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  1. 10-26-2013, 12:12 PM #1
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    A friend sent me some of her Salsa from Florida to SC. The mailman didn't leave it on Monday and it was today before could pick it up. I opened the box and saw the jar lid was swollen big time. Though it was packed to a point where it couldn't be damaged. I cracked the lid slightly and it spewed liquid for 10 minutes. There was a lot, I mean a lot of pressure in this ball jar with a canning lid. I figure it would of busted anytime had I not gotten it today! I haven't been able to find out if she water bathed it yet...Do you think it is safe to eat? Smells phenomenal!
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    Quote Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL View Post
    " ... Do you think it is safe to eat? Smells phenomenal!
    I love good, fresh salsa... but I wouldn't eat that salsa you received on a whiskey bet.

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    Found out it was water bathed....I am gonna add some water and boil it! Cost her 40 bucks to get it here. If I boil it is it possible anything could make me sick?
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    Quote Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL View Post
    A friend sent me some of her Salsa from Florida to SC. The mailman didn't leave it on Monday and it was today before could pick it up. I opened the box and saw the jar lid was swollen big time. Though it was packed to a point where it couldn't be damaged. I cracked the lid slightly and it spewed liquid for 10 minutes. There was a lot, I mean a lot of pressure in this ball jar with a canning lid. I figure it would of busted anytime had I not gotten it today! I haven't been able to find out if she water bathed it yet...Do you think it is safe to eat? Smells phenomenal!
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    I would not eat it. What caused the swelling...botchulinum toxin?
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    You can't be serious. You know the reason it was swollen is because it was spoiled. Would a $2000 hospital bill be better than the $40 spent to ship? Cut her losses and dump the stuff.
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    Absolutely do not eat it. It doesn't matter if it went through the water bath process of not, the seal has broken and it is now a bacterial bomb waiting to go off.

    Put the whole thing, jar and all, into a rubbish bag and put it in the bin. Preferably whilst wearing gloves, then bin them too. I can't stress enough the danger this poses.
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    Uh...what they said......
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    Just imagine what will happen inside your gut!
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    All of the above. Not worth the risk.
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    So? What'd you do with it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    So? What'd you do with it?
    Well, if you don't receive a reply from Cowboy Survival in the next three days .... that means he ate it.

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    I was thinking the same thing when I posted that. Had to make sure he was still posting.
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    I errored to the side of caution! I dumped it.
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    I think even the bull was worried there for a bit.
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