I deleted a duplicate thread in LBN.

didn't step on your thread. I tried to look for duplicates but may have missed it

I remember when my family 'discovered' Blue Bell ice cream. We were living in Houston at the time. We thought we'd died and gone to Heaven.

I don't know how they do it, but their Old-Fashioned Vanilla tastes just like it was made in one of those old hand-cranked ice cream freezers.

The original recalls were for specific kinds of the ice cream, and did not include the big tubs.
One of which I have sitting in the freezer.

It's been nearly thirty years. Memory fails...

They have a vanilla that is made with real sugar
and one that is made with HFC
and I keep forgetting which is which.

In any case, there is a new tub in the freezer, most likely without lysteria....

Think I will let Mr. Dixie eat some first.

Blue Bell and Texas Red Grapefruit are the state's best exports.

lol

No thanks!

but they needed to do this a month ago. And when they get it it fixed, I'll be eating it again.

There's a happy thought for unfortunate people like you.

Imaginary red lines on a map can indeed affect the taste buds of the irrational.

Called 'Krusey Village" (or some such -- it's their name) at a tremendous loss. Apparently most of the proceeds of Blue Bell go to subsidizing the services of the home. Apparently, their goal was to make sure normal "non-rich" retirees without family support could have a safe and nice place to live.

Anyway, I'm old and have come to appreciate people who look out for the elderly. I'm blessed to have many loving daughters and granddaughters (and a grandson who has come to live with me), but a lot of people are not.

So I wish them well and hope this gets sorted out quickly.

I respect Bluebell for taking this step

This is also news from Brenham, Texas:

http://abc13.com/news/sheriff-cannot-yet-arrest-woman-bragging-of-killing-cat/667065/

I hope the vet gets her due, and I hope Blue Bell gets back on its feet and up and running past this crisis. Brenham really is a quaint little town.

Mad at a vet for killing a cat, not mad at Blue Bell for torturing cows. The dairy industry is extremely cruel.

What does that have to do with anything?

Just trying to figure out your angle in the thread.

Now I know.

Do you know how dairy cows are treated? I do, and it's disgusting.

I think you've missed the point of the post entirely in your haste to post a reply. Have yourself a nice day and a nice stay at DU.

About why it's ok to harm some animals but not others.

seriously, between Big Ag, factory farms, factory-produced foods and agrotoxins applied to our food/animal feed, the food industry is poisoning us.

I eat 100% organic, buying from local farm markets, a bit from the supermarket, and online. I also have a garden space at our organic community garden. It's not that difficult to find or grow yourself if you've got garden space.

whose farm was inspected by a food shop owner I also know, who vouched for the farmer.

When this farmer says his chickens are pasture/farm yard raised and organic, I believe him. I also trust that there's no salmonella--- I've been buying chicken and eggs for a year from this farmer and so far no illness.

Point is, it's best to know who you're buying from. I realize that people in cities can't know the farmer down the road, but everyone should be checking into where their food is coming from. There are plenty of farm markets in cities, too, where you can ask q's of the farmers.

And I have never contracted salmonella or any other illness.

That's my story.