Food poisoning ....not good

Octygone · 24-06-2008, 10:26

Managed to get food poisoning on Sunday

I think from a burger/chip van at a steam fair we went to (can't prove anything) but Sunday night was not good and yesterday wasn't a lot better ....don't feel too bad today but all my joints ache and I am very tired....
lesson learned = stop eating burgers unless I cook them ......don't need that again

ap0gee · 24-06-2008, 10:32

I got food poisoning once as a student - was stuck in bed, barely able to move, sweating like a bee-hatch, only to have a note pushed under my door warning that one of the other students in the building had gone to hospital with meningitis! Oh how my mind raced...

Octygone · 24-06-2008, 10:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap0gee

I got food poisoning once as a student - was stuck in bed, barely able to move, sweating like a bee-hatch, only to have a note pushed under my door warning that one of the other students in the building had gone to hospital with meningitis! Oh how my mind raced...

It's stll making me sweat and then go cold......food poisoning = not reccomended

anonymouse · 24-06-2008, 11:11

Sympathies

sharkrider · 24-06-2008, 11:41

sympathies indeed, its one of the most unpleasant things ever, I had food poisoning about three years ago, and couldn't get out of bed for a week! thought I was going to die

heresmo · 24-06-2008, 12:16

Burgers are suspect from the outset for the reason that at the point of mincing any bacteria on the surface of a piece of meat is minced into the middle, so even if (debatable if being transported to a van) kept in a fridge at a proper temperature, if they're not cooked through properly at a temperature high enough to kill off the bacteria, the risk is pretty high. Just thought I'd mention that as we're coming up (hopefully) to BBQ time.

FWIW I've never eaten any hot food from a van vendor. It comes from the days when the ice cream van would come round and I'd love the bits of ice in it. It was only later I found that ice forms when it's been thawed partially then refrozen; also not good.

Hope you get well soon Rob.

Mo

devonutopia · 24-06-2008, 12:22

I'm lucky that I have an asbestos digestive system. Never had food poisoning, but have pushed my luck too far sometimes - guess that comes with being a student and pushing sell-by dates to the limit (throw it away if it needs shaving first

)

Feel sorry for anyone who has to go through that.

24-06-2008, 10:26	#1
Octygone Old Git Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,689 Thanks: 181 Thanked 109 Times in 68 Posts	Food poisoning ....not good Managed to get food poisoning on Sunday I think from a burger/chip van at a steam fair we went to (can't prove anything) but Sunday night was not good and yesterday wasn't a lot better ....don't feel too bad today but all my joints ache and I am very tired.... lesson learned = stop eating burgers unless I cook them ......don't need that again __________________

24-06-2008, 10:32	#2
ap0gee ASZ Eternal Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Leafy Chesh-shire Posts: 6,517 Thanks: 322 Thanked 315 Times in 271 Posts	Re: Food poisoning ....not good I got food poisoning once as a student - was stuck in bed, barely able to move, sweating like a bee-hatch, only to have a note pushed under my door warning that one of the other students in the building had gone to hospital with meningitis! Oh how my mind raced... __________________

24-06-2008, 11:11	#4
anonymouse Nuts Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 8,388 Thanks: 147 Thanked 249 Times in 183 Posts	Re: Food poisoning ....not good Sympathies __________________ "Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-correcting." - Heinlein

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sharkrider rider of sharks Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cumbria Posts: 3,776 Thanks: 205 Thanked 96 Times in 84 Posts	Re: Food poisoning ....not good sympathies indeed, its one of the most unpleasant things ever, I had food poisoning about three years ago, and couldn't get out of bed for a week! thought I was going to die __________________ Fiat Grande Punto Sporting (158 bhp 314 lbs/ft) in Red.... Furby vRS , black magic,passenger airbag de-activation switch, (now gone, but not forgotten!)

24-06-2008, 12:16	#6
heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,391 Thanks: 37 Thanked 129 Times in 109 Posts	Re: Food poisoning ....not good Burgers are suspect from the outset for the reason that at the point of mincing any bacteria on the surface of a piece of meat is minced into the middle, so even if (debatable if being transported to a van) kept in a fridge at a proper temperature, if they're not cooked through properly at a temperature high enough to kill off the bacteria, the risk is pretty high. Just thought I'd mention that as we're coming up (hopefully) to BBQ time. FWIW I've never eaten any hot food from a van vendor. It comes from the days when the ice cream van would come round and I'd love the bits of ice in it. It was only later I found that ice forms when it's been thawed partially then refrozen; also not good. Hope you get well soon Rob. Mo __________________

24-06-2008, 12:22	#7
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ooo-ar, Oi be from Devonshire Posts: 29,506 Thanks: 60 Thanked 308 Times in 253 Posts	Re: Food poisoning ....not good I'm lucky that I have an asbestos digestive system. Never had food poisoning, but have pushed my luck too far sometimes - guess that comes with being a student and pushing sell-by dates to the limit (throw it away if it needs shaving first ) Feel sorry for anyone who has to go through that. __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

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