I guess it’s the best indicator because they pick out their own oysters vs just picking any oysters. There’s always a risk, but at least they’re picking and choosing theirs, at least my local place does

What a picture you painted for us

Yikes, glad they were investigated, there’s no way it should be so bad that 30 people get sick

I’ve gotten sick too from a shady hotel breakfast. Now… I rarely trust hotel breakfasts unless it’s prepackaged. Glad you at least made it off the boat!

Yeah, now I only go to the fancy oyster restaurants. It’s a rarity now because those places are expensive, but I’ve never gotten food poisoning from the places that specialize in them

I too come from a family who knew more than scientists when it came to food spoilage. I think it’s why I have such a delicate colon now. Grandparents and parents who said “Just drink it, it’s fine” when their children say “It tastes funny”. So many “24 hour stomach bugs” that now that I’m grown I realize were probably food poisoning. For your husband I often think to when I feel guilty that food is wasted. I have to tell myself “No, throwing it in the trash wasn’t when it was wasted, it was wasted when I decided not to eat it earlier, that’s when I allowed it to become trash”. Eating it after it’s spoiled doesn’t make it un-wasted.

I mean, that’s love right there.

That is the second airport plane story here in this thread. When I’m pre flight I eat only things I know, one example is McDonald’s. Something I usually don’t eat regulary, but I know how it affects me every time I fly. I’ll feel some indigestion, but much better than… well, you lived one of my nightmares.

Congrats! So far you win for largest WHY?! in the post so far!

Huh, neat! And by neat I mean, well, not so neat

Oof never been to the ER before because of food poisoning, glad you made it through that, and I hope you called our the restaurant if they caused it!

Thanks to my story and stories like yours, we learned that we need minimum 1.5 bathrooms in our home going forward. Sounds like you got real lucky!

Oof, Roast Beef and Mocha… Another lesson learned. Don’t trust anything from a place that doesn’t usually make them. Not always for food safety but also just quality. Frappacinos from fast food, or a burger from a coffee joint. Order what they’re good at. (Sorry sounds like I’m telling, but I’m reflecting back on my old life lessons I learned the hard way)

I honestly just started going to my own local coffee joint. What used to be expensive for something like a cappuccino (like 7 bucks) is now cheaper than starbucks. Plus I help a small business.

Furiously taking notes

Oh my god this is legit a nightmare of mine. I can’t believe you made it! Congrats for powering through customs, by twisted insides feel for you!

Definitely one of those things that you don’t know unless you know how bacteria grows. Growing up my family was the same, hey it’s in the fridge so it’s safe right? We didn’t know anything about the “Danger Zone” or what warming and cooling would do.

I didn’t say fault anywhere. I said it was ironic. It’s ironic that they laughed at Californians moving to TX, talked about how much better TX was better than CA, never realizing that the location had nothing to do with the problems, but rather capitalism and population growth. It’s ironic that the things they said Texas didn’t have are now the things Texas is directly facing.

Kicking us off. My worst story was on the day of my wedding. The night before I was drunk with friends in town, and they had never had real seafood before. So I ordered a huge platter of everything. Including, you guessed it, oysters. Now oysters are delicious, and they are usually fine if prepared well. Unfortuately we had just been through a large heatwave, and most of the oysters had spoiled, but no one knew yet. So I slurped a good 4 or 5 of them. Next day was the wedding. I really began to notice right before the ceremony. My (now wife) sent in the best man thinking I had cold feet. He came in, we chatted, he asked if I was alright. I… explained everything and he did what any good best man would do, and laughed. I was able to rally and attend my own wedding, but didn’t enjoy too much of the food the day after.

Turns out - it was Vibrio. I spent the next few days within 30 feet of a toilet at any given time. We weren’t on our honeymoon yet thankfully, but our first few days of marriage were definitely interesting.

With you there. Didn’t realize how lucky we were, and honestly thought about waiting just one more year on multiple occasions. What’s done is done, all I can do now is not feel guilty I got in, but rather just make the most of it. Pay off as quickly as I can, and vote to help others afford houses too.