zxcvbob wrote:
> Rusty wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
>
> Why? They obviously did *not* get botulism. The symptoms are all wrong.
>

Right. They got "lucky" and it was just food poisoning. What's in the
next jar? Why play russian roulette?

Rusty