To think I have given us all food poisoning?!

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Cooked some Tesco vacuum packed smoked haddock with a cheese sauce for tea tonight - myself, OH and dc. Smelt a bit pissy on opening, but whatever - never had this particular fish before and the smell was not exactly overpowering. I assumed that OH had defrosted it the night before as he usually pulls something out of the freezer before he goes to bed.

Tasted fine. Until he informed me that it had been defrosted over a week ago! It was also dated 23rd of March. I never bother about use by dates if something has been frozen, but having been defrosted for a WEEK?!

Also after a quick Google, it appears fish smelling of ammonia should definitely be avoided.... and something about smoked fish being one of the worst culprits for FP.

OH thinks I am worrying unnecessarily. This is probably a rare AIBU in that I hope I am swiftly told that IABU...

In the case that I am not being unreasonable, any tips on mitigating this fishy crisis?

OHPEEEE?

placemarking to check OP is OK

Gosh hope she's ok.

She's shuffled off her mortal coil. The pissy fish has done her in.

Sigh. I post this on every food poisoning thread and it never makes a difference.

The bacteria that causes food poisoning cannot be detected by smell

And usually not visually either.

*Sigh. I post this on every food poisoning thread and it never makes a difference.

The bacteria that causes food poisoning cannot be detected by smell

And usually not visually either*

Speaking as a microbiologist - you are wrong. Part of our identification of bacteria is on smell and colony shape. Salmonella smells of rotten eggs and ecoli smells somewhere between vomit and melting polystyrene (though to some it can smell floral).

Many other bacteria have typical odours - psuedomonas smells of grapes, trichomonas smells fishy for example.

Who told you that it cannot be detected by smell? About 8% of the population cannot smell them but they do smell, maybe this is where you are confused?

Every food hygiene course I have ever taken! It's usually the other way around though (my posts I mean), in response to people saying "oh just give it the sniff test and if it smells ok it's probably fine" and that sort of thing. Very happy to be corrected by an expert though, my 4 or 5 food hygiene/safety courses are a bit inadequate compared to a microbiologist.

in response to people saying "oh just give it the sniff test and if it smells ok it's probably fine" and that sort of thing.

If it smells bad it won't be ok lol (if it doesn't smell it may be ok)

I have to admit that I do the sniff test. I eat out of date food too - milk in the fridge is 2 weeks out of date and still fine, I ate a month old yoghurt tonight too. I've only ever had sickness/diarrhoea once and that was from lambing - cryptosporidium is awful!

The one thing I don't take any chances with is rice - it's toxin based food poisoning so cooking doesn't get ride of it. All waste rice goes in the bin in my house - never reheated.

How are you, OP?

Hope you are ok OP?

Have my fingers crossed that your all ok

Sickness is in the house people! Just me though, not the children weirdly.... it's not horrific as such though, but I have spent the past day or so in bed - not sure if it's mentally induced it swim? Surely not?!

*iyswim

Oh dear hope you recover quickly

Your mind can convince your body of anything. It's amazing how powerful it can be. Are you actually being sick or just feeling unwell OP? Hope you're better soon!!

Hurrah she's alive!