At least we think it its the stomach virus wreaking havoc around here. We did eat a dozen or so kinds of raw shellfish the other day, including some species only recently identified to science. I started to think about that at five in the morning.
Ever look up the dangers of eating raw shellfish? Turns out not to be too advisable.
I read quite a bit about it, yelling helpful tidbits into the other room. But int the light of the day the doctor said there was a stomach virus going around. That is better to consider than something like paralytic shellfish poisoning, PSP, neurologic shellfish poisoning, NSP, diarrheal shellfish poisoning, DSP, or amnestic shellfish poisoning, ASP. Good grief!
An American guy was wheeled into the international clinic waiting room with a sudden inability to speak, some neruologic thing. Sometimes a little reading combined with a vivid imagination is not a good thing. I felt like asking him about paralytic shellfish poisoning but thought better of it.
I guess we had better stick to the still-moving octopus. We know that stuff is good, it is still saying "I'm alive! I'm alive!". And the freshly slaughtered flounder, that is a) too good to jettison and b) not indicated with varieties or paralysis. No more raw scallops and raw what-ever-the-hell-else we ate.
We'll also definitely avoid charismatic megafauna, such as tuna sushi, which is apparently just this side of deadly according to the New York Times
At least it isn't radioactive. Or they haven't told us yet. it is getting to be impossible to eat anything.
I think back to the time we ate in a tuna restaurant where we ate what at the time we thought was actually a ludicrous amount. Little did we know we'll end up mad as hatter some day.
Ever look up the dangers of eating raw shellfish? Turns out not to be too advisable.
I read quite a bit about it, yelling helpful tidbits into the other room. But int the light of the day the doctor said there was a stomach virus going around. That is better to consider than something like paralytic shellfish poisoning, PSP, neurologic shellfish poisoning, NSP, diarrheal shellfish poisoning, DSP, or amnestic shellfish poisoning, ASP. Good grief!
An American guy was wheeled into the international clinic waiting room with a sudden inability to speak, some neruologic thing. Sometimes a little reading combined with a vivid imagination is not a good thing. I felt like asking him about paralytic shellfish poisoning but thought better of it.
I guess we had better stick to the still-moving octopus. We know that stuff is good, it is still saying "I'm alive! I'm alive!". And the freshly slaughtered flounder, that is a) too good to jettison and b) not indicated with varieties or paralysis. No more raw scallops and raw what-ever-the-hell-else we ate.
We'll also definitely avoid charismatic megafauna, such as tuna sushi, which is apparently just this side of deadly according to the New York Times
Sushi from 5 of the 20 places had mercury levels so high that the Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the fish from the market. The sushi was bought by The New York Times in October.
At least it isn't radioactive. Or they haven't told us yet. it is getting to be impossible to eat anything.
I think back to the time we ate in a tuna restaurant where we ate what at the time we thought was actually a ludicrous amount. Little did we know we'll end up mad as hatter some day.
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