What and where were you eating when you contracted food poisoning?
Dec 12, 2006, 2:49 pm
#1
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: About 45 miles NW of MCO
Programs: Acapulco - Gold, Panama - Red, Timothy Leary 8 Mile High Club
Posts: 29,247
What and where were you eating when you contracted food poisoning?
A reuben at Corky & Lenny's Deli in suburban Cleveland triggered my worst ever food experience. Explosive reaction a couple hours later was accompanied by chills, fever and more delirium than usual. It took 2 years before I could go back in (I bought a bottled water).
BamaVol Jr #3 contracted food poisoning a year ago at Outback in Oxford, AL. He heaved for a couple hours before visiting the emergency room. He'll only eat steak at home since.
BamaVol Jr #3 contracted food poisoning a year ago at Outback in Oxford, AL. He heaved for a couple hours before visiting the emergency room. He'll only eat steak at home since.
Dec 12, 2006, 3:00 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SIN/CLE
Programs: UA GS/1K, SQ SilverKris, DL MM-Silver
Posts: 2,099
Pizza Hut in Xiamen, China. 
Host was convince westerners couldn't handle Chinese food. I love real Chinese. And, she was proud of the city's newest modern establishment - Pizza Hut.
Had Pizza & salad bar. Knew it was a bad idea up front, but couldn't easily back away without causing my host to lose major face. Thankfully, it didn't hit until after my next flight, by the time I'd made it to my hotel room.
Started religiously carrying Cipro with me wherever I go after that.
Host was convince westerners couldn't handle Chinese food. I love real Chinese. And, she was proud of the city's newest modern establishment - Pizza Hut.
Had Pizza & salad bar. Knew it was a bad idea up front, but couldn't easily back away without causing my host to lose major face. Thankfully, it didn't hit until after my next flight, by the time I'd made it to my hotel room.
Started religiously carrying Cipro with me wherever I go after that.
Dec 12, 2006, 3:08 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NYC
Programs: DL PM, TSA Disparager Gold
Posts: 1,431
Could it be that Junior #3 simply picked something up elsewhere if none of the rest of you got sick? Kids often pick up viruses and bacteria at places like school. I wouldn't blame Outback so quickly.
Dec 12, 2006, 3:28 pm
#4
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,716
Lone Star Steakhouse near Wheeling, WV. I had a shrimp kebab with tasty yet undercooked shrimp. NW were nice enough to upgrade me all the way back to the east coast. Somehow the experience was ruined by me being doubled over in pain the whole time.
Dec 12, 2006, 3:59 pm
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marriott or Hilton hot tub with a big drink <glub> Beverage: To-Go Bag™ DYKWIA: SSSS /rolleyes ☈ Date Night: Costco
Programs: Sea Shell Lounge Platinum, TSA Pre✓ Refusnik Diamond, PWP Gold, FT subset of the subset
Posts: 12,509
The Fisherman’s Platter from DiMillo's Floating Restaurant in PWM had me hating life for a while.
Dec 12, 2006, 4:08 pm
#7
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Central Texas
Programs: Many, slipping beneath the horizon
Posts: 9,859
Fell off the fantail into one of the Mekong's tributaries one morning 41 years or so ago, swallowing some water. Even the passage of time has not reduced the vividness of the memories. The resulting "Calf Scours" liked to turned my lower innards inside out.
Dec 12, 2006, 4:11 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Orlando, FL, US
Programs: DL-Dirt Medallion;US-Cast Iron Preferred; HH-Gold; Avis First
Posts: 3,617
Quizno's in Orlando, both my wife and I got it, came on quick, but relatively mild.
Worst wasn't a restaurant, but a scout camping trip. We had beef kabobs, I was tossing my cookies before everyone else was even done eating, and it took over a week to clear up.
Worst wasn't a restaurant, but a scout camping trip. We had beef kabobs, I was tossing my cookies before everyone else was even done eating, and it took over a week to clear up.
