Let's turn to something else: Chipotle - lots to consider

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Had Chipotle for dinner last night in Florida. Still stands as my favorite quick food place!

 

[eeyoreandtink]

This is interesting. I haven't seen much supporting data, especially for produce, not sure if it's out there. Do you by any chance have a link?

This is what I've seen - primarily related to meat and dairy: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/02/organic-meat-dairy-safer/#.VmhGmno8KrU

I think there's a lot that's unknown at this point, or at least not well documented.

Unfortunately, I don't the research I worked on was proprietary.

Also, the link you posted was from 2010, early on in the organic craze. A LOT has changed about the scale of organic farming and the way they are doing things since that was published. There are so many more "organic" farms out there than there used to be adn many are much larger.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Unfortunately, I don't the research I worked on was proprietary.

Also, the link you posted was from 2010, early on in the organic craze. A LOT has changed about the scale of organic farming and the way they are doing things since that was published. There are so many more "organic" farms out there than there used to be adn many are much larger.

Ok, thanks. That's sort of what I'm saying, I haven't found a lot of newer information out there, so I'm trying to figure out if it's verifiable information. If it is, I haven't seen it.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

The number of BC students sickened is now up to over 120.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/20...ng-chipotle/r9qvqlMLjVdV9CxRsnpaFN/story.html

 

[DLgal]

I have had food poisoning once in my life. I never need to go through that again. I won't go back to Chipotle until this issue is under control.

 

[ols386]

The number of BC students sickened is now up to over 120.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/20...ng-chipotle/r9qvqlMLjVdV9CxRsnpaFN/story.html

Oh my, I had no idea it was that many students.

 

[SparklePixie]

The number of BC students sickened is now up to over 120.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/20...ng-chipotle/r9qvqlMLjVdV9CxRsnpaFN/story.html

Reading the violations, I can see why the location was closed.

 

[diznee25]

My husband works in St Louis MO, and his coworkers have eaten at a local Chipotle. They did not get sick or anything.

We live in Southern IL, and plan on eating at our local Chipotle during Christmas break. Like my husband said, we'll be concerned about eating there if/when people start getting sick at the locations we visit.

 

[Vernie822]

We eat there pretty regularly, usually ever other week. I'm not sure if we'll eat there soon or not.

 

[Geoff_M]

Ok, thanks. That's sort of what I'm saying, I haven't found a lot of newer information out there, so I'm trying to figure out if it's verifiable information. If it is, I haven't seen it.

From the Food Poisoning Bulletin:

organic food recalls were 8% of all food units recalled. That doesn’t sound like much, until you consider that organic foods were only 2% of all food unites recalled in 2014. And in 2012 and 2013, only 1% of total food units recalled were organic.

Growing consumer and corporate demand for organic ingredients is partially responsible for the increase. But what is troubling is that all of the recalls of organic food have been for pathogenic bacteria contamination.

That's an eight-fold increase in two years.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

From the Food Poisoning Bulletin:That's an eight-fold increase in two years.

Thanks for pulling that up. The second parargraph is really concerning, i.e. bacterial contamination - not your run-of-the-mill virus, by any means.

 

[SparklePixie]

Five more cases of e coli were reported today at locations in OK, Kansas and North Dakota from late November. These cases may be a different strain of e coli than the larger outbreak.

 

[Kellykins1218]

Ate lunch at Chipotle yesterday & will probably go again tomorrow

 

[tvguy]

Never eaten in one, no plans to do so . There are way better authentic Mexican places in the Boston area than doing a cookie cutter chain place.

I get that there are restaurants you prefer, but on the surface, authentic Mexican places in Boston seems like an oxymoron. That's like authentic Boston Clam Chowder in Mexico City.

 

[lovin'fl]

We've stopped going. Not worth the risk as there are tons of other places we like to eat at that do not have reports of customers getting sick.

 

[bcla]

I get that there are restaurants you prefer, but on the surface, authentic Mexican places in Boston seems like an oxymoron. That's like authentic Boston Clam Chowder in Mexico City.

Really all it takes is one Mexican expatriate (or descendants) to establish a good restaurant. Perhaps it's not quite like you'd find in the Southwest or San Francisco, but it doesn't take that much effort to find what is available.

 

[tvguy]

Really all it takes is one Mexican expatriate (or descendants) to establish a good restaurant. Perhaps it's not quite like you'd find in the Southwest or San Francisco, but it doesn't take that much effort to find what is available.

I have been to many Mexican restaurants in the U.S. that had great food, but few that had food like I have had in restaurants in Mexico. Mexican food in the U.S. tends to be spicier. I think too I was influenced by our host on my first trip to Mexico who warned that restaurants in Mexico that serve spicy food either are tourist traps, or trying to cover up less than fresh ingredients, or are both.

 

[Minnesota!]

It doesn't worry me. I wanted to stop there the other day, but DH won out and we ended up at Pei*Wei.

I like Chipotle's bowls. YUM!

 

[bcla]

I have been to many Mexican restaurants in the U.S. that had great food, but few that had food like I have had in restaurants in Mexico. Mexican food in the U.S. tends to be spicier. I think too I was influenced by our host on my first trip to Mexico who warned that restaurants in Mexico that serve spicy food either are tourist traps, or trying to cover up less than fresh ingredients, or are both.

I suppose one of the most overused phrases is "authentic". In many ways it doesn't really matter how authentic it is as long as it's good and a good value.

Seriously though - one of the more interesting things I've ever tried was Indo-Chinese food - as in India. It was really odd. It felt more like Indian food than Chinese. I'd also never heard of manchow soup. The staff was entirely Indian and the utensils given were metal spoons and forks. I suppose that's authentic to someone from India, but not to someone in the US or even those from China.

Of course there's authentic and then there's what people expect. A large Mission-style burrito isn't really anything that has its origins in Mexico. Americans often expect things like chop suey or egg foo yung which are really Americanized. I remember looking at a review of a Chinese restaurant complaining that something was wrong because they didn't have egg foo yung on the menu.

 

[MickeySP]

I get that there are restaurants you prefer, but on the surface, authentic Mexican places in Boston seems like an oxymoron. That's like authentic Boston Clam Chowder in Mexico City.

Really so no Mexican Nationals ever emigrated to the Boston area. There is a place in Cambridge that only one person speaks English, they have the best authentic chili ever served. Sorry your area is too ethnically white to enjoy authentic food from people from diverse cultures.

I bet if a Bostonian moved to Mexico they could serve authentic clam chowdah not that red crap some other places claim as chowdah