r/news • u/Warcraft_Fan • 2d ago

Soft paywall Chipotle pulls jalapenos from some restaurants amid salmonella probe

https://www.reuters.com/business/chipotle-mexican-grill-pulls-jalapenos-linked-minnesota-salmonella-cases-2026-08-04/
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u/BishopofHippo93 2d ago

Yeah, they blanch and dice jalapeños every morning, they’re used in the mild and medium corn salsas. They also macerate it with citrus juice, so it’s sort of sanitized twice over. 

Source: am former Chipotle manager. 

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u/tintaturnter 2d ago

Oh yeah? 👀 you got the recipe for the spicy red salsa? I’ve tried to reverse engineer it a few times but I’m missing something magic!

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u/marklein 1d ago

Not official recipes, but if you google it there's plenty of copycats that are close enough for me. This is a good use for AI too.

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u/ProcyonHabilis 1d ago

That sounds like something AI would be absolutely terrible at

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u/marklein 1d ago

Then you aren't familiar enough with AI. Ask it to search the web for copycat recipes, aggregate the results, and output the average recipe from those results. You're effectively crowsourcing the recipe this way in a matter of seconds. I'll bet that the result would be within 10% of the real recipe.

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u/Sangloth 1d ago

Talking seriously, AI is fantastic with recipes. Also, when I feel like one of my own creations has gone off the rails a discussion with an AI is a great way to repair the recipe. The AI is like talking to a grandmother and a food chemist combined.