopes http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/pancake.asp A student at HBHS (high school) had pancakes this week and it almost became fatal. His Mom (registered nurse) made him pancakes, dropped him off at school and headed to play tennis. She never takes her cell phone on the court but did this time and her son called to say he was having trouble breathing. She told him to go to the nurse immediately and proceeded to call school and alert the nurse. The nurse called the paramedics and they were there in 3 minutes and worked on the boy all the way to the hospital. He came so close to dying. Evidently, this is more common than I ever knew. Check the expiration dates on packages like pancakes and cake mixes that have yeast that, over time, develop spores. Apparently, the mold that forms in old mixes can be toxic! Throw away ALL OUTDATED pancake mix, brownie mixes, Bisquick, cake and cookie mixes, etc. that you have in your home. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