Dec 12, 2006, 4:41 pm
#9
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: HNL
Programs: United 1K, Hyatt Gold
Posts: 93
Eggs at the Antarctic Centere
Was at the Antarctic Centre in Christchurch, NZ eating eggs before our 7 hr flight on a military C-130 (4 prop plane) to Antarctica. I got sick halfway thru the flt. It was without a doubt the worst day of my life. Thought at first it was air sickness, even tho I've flow for 20 years and never been air sick. Worst part was after I got sick, we still had 4 hrs of flying in a really loud plane before we landed.
Dec 12, 2006, 7:58 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2005
Location: PIT/CNX
Programs: UA dirt... and btw, THE innovator of the phrase 'gate lice'. Yeah, that's right.
Posts: 2,874
What a morbid topic!
I'm not so sure I didn't get hit w/the latest E. coli outbreak. Can't definitively say it was, but wouldn't surprise me if it were. Flew into IND last Tuesday. Arrived to my hotel at about 11 PM after making a quick stop to... you guessed it, Taco Bell. Did my business that following day, caught a flight to RDU and arrived there that evening (Wed.) Was woken up early the next morning with the worst diarrhea I've ever had. Two hours later, the vomiting started. Just twice though. Thankfully, by about 5PM that day, I started to feel 10x better. Quick hitter, it was.
I'm not so sure I didn't get hit w/the latest E. coli outbreak. Can't definitively say it was, but wouldn't surprise me if it were. Flew into IND last Tuesday. Arrived to my hotel at about 11 PM after making a quick stop to... you guessed it, Taco Bell. Did my business that following day, caught a flight to RDU and arrived there that evening (Wed.) Was woken up early the next morning with the worst diarrhea I've ever had. Two hours later, the vomiting started. Just twice though. Thankfully, by about 5PM that day, I started to feel 10x better. Quick hitter, it was.
Dec 12, 2006, 8:27 pm
#12
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 106
2 times that I know were food poisoning or what ever( ecoli, salmonella ?) About 20 yrs ago at Red Lobster w/ fiancee( now husband, after we found we could live through food poisoning together, with only one bathroom, knew it was real life love. LOL) We have never visited that establishment (or spent quality time in so such an intimate setting) since.
The other time, was when on I spent 1/2 of month out of state and 1/2 in state, and decided to buy a chicken already stuffed to cook in my home away from home. No matter how tempting those chickens or porks chops look, in the supermarket.DON'T DO IT
The other time, was when on I spent 1/2 of month out of state and 1/2 in state, and decided to buy a chicken already stuffed to cook in my home away from home. No matter how tempting those chickens or porks chops look, in the supermarket.DON'T DO IT
Dec 12, 2006, 8:55 pm
#13
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pasadena, California
Programs: UA 1K, 1MM
Posts: 10,412
So far as I know, I've only contracted food poisoning once (and it was relatively mild). So, this is easy.
I contracted food poisoning from some escargot ravioli that I ate at a bistro in Manhattan's Meat Packing district. In retrospect, it seems such an obviously bad idea that I almost feel I deserved it. (Or, maybe I'm being too harsh on myself?)
I was in New York over the holidays and had to get back to Virginia so I could fly home to California (Mom's in VA; Dad's in NY). Fortunately for me, I was staying with a friend and her husband, both of whom are ER doctors. I had planned on taking Greyhound back to Washington, DC, but went for the more expensive Amtrak option. Figured that if I had to use a public restroom, better it be on Amtrak than Greyhound. Sure did answer my question as to why one would pay so much more to take Amtrak.
I contracted food poisoning from some escargot ravioli that I ate at a bistro in Manhattan's Meat Packing district. In retrospect, it seems such an obviously bad idea that I almost feel I deserved it. (Or, maybe I'm being too harsh on myself?)
I was in New York over the holidays and had to get back to Virginia so I could fly home to California (Mom's in VA; Dad's in NY). Fortunately for me, I was staying with a friend and her husband, both of whom are ER doctors. I had planned on taking Greyhound back to Washington, DC, but went for the more expensive Amtrak option. Figured that if I had to use a public restroom, better it be on Amtrak than Greyhound. Sure did answer my question as to why one would pay so much more to take Amtrak.