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.

As I type, my stomach is making noises like I'm about to give birth to an
alien being. It's not happy with something I fed it. I just wish I knew what
it was.

Last time, I joked about how I might bring my own food and explain that I'm
on some sort of restricted diet, but I don't think I'd be able to get away
with that. And like I said, there's no way we can get away with not going
there for dinner on somewhat regular occasions.

Comments, suggestions, and sympathy are welcome.

--
Donna