Posted on 06/18/2007 3:20:10 PM PDT by Between the Lines
CHINA GROVE, N.C. – Captain’s Galley, the restaurant linked to an E. coli outbreak in Rowan County, has been shut down after health officials confirmed that a goat was slaughtered inside the restaurant.
The Rowan County Health Department announced today they learned of the slaughter from an anonymous tip by a former employee, which was confirmed by management and ownership.
They’re not saying the slaughter is the exact cause of the E. coli outbreak, which sickened 20 people and killed one woman. But health officials say it is biologically plausible that the goat slaughter may have been the source of the outbreak.
Officials say it happened in the kitchen sometime between May 11 and May 20, after the restaurant was closed for the night. It does not appear that goat was served to customers.
It is possible, however, that kitchen utensils used to slaughter the goat may have been used later on in other food preparation, but that has not been confirmed.
The former employee who reported the incident worked at Captain’s Galley at the time of the slaughter, but is no longer employed there.
The restaurant management and their attorney did not protest the health department’s decision to shut them down. The owners say they are appalled by the acts of a few employees and have taken appropriate action against those employees.
Health officials said eight cases of E. coli, a bacterial infection of the stomach and intestines, have been confirmed, and another 12 are probable. Everyone who got sick ate at the restaurant between May 26 and June 3.
Faye Sides, 86, ate at the restaurant with family members after church on May 27, and she died last week. Both the health department and the owners of Captain’s Galley restaurant expressed their deepest sympathies to the Sides’ family.
Yes they do. It’s a delicacy in certain areas of Mexico. Google Cabrito.
Some do. Hispanic neighbors of my friends just outside of Albuquerque led one of their goats into the garage and it nevvvvver came out...alive. lol
Cabrito is darned good and very popular in Mexico. These folks aren't Mexican Americans though as their families go back in that area before there was a Mexico. Or a U.S.A.
Used to eat Captain’s Galley all the time when I lived there. Yummy.
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco had a large problem with feral dogs wandering around.
In the Seventies, Vietnamese were allowed to migrate to the US and many came to SF.
It wasn't too long after they started arriving that the feral dog problem in the Park ceased to exist.
Suppose they've never been to Rick's place.
I thought China Grove was in Texas...down around San Anton(io). :0)
Spreading the E Coli American's don't want to spread.
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Ping.
I used to enjoy going to restaurants. But with the prices and all the illegal aliens in the kitchens...
No thanks, I graciously passed on it.
I actually quit going to restaurants, or have limited going to about once or twice a year.
The last time I was in a Mexican restaurant, we were in a booth, something caught my eye above, I looked up and noticed a perfect silhouette of a rat crawling on the transparent light fixture direct above us.
That did it for me.
“Hispanics don’t usually slaughter goats for food.”
Come to Fort Worth. Cabrito, birria ... at restaurants.
Yeah, they eat goats? Yuk.
Good thing their culture doesn’t like elephant meat. That would really be messy.
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The Rowan County Health Department announced Monday they learned of the slaughter from an anonymous tip by a former employee, which was confirmed by management and ownership.
They’re not saying the slaughter is the exact cause of the E. coli outbreak, which sickened 20 people and killed one woman.
Rowan County Health Director Leonard Wood isn't sure what happened to the goat, if it was cooked or taken away. It was not served to customers.
It also is not the confirmed cause of the E. coli outbreak because there's no meat sample to test, he said.
Also Online Eat, Drink and Be Wary: Read about Mecklenburg County restaurant inspections "But it is certainly biologically plausible, that this exposure may have in fact been the source,” Wood said.
Officials say it happened in the kitchen sometime between May 11 and May 20, after the restaurant was closed for the night.
It is possible that kitchen utensils used to slaughter the goat may have been used later on in other food preparation, but that has not been confirmed.
The former employee who reported the incident worked at Captain’s Galley at the time of the slaughter, but is no longer employed there.
The restaurant management and their attorney did not protest the health department’s decision to shut them down. The owners say they are appalled by the acts of a few employees and have taken appropriate action against those employees.
Wood says the cook staff is Latino. A local goat farmer says they're a popular food source because one goat can feed a family for a month.
Maurice Mills was a Captain's Galley regular, having eaten there for the last eight or 10 years.
"Good food, plenty on the portions,” he said.
He had been waiting for it to re-open, but on Monday, the look on his face said it all.
"I wouldn't (eat there) now,” he said. “I wouldn't take my family up there. Man, that's hard to believe."
Health officials said eight cases of E. coli, a bacterial infection of the stomach and intestines, have been confirmed and another 12 are probable. Everyone who got sick ate at the restaurant between May 26 and June 3.
Faye Sides, 86, ate at the restaurant with family members after church on May 27, and she died last week. Both the health department and the owners of Captain’s Galley restaurant expressed their sympathies to the Sides’ family.
This is from the link on Drudge. Someone here said that they watched a report that claimed the cooks to be illegal. This story tells where they're from.
Birria! Try it sometime. Makes a great taco. It is Goat meat.
my sister was fool enough to marry an Iranian national. She came home one day and opened a pot on the stove finding a goat head steaming looking right at her.
Delicacy in their country.
“Yeah, they eat goats? Yuk.”
Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. Not bad, IMO.
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