D.Currie wrote:
> For the second time in a row, I'm ill after eating at a certain person's
> house. And trying to figure out exactly what it is that's causing this
> intestinal disaster. DH is also not feeling well, but isn't as miserable as
> me. Same as last time.
>
> Unfortunately, there's no way we can get out of eating there again in the
> future. So I need to figure out what's making us sick so we can avoid it, or
> else plan on possibly being sick after meals there. Which isn't very
> appealing.
>
> The thing is, neither of us have food allergies that we know of, and we eat
> a very diverse range of foods at home and elsewhere. No problems with spicy
> foods, the cabbage family, onions, cukes, or anything else that people might
> complain about. The food we had last night seemed to be pretty benign. The
> things we ate in common were the ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, and
> store-bought pumpkin pie with some sort of cool-whip like substance on top.
> Bread and butter-like substance. I brought the bread, so I know what was in
> there.
>
> I'm thinking it may be the beans. I think there was some comment last time
> about them being "home-canned" but this person doesn't do any canning, so I
> have no idea what that comment meant. Beans tasted weird to me, but I
> attributed it to the bacon bits or whatever it was that they were cooked
> with.
>



Improperly home canned green beans can harbor botulism. That can kill
you, your husband and your hosts. I would not eat there again. At the
very least, ask them to get rid of all of their home canned green
beans.

Rusty