Food Poisoning Is Bad For Business

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Sadly, I have been hit by one hell of a case of food poi­son­ing that has me ques­tion­ing EVERYTHING in my fridge.  As a mat­ter of fact, I’m doing a full purge of every­thing this week and start­ing anew because, quite sim­ply, I never want to have to go through that mess again.

I have been sur­viv­ing on all things water, gin­ger ale and apple juice.  One com­fort­ing thing, I do know what the cul­prit was that did make me sick and I’m happy to report it was NOTHING that I cooked.  I often get pre­pared soups from Gen­uardis for those nights when I don’t have an ounce of extra energy to whip up some­thing on the stove.  Gen­uardis pre­pared chili was a main­stay in my fridge.  Top the chili with a grat­ing of ched­dar and a dab of sour cream or crème fraiche and serve with some toasted bread and there you have it – bet­ter than takeout.

So, on St. Patrick’s day, while my friends were out and about, I was home vio­lently ill, pray­ing for what­ever it was to stop!  Not only did I have the usual nor­mal gross symp­toms of food poi­son­ing, but add to that a fever of 102, chills, dizzi­ness, etc.  I haven’t felt that sick in a long time.  You know things are bad when the dog and the cat are hov­er­ing around you to “cud­dle” like they know you are sick.  Now while I’m nowhere near 100% feel­ing bet­ter, I’ve found myself hes­i­tant about cook­ing as well.  What can I cook that won’t react badly I won­der.  Things just don’t taste the same and being told I can not have cof­fee, tea or caf­feine for a few days has me scream­ing inter­nally.  You know how I hate to be sep­a­rated from my cof­fee.  It’s been a tough week in the Lys household.

How­ever, I wanted to point out that you have to be care­ful where you buy your food from.  I have had quite a few inci­dents lately with Gen­uardis in Ply­mouth Meet­ing, PA where I’ve brought their meat home and it’s not fresh, has a ran­cid smell, etc.  You can even smell it in the store by the meat counter – just that “off” smell that has you going “What The ???”  I am extremely con­cerned about this as I used to love shop­ping there but if that is what I have to expect from them, well then I guess I will be tak­ing my busi­ness to Whole Pay­chex, the farm­ers’ mar­kets and other spots. 

Another thing that con­cerns me is that the FDA has released yet another food recall list and I’m start­ing to ques­tion what is going on.  There is sup­posed to be some sys­tem of checks and bal­ances and I’m notic­ing that either the work­ers are quite pos­si­bly get­ting lazy and not pay­ing atten­tion or there are too many lay­offs going on whereby there isn’t enough staff to ensure there ARE no prob­lems.  I am being a bit more proac­tive on read­ing the recall lists, ingre­di­ent lists and not­ing where things are orig­i­nated from.  And, of course, using my LOTUS sys­tem on any fruits & veg­gies.  (If I ever meet the per­son that invented that, he’s get­ting a big hug!  That machine is a life­saver (and well worth the cost!)

One thing is a def­i­nite – I’m NEVER buy­ing pre­pared chili ever again nor am I shop­ping at Genuardis!

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