Damn...

My favorite thing in the world, Totino’s Party Pizza™, has fallen victim to E.Coli O157:H7. I am very upset over this as I have been eating these since I was a child. I ate one Tuesday for dinner and savored every bite. Now I could die from it! According to the press release there have been people getting sick and having kidney failure. The numbers are small but E. Coli works in mysterious ways. I lived as a vegetarian for many years and still follow a vegetarian diet the best I can. I do eat fish and occasionally I will ingest pork and some chicken but not often. But I LOVE the pepperoni Totino’s Party Pizza’s. The pepperoni’s are little chunks that are juicy and yummy. I pop one in the oven for 14 minutes (I like mine really done) @ 450, then I slice it up and enjoy. Now I am gonna have kidney failure. I have never had a product that I enjoy recalled (other than a vehicle). Possible death is not a health issue to me, it is more like OMG I AM GONNA DIE type of thing, and I am not freaking out if that is what you are thinking. I am just concerned that I have ingested MANY of these pizzas since July (this is when they are saying the possible contamination occurred). Am I gonna stop eating them? Yes, for the time being. I will wait until there is an all clear to consume. Until then I will have to find an alternative but it will be hard, if not impossible, to replace a perfectly portioned, .99 cent piece of heaven.

Press release:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_049_2007_Release/index.asp