Killer tomatoes?
Discussion
Felt inexplicably sleepy around 5.30pm this afternoon and dozed off in front of the TV. This is not uncommon - over the last year I sometimes have 'sleep attacks' in late afternoon - but this time woke half an hour later with a dead leg and feeling very weak and faint, as if my blood wasn't circulating properly. Went to bed for bit as I reckoned if I was in bed I couldn't fall over. Almost went to sleep a few times but kept snapping awake as if my body was scared to sleep. Came down about 8.00pm and tried to watch TV but every programme seemed to be about death, hospitals and medical freaks... Tried to be sick but wasn't, went back to bed at 9.00pm and no supper as not hungry.
By 10.00pm I was feeling a bit more normal and here I am seemingly fine and back on PH from the laptop.
I can only think it was a touch of food poisioning, but I had no tummy-ache or headache at all, just nausea and weakness. Lunch was just cheese on toast and tomatoes from the garden... should I wash the tomoatoes first from now on?
By 10.00pm I was feeling a bit more normal and here I am seemingly fine and back on PH from the laptop.
I can only think it was a touch of food poisioning, but I had no tummy-ache or headache at all, just nausea and weakness. Lunch was just cheese on toast and tomatoes from the garden... should I wash the tomoatoes first from now on?
I work as a chef (not claiming to be one mind). And the food thats most dangerous in our kitchen isnt any sort of raw meat. It's stuff like tomatoes. You dont know whats touched it before you do. And sort of germ infested bug could of had a nice big poo on that tomato. So do give it a wash first.
What surface were the tomatoes prepared on ??
I think i am right in saying tomatoes on pewter = poison
"When the tomato was first introduced to the Europeans, they thought it was poisonous. It had similar qualities to other known poisonous plants and was therefore only grown as an ornamental. It was also thought poisonous because many people got sick from eating it."
http://www.backyardgardening.net/article/tomatoes-...
I think i am right in saying tomatoes on pewter = poison
"When the tomato was first introduced to the Europeans, they thought it was poisonous. It had similar qualities to other known poisonous plants and was therefore only grown as an ornamental. It was also thought poisonous because many people got sick from eating it."
http://www.backyardgardening.net/article/tomatoes-...
Marty63 said:
What surface were the tomatoes prepared on ??
I think i am right in saying tomatoes on pewter = poison
"When the tomato was first introduced to the Europeans, they thought it was poisonous. It had similar qualities to other known poisonous plants and was therefore only grown as an ornamental. It was also thought poisonous because many people got sick from eating it."
I had a feeling they were related to deadly nightshade, but that's potatoes...I think i am right in saying tomatoes on pewter = poison
"When the tomato was first introduced to the Europeans, they thought it was poisonous. It had similar qualities to other known poisonous plants and was therefore only grown as an ornamental. It was also thought poisonous because many people got sick from eating it."
Didn't know the pewter thing but there are complex chemicals in tomatoes that might react with the metal and make something toxic. However mine were cut either on glass or wood.
One thing that surprised me was that shop bought 'vine' tomatoes still taste more 'tomatoey' than my fresh ones. Do they inject them with extra tomato favour? I suppose they're genetically modified to within an inch of their plump over-priced lives.
Interestingly enough, my mother (89) but in good health, fell asleep in the conservatory about a month ago and woke up to find she had been sick, and was very tired and lethargic.
She'd felt fine before falling asleep, but had quite a strenuous morning shopping with my sister, maybe not drunk as much water as she might, and reckons she rushed her lunch a bit. The conservatory wasn't overly warm.
Nevertheless it was completely out of character, and not been repeated since.
It was a a bit of a worry as we wondered if this might have been the start of something more sinister.
At the time, we'd also looked at what she'd eaten, nothing out of the ordinary other than tomatoes and some spring onions from my sister's garden.
I've since wondered whether they'd been washed properly, especially as my sister also keeps chickens, and also wondered if there might have been something transferred from handling eggs and garden produce at the same time.
Anyway, she's fine now, and so we put it down to a combination of factors, having been unable to pinpoint one particular cause.
She'd felt fine before falling asleep, but had quite a strenuous morning shopping with my sister, maybe not drunk as much water as she might, and reckons she rushed her lunch a bit. The conservatory wasn't overly warm.
Nevertheless it was completely out of character, and not been repeated since.
It was a a bit of a worry as we wondered if this might have been the start of something more sinister.
At the time, we'd also looked at what she'd eaten, nothing out of the ordinary other than tomatoes and some spring onions from my sister's garden.
I've since wondered whether they'd been washed properly, especially as my sister also keeps chickens, and also wondered if there might have been something transferred from handling eggs and garden produce at the same time.
Anyway, she's fine now, and so we put it down to a combination of factors, having been unable to pinpoint one particular cause.
spikeyhead said:
Mobsta said:
spikeyhead said:
Four people in my office have had very similar symptoms despite us not eating anything in common, so I suspect it's a bug going round.
Isn't lycanthropy a disease, not a bug...Or were you responding to Simpo?
Mobsta said:
Thank goodness for that. I initially thought you meant four people in your office were showing signs of howling and turning into werewolves like the YouTube video posted above.
Given teh freaks I work with, and how often that happens, I can't be arsed to post about it these days 
spikeyhead said:
Mobsta said:
Thank goodness for that. I initially thought you meant four people in your office were showing signs of howling and turning into werewolves like the YouTube video posted above.
Given teh freaks I work with, and how often that happens, I can't be arsed to post about it these days 
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