Bacon & Ham??

[Ellee05]

I was told that you shouldn't eat ham, so have avoided that. But just wondering if it is safe to eat cooked bacon? like on pizza or in pasta or even with eggs??

[briggsy's girl]

bacon is fine as long as it's eaten freshly cooked and piping hot. even ham - if you have it and cook it yourself, it's ok to eat. after xmas i ate some ham cooked up like bacon with eggs for brekkie! was yum

[Evie76]

I've been eating ham just as I always have.

I avoided all of these things with DS. This time around, I'm over it. That is my choice though. I don't smoke, I don't do drugs and I tickle my son's tummy regularly, so if eating ham is the worst thing I do, I'm doing well in life.

I barely eat anything I always feel that sick - if I feel like ham, I'll eat it. Cold.

[1pj]

I too have been eating ham and bacon,ham mainly heated like in a toasted sandwhich or pizza,i have 2 pregnancy food books and both say thats fine.

[Ellee05]

Thanks ladies! I think I'll stick to as you as making sure it's hot and freshly cooked. I had a bacon and egg toasted sandwhich for lunch mmmmm just trying to get used to not having runny egg lol

[sunshine_sieben]

All Deli meats have a theoretical risk of acrrying the listeria bacterium. However, the risk is very small, so I personally have made the decision to eat deli meats. Even soft cheese. But that is just my decision.
Heat destroys the bacteria, so cooked soft cheeses and deli meats are fine (like blue cheese in a pasta sauce or cooked ham or bacon).

In Europe, they don't even advise people against eating those things because the risk is so small these days with our hygiene standards.

I would however make sure I buy and eat it from reputable sources, where it has been well chilled, eg. not left in the sun at a BBQ.

Theoretically you could contract listeria from eating raw vegetables. So really, we shouldn't even eat salads.
You should always make sure you wash any vegetables you use very well.

Saša

[2ndtimemum]

Thanks ladies! I think I'll stick to as you as making sure it's hot and freshly cooked. I had a bacon and egg toasted sandwhich for lunch mmmmm just trying to get used to not having runny egg lol

Pasturised eggs are ok to eat runny (and as far as I am aware all, or at least all common brands, of eggs in Australia are pasturised.

I did a lot of research on Listeria (both for a pregnant person and a person undergoing Chemotherapy) and much of the information that floats around is exaggerated or incorrect. Provided food is prepared hygienically (you can get of the food safe web site) and has been kept at proper standards, the risk of Listeria is eliminated. It is still possible for it to remain in things like cold meat and soft cheeses as they are often not heated to the required temperatures to destroy the Listeria in the first place, thus the reason they are the most well known to carry it, but as said previous posts, in this day and age that risk is very minimal (although if you did happen to be in that very minor % the outcome is almost guaranteed to be devastating).

I suggest eating food from reputable places and avoid eating the items that are higher on the 'risk' chart for listeria (soft cheese, cold [and some hot] meats - unless you are certain they were heated to above 70 degree celcius all the way through to the middle and then stored correctly first, soft serve ice cream - unless you are certain of correct, hygienic methods for the cleaning of the machines and many take away foods - unless the foods come to you piping hot, so ask for it fresh).