Food poisoning


 
AndyK

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A few days ago we (my wife’s friends and I) got hit with food poisoning and it wasn’t very comfortable to say the least.
I’ve only had food poisoning once and that was when I was 12 when I ate a warm tuna fish sandwich that was in the car all day when we went to the races.
I am much older now and consider this my fault because I knew better.


Here is what happened,
The girls wanted to go to a nice oyster bar on the Hood Canal called Hamma Hamma oyster company.
This is a pretty nice place on the water that has been raising their own oysters since 1922.
It’s very beautiful there and is a nice road trip from about anywhere in the general area.

The thing is I should have shut down this idea from the start because of several reasons.
There was a bio toxin warning in the area.
My oysters were not safe to eat because of warm shallow water due to a temperature increase.
I even opened up a couple of mine and knew that they were not right.
The place we went to had most of their variety’s sold out (so we got to order from the bottom of the barrel).

The first few dozen were nice, fresh, firm, chilled and over all just fine.
I was so impressed I even made arrangements to buy spat (baby oysters/oyster seed) from them.
I thought that a commercial oyster house would have tanks with UV lighting to kill the bacteria issues so they would have a steady supply of safe oysters, heck I’m even considering that.

The last couple dozen just looked a bit off and my spider senses were blinking loudly but I didn’t listen until I ate 3 of them.
The sweet taste and firmness was no longer there, the was a mushiness to them and they was a whiteish yuk on them.
The girls had no clue but I should have known better.

My wife only ate from the first batch of fresh oysters and was fine.
The girls and I not so much.
Our symptoms were similar to the flue is the nicest way to say it.
 
I've been through 3 serious cases (2 requiring trips to hospital). Definitely not fun. One case even requiring intervention by our Winnebago County Health Dept So I certainly know where you're coming from. Ooof
 
Andy Kaminski said:
A few days ago we (my wife’s friends and I) got hit with food poisoning and it wasn’t very comfortable to say the least.
I’ve only had food poisoning once and that was when I was 12 when I ate a warm tuna fish sandwich that was in the car all day when we went to the races.
I am much older now and consider this my fault because I knew better.


Here is what happened,
The girls wanted to go to a nice oyster bar on the Hood Canal called Hamma Hamma oyster company.
This is a pretty nice place on the water that has been raising their own oysters since 1922.
It’s very beautiful there and is a nice road trip from about anywhere in the general area.

The thing is I should have shut down this idea from the start because of several reasons.
There was a bio toxin warning in the area.
My oysters were not safe to eat because of warm shallow water due to a temperature increase.
I even opened up a couple of mine and knew that they were not right.
The place we went to had most of their variety’s sold out (so we got to order from the bottom of the barrel).

The first few dozen were nice, fresh, firm, chilled and over all just fine.
I was so impressed I even made arrangements to buy spat (baby oysters/oyster seed) from them.
I thought that a commercial oyster house would have tanks with UV lighting to kill the bacteria issues so they would have a steady supply of safe oysters, heck I’m even considering that.

The last couple dozen just looked a bit off and my spider senses were blinking loudly but I didn’t listen until I ate 3 of them.
The sweet taste and firmness was no longer there, the was a mushiness to them and they was a whiteish yuk on them.
The girls had no clue but I should have known better.

My wife only ate from the first batch of fresh oysters and was fine.
The girls and I not so much.
Our symptoms were similar to the flue is the nicest way to say it.
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Sorry to hear Andy:(

As you and I both know, shellfish are known to be a common cause of food borne illness. The primary reasons are eating raw or cooking to very low temperatures and relying on acceptable growing conditions. Many of us backyard chefs are much more careful than often underpaid employees at commercial venders. We also know, but sometimes forget, to trust our senses. Having been raises on the coast and fishing since my pre-teens, I learned early to be overcautious and have only had food poisoning once from chicken at a HOA function.

All of that said, I hope you and the girls have minimal affects.
 
I’ve considered contacting the restaurant to let them know, thinking I’d want to know if I was in there position.
Contacting the health department isn’t a bad idea but I don’t think it’s the route I’m going to take.
We are a small community here and if this is a problem the word would spread quickly.
I did snitch them off to the folks at the dog park though and with that group the word will get out.

On a side note,
One lady at the dog park scowled at me and told me that it served me right and I never told her the name of the place.
It was just odd being told that in a mean manner so I’m not sure what to make of it 🤔.
 
Andy Kaminski said:
I’ve considered contacting the restaurant to let them know, thinking I’d want to know if I was in there position.
Contacting the health department isn’t a bad idea but I don’t think it’s the route I’m going to take.
We are a small community here and if this is a problem the word would spread quickly.
I did snitch them off to the folks at the dog park though and with that group the word will get out.

On a side note,
One lady at the dog park scowled at me and told me that it served me right and I never told her the name of the place.
It was just odd being told that in a mean manner so I’m not sure what to make of it 🤔.
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The world's full of Karens. I wouldn't let it bother me.
 
Funny one of my "poisonings" happened on a sack of avocados purchased at Sam's. I did not involve anyone except the hospital that treated me. (though the one(s) that actually made me ill may have come from either Sam's or Schnuck's Grocery chain) as I had some here from each store and could not remember which one(s) I actually made my guac from.
Next thing I know I am getting grilled by both Sam's Corporate, Schnuck's corporate and local, Winnebago County Health Dept. Asking me 10,000 different questions of which 9,9999 I could not remember the answers to.
It was nuts. I guess because the hospital had seen a number of cases from avocados in the area they took it on themselves to notify WCH Dept who looked at where I shopped and the ball began rolling
 
That's a bummer - For folks not familiar with were Andy was, Hama Hama is one of the most legit oyster farms in the Northwest. I'm sort of surprised & shocked - I guess you were a victim of the old saying : - Don't eat oysters in months that don't have 'R's in them...Hope everyone is feeling better ......
 
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