Food poisoning - what to do ?

[SauRoNZA]

We prefer a butcher for meat these days.

For normal groceries sixty 60 rocks... and as a bonus you don't have to run into someone wearing superhero t-shirts. HAHAHAHA

Ha ha ha ha ha, I got that reference.

I do venture to the butcher when I’ve planned ahead, but the butcher inside our Checkers and the local Food Lovers isn’t bad either if you go to them and select what you want.

The danger is the pre-packaged stuff.

Even mince I’ll rather go ask the butcher to weigh and package it there and then, so I know it’s fresh.

Also tend to use a lot of pork mince which you never get on a shelf anyway.

 

[Left Of Bang]

I always buy these

Not saying they are the absolute worst, I too often want to take the gamble and then recall plenty of upset the day after.

 

[warrenpridgeon]

Ha ha ha ha ha, I got that reference.

I do venture to the butcher when I’ve planned ahead, but the butcher inside our Checkers and the local Food Lovers isn’t bad either if you go to them and select what you want.

We're lucky, the one pretty decent butcher one town over (which borders directly on ours) does free delivery over R1000. With my using biltong (which I make) to hit my protein goals R1000 order from a butchery is easy. 3 choppies en halwe kilo mince and you basically hit R1000 without blinking. lol

The danger is the pre-packaged stuff.

Yep, and heavily spiced stuff. As mentioned above, some shops definitely use it as a "die kak begin oud raak, Texan time". And you never know until it's 3am and you're calling George on the white megaphone.

 

[The_MAC]

Wait I'm seeing a lot of complaints about Checkers here... I thought they were the golden shop? Well I mean according to some

When I buy meat (from any store), I often take a few packets from the fruit and veg section, and then I open up the packaging of the meat I intend to buy, shove my nose in there, take a huge whiff, if it stinks , I walk away, if it's good , then I put it into the packet and proceed.

I have dodged a few bullets like this - and if the butcher or staff ask questions, I ask them to take a sniff of their fine produce.

Occasionally I buy from Woolies (specifically the pork), haven't had an issue there so no need to follow the above safety protocol

 

[Hemi300c]

On the edge of the toilet seat.

Turn around, every now and then I feel a little bit emptier

 

[Lupus]

Turn around, every now and then I feel a little bit emptier

Well at least you're not holding out for a hero right?

 

[Grant]

Sea Point is as Jewish as it gets.

"Little Tel Aviv"

 

[Grant]

On the edge of the toilet seat.

and clinging on by my fingernails to try prevent being jettisoned into another stratosphere

 

[rustypup]

Actually from my oncologist

Oncologist advised this treatment for... .food poisoning? Really?

Charcoal ingested immediately following ingestion of actual poisonous substances... *maaaaaybe* helps based on a lot of anecdotal reporting but not supported by any clinical studies. So... maybe.

There is zero clinical evidence charcoal helps with food poisoning. None.

 

[ghaye]

Well there is your problem , meat with marinate or flavouring .

Many years ago , i had a mate that worked in a butchery in a Supermarket. He warned me about ever buying meat with coating , or pre-spiced etc , as that is the "end of life" meat that is most often used , and the spices/coating helps the supermarket stretch out the life of products to sell.

And while not all is off or liable to make you ill, its best not play the odds.

Always buy fresh from butcher or deli, and spice/marinade it your self.

Welcome to that lekker Plaas Wors special!

 

[notayoba]

Unless you make it yourself at home, stay away from uncooked food like salads, peeled fuit or cold meats, and you'll be fine 99% of the time.
That's the biggest source of gastrointestinal infections out there. Not from the salad per se, but from cross contamination in the kitchen from raw chicken and other meats.

Eating a cooked chop/steak is highly unlikely to give you anything.

The worst I've ever had was from a kauai veggie wrap thing. Couldn't even keep a sip of water down for about 4 days. And on that note, the best treatment is just to not eat or drink anything at all.

 

[Brian_G]

We've also found an alarming increase in personal food poisoning incidents, seems to be a reflection of poor service these days, in bad hygiene I suspect but could also be food production / transport.

As a result we've become far more selective about where we shop.

 

[Nerfherder]

not sure of the time frame - cooked and ate around 8pm on sat.
felt odd around midnight or so - thought indigestion, had some citrisoda.
around 3am things started happening.
by sun, 8am all mayhem had broken loose.

felt like death around 10am - called for help from a friend - go to pharmacy etc.
by 5pm i was wishing for a coffin - called gp.

Ok, ja... probably the food.

mon 10am, craving kfc

Thats me every time. 1-2 days of pooping and not eating and i can eat my bodyweight in junk food.

gp is more nervous than me - i'm on a multitude of cardiac and copd meds

Ok... makes sense.

 

[vigras rojara]

The best cure for food poisoning is to enter a strenuous HYROX event. Although perhaps only if you're Australian.

 

[HAL 9000]

The best cure for food poisoning is to enter a strenuous HYROX event. Although perhaps only if you're Australian.

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