A tale of two tastes

I don’t even like peanut butter. But Elizabeth Lee of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution managed to find two fans, with decidedly different perceptions of risk after the Peter Pan salmonella outbreak.

Linda Moore, 59, who works nights as a licensed practical nurse, was quoted as saying,

"It’s a comfort food. You don’t think about something being wrong with peanut butter. I would never have thought it. Never."

Moore, who bought the brand for many years, but now can’t stand to think about eating any peanut butter, stated,

"When I’m in the grocery store, I just look and keep moving. I can’t do it. I don’t know if I’ll ever eat it again. It scared the daylights out of me."

Pat Allen, 67, of Fayetteville, was quoted as saying,

"I don’t know anyone that was involved with that, anyone that got sick. … Once you’re hooked on it, you can’t have anything else. I just like my Peter Pan and I want it back."

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