DawnPapuga.com — Reality 101

It’s Friday, and that means another installment of the Friday Five!  Since we kicked this off last week we’ve added a few more folks wanting to join the fun.  There’s plenty of room in the pool, kids, dive right in!  Well, look before diving and remember that there’s no lifeguard on duty here.  Off we go!*

Friday Five for July 18th:  Bad Food

1.  What was the last meal that caused you to be ill?

I bought deli made Broccoli Au Gratin from a supermarket a few weeks back, and I’m relatively certain it caused my last bout of food poisoning.

2.  Are there any places you never dine anymore because of a bad experience hours after the meal?

Not that I can think of.  I’ve had bad experiences with wait staff, with other customers, and with parking lot availability, but I haven’t had many occasions where I’ve contracted food poisoning from a restaurant. 

3.  What’s your prescription for dealing with a food-caused illness?

A conveniently placed bucket, clear path to the bathroom, mint ginger ale, and either Pedialyte or Gatorade.  If you can keep Pepto down then good for you.  I also tend to turn off my phone and curl up in a ball. 

4.  When friends tell you about coming down with food-caused illnesses, do you avoid the places they name, or do you figure it’s a dice-roll wherever you go?

It depends on the friend, really.  If someone with a touchy stomach tells me about getting sick I might not take any pains to avoid the place.  If they contracted botchulism, that’s a different story.  But if it was just a mild case of food poisoning, and it was only one friend, I would probably still give the place a chance.  If it was a number of friends passing on this info over an extended period of time, I would probably avoid that restaurant.

5.  After numerous citations, a very, very popular restaurant that you’re quite fond of is shut down by the health department until it can get everything up to code. When the health department gives the restaurant the o.k. to reopen, do you go?

Ha… well… yes.  First thing that comes to mind with this question is the Chi-Chi’s incident.  I miss their Seafood Nachos like you wouldn’t believe!  And if they reopened anywhere within 3 hours of me, I’d likely make the hike for a Margarita, Seafood Nachos, and Fried Ice-Cream.

Who Else is Friday 5-ing?  (You know you want to join us…)

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