[widgeon13]

Sorry to hear about the bout of FP.

On the unfortunate occasions when I have had food poisoning the onset has been quite rapid following the meal, was there anything else that you might have shared that evening that could be the culprit? Salad certainly could have been the problem as well. I always blamed mine on a bad martini olive so I switched to a lemon twist.

I have a friend who had some steaks from a well known company (that will remain anonymous). They (two adults and two children)all had the meat and within 2 hours they were all violently ill. All four had to taken to ER by ambulance. The mother was actually in intensive care for 24 hours due to dehydration and very low BP.

Food poisoning is a terrible experience. I have done a lot of international travel and been very fortunate not to have many problems along those lines but it's bad enough when you are home, it really sucks when you are a few thousand miles from home in some hotel room.

I really like veal chops but come to think of it most of the time when I grill them I do them pretty rare. Sure does take the appetite away for veal chops in the next month or so.