Originally Posted by
Wanabee Quiltin
Omg! I should have constant food poisoning or worse! I rarely use a whole onion at one time...what I don't use is put in a ziplock and set in fridge....I'm in good health.....
I have always stored my onions in zip lock bags and have never ever gotten sick. Where is this information coming from ?[/QUOTE]
I can't answer your question, but we always keep our onions at room temperature until we cut into them. Then we chop the leftover onion, put it in a refrigerator dish and use as needed. We've never been sick from this (46 years of doing this.)
The mayo IS the problem with the potato salad. Leave some mayo in a dish outside in hot weather and check it in a couple of hours. Would you want to eat it? Always refrigerate or keep cold anything made with mayo or uncooked eggs(it's actually better not to even eat anything with uncooked eggs).
Wherever this info about the onions came from might be for onions that have dirt on them. That's all I can figure.