Does your food bug you?

Researchers like to tell us we are now three generations removed from the family farm. Meaning that the majority of Americans purchase their produce in "supposedly" sterile grocery stores, instead of harvesting it. That has changed the way we consumers view food. When I was a little girl a wiggly little worm in the core of my apple was a mere irritation, for my niece today it would be a full blown catastrophe. But thankfully she lives her life unaware that a lot of our foods teem with microscopic life. Despite the fact that America produces the safest and cleanest food in history of this great nation, the critters are there and live quite happily among our cheeses, vegetables and flour and any other edible goody they can find. Oh you can try cooking, canning, steaming freezing and any other "zing" you want, you might reduce their presence, but you can't totally sterilize foods. The good news is that the majority of this tiny organism doesn't hurt us, In fact in comparison to the bacteria found on our hands and the kitchen sponge they are really quite tame. I'm Susan Allen and this has been Food Forethought