The Centers for Disease Control, just in time for the holidays, are out with a warning to “Say No to Raw Dough,” explaining that cookie dough contains raw eggs that could carry Salmonella bacteria. All of that lurking danger is baked out of the cookies by the high temperatures of the oven.
CDC Warns People to 'Say No' to Raw Cookie Dough While Baking for the Holidays https://t.co/oeChbDiSL2
— People (@people) December 10, 2018
We’re sorry we have to be the ones to remind the CDC that this is America, and we’ll eat raw cookie dough as we please. The warnings were even enough to inspire the Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein to work up a risk/benefit analysis and conclude that eating raw dough is “probably worth the risk.”
New post: "Eating raw cookie dough is probably worth the risk" https://t.co/JxdhsgW5Ni
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) December 10, 2018
Sure, raw cookie dough could theoretically transmit bacteria. But just 1 in 20,000 eggs has salmonella, and e coli in flour is rare considering we consume 130 lbs of it per person annually. Odds that your batch of cookie dough is contaminated is low https://t.co/JxdhsgW5Ni
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) December 10, 2018
The risk of contaminated cookie dough may be higher than zero, but we often engage in behaviors that carry some risk, just bc they're fun. Why should cookie dough be any different? https://t.co/JxdhsgW5Ni
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) December 10, 2018
We’re convinced and we’re eating it. Is anyone with us?
<wraps cookie dough in romaine lettuce and smokes it while driving> https://t.co/hRBAIOZoK3
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) December 10, 2018
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must be incredibly frustrating to work at the CDC and constantly tell a bunch of people who tweet “I yearn for death” that raw cookie dough will kill them
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) December 10, 2018
apparently the CDC has never tried cookie dough?https://t.co/1JrNxHTJJr
— Swami Kumaresan (@realSwamiK) December 10, 2018
The CDC can kiss my fat, cookie dough covered ass and take the cookie dough from my cold, dead hands pic.twitter.com/xOPuVsElYC
— Haley is a Tough Kid™ (@raincityhaley) December 10, 2018
When the CDC tells us not to eat raw cookie dough pic.twitter.com/9b9Ddu0RYG
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) December 10, 2018
CDC: Don’t eat Romaine.
Me: Ohhhh, okay.
CDC: Don’t eat raw cookie dough.
Me: You are not the boss of me!!! pic.twitter.com/qRG3mqPfkS
— Shadow (@ByronsShade) December 10, 2018
the cdc tells you right to your fat face that cookie dough will literally kill you as soon as it touches your mouth
what do you do
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) December 10, 2018
“If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie” https://t.co/KQGqe2HYzV
— Dad (@fivefifths) December 10, 2018
CDC: Don't eat Romaine lettuce
Me: No problem
CDC: Don't eat raw cookie dough either
Me: The CDC is a deep state conspiracy
— Peter Bonilla (@pebonilla) December 10, 2018
I have never met anyone that got sick from eating raw cookie dough. https://t.co/HID44gnFhC
— Brad Frantz (@Just_Magikarp) December 10, 2018
Raw cookie dough… yeah, this is the hill I'll die on.
I want to double down and eat more cookie dough. Hell, I might never bake cookies again — all dough all the time.
TAKE THAT, CDC
— Kevin J. Wangler (@KevinJWangler) December 10, 2018
Telling me not to eat cookie dough could be bad for the CDC's health, know what I mean? pic.twitter.com/nE8G8QUMIx
— ℝ???? ???? (@AprilTara) December 10, 2018
Just buy pasteurized eggs and microwave the flour before using and you're good to go. Eat your (raw) heart out.
— Pallas Tweet (@PallasTweet) December 10, 2018
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CDC advises against dressing up your chickens for Halloween this year https://t.co/2qnEMtA8Bj
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 23, 2018
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