Today, I tried to cook a nice meal for my sister's friends. It turned out perfect and they enjoyed it, while I was in the bathroom throwing up for two hours due to food poisoning. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML
Today, after struggling with anorexia for months, I got food poisoning. FML
Today, I didn't feel like cooking when I got home from work, so I decided to go to the local restaurant nearby and do my part in supporting small businesses. Long story short, I woke up later feeling like absolute shit. Hello, food poisoning. FML
Today, I got food poisoning for the first time after cooking. Yesterday, I met my boyfriend's family for the first time. FML
Today, I got food poisoning from my wedding food. FML
Today, after a week of staying in at night and fighting off a persistent cold, I was finally feeling well again, so I decided to go to my boyfriend's work BBQ. I got food poisoning. FML
Today, I got food poisoning from a restaurant that I had chosen for our company party. Everyone who went blamed me for their predicament. I also had to run to the toilet every ten minutes while they were all mad at me. FML
Today, I made spaghetti bolognese for three people. Of those three people, only one got food poisoning. Me. FML
Today, I was training for my new job at a restaurant. As part of training, they give you free food so you know what to recommend, and the dish I got was really good. Eight hours later I saw it again while I was puking. I got food poisoning from my own workplace. FML
Today, I was fired from the restaurant I work at because I missed my shift. I missed it because I was in the hospital for food poisoning from the meal I ate at work last night. FML
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RichardPencil 32
I think your standard for perfection is too low. When your sister's friends all get food poisoning, you'll realize that it was far from perfect.
Chazzster 32
Food poisoning is no fun, I’ve had it before from someone else’s kitchen. But it’s symptoms also look a lot like the common flu so it could be either. Food poisoning is usually fast, whereas the flu has a longer period between exposure and illness. Handling uncooked meat, poultry, fish, and even eggs is a source for salmonella germs which causes most food poisoning. For the guests, the greatest risk is if cross contamination occurs from the raw meat, poultry, etc. to the uncooked foods like a salad. This can occur from work surfaces or a cutting board or knife or the cooks hands that was not adequately washed off after being exposed to the raw meat. Adequately cooking the meat, poultry, fish, eggs will reliably kill the salmonella germs so that’s not often the route the food poisoning usually takes (unless it was undercooked). For the cook, the primary risk is handling the raw meat and then eating something with hands not adequately washed off. So it’s possible for the cook to get food poisoning even if the guests do not - It depends on the way the contamination spread. Always wash off your hands and all work surfaces well with dishwashing detergent immediately after handing raw meat, poultry, fish or even raw eggs. I personally go one step further and use peroxide (the kind that comes in the brown bottle from the drug store) on a paper tower and then wipe down the counters with that. It is cheap and effective and is odorless. I hate food poisoning!
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RichardPencil 32
I think your standard for perfection is too low. When your sister's friends all get food poisoning, you'll realize that it was far from perfect.
Chazzster 32
Food poisoning is no fun, I’ve had it before from someone else’s kitchen. But it’s symptoms also look a lot like the common flu so it could be either. Food poisoning is usually fast, whereas the flu has a longer period between exposure and illness. Handling uncooked meat, poultry, fish, and even eggs is a source for salmonella germs which causes most food poisoning. For the guests, the greatest risk is if cross contamination occurs from the raw meat, poultry, etc. to the uncooked foods like a salad. This can occur from work surfaces or a cutting board or knife or the cooks hands that was not adequately washed off after being exposed to the raw meat. Adequately cooking the meat, poultry, fish, eggs will reliably kill the salmonella germs so that’s not often the route the food poisoning usually takes (unless it was undercooked). For the cook, the primary risk is handling the raw meat and then eating something with hands not adequately washed off. So it’s possible for the cook to get food poisoning even if the guests do not - It depends on the way the contamination spread. Always wash off your hands and all work surfaces well with dishwashing detergent immediately after handing raw meat, poultry, fish or even raw eggs. I personally go one step further and use peroxide (the kind that comes in the brown bottle from the drug store) on a paper tower and then wipe down the counters with that. It is cheap and effective and is odorless. I hate food poisoning!