To think I'm about to get very sick

[ohnowhatdidido]

I just ate one week old cooked lobster. It was in the fridge the entire time. And I looked at it and it looked fine. And it smelt completely fine. After about 10 mouthfuls I noticed green specks everywhere.

This was only 5 minutes ago. I'm probably about to be very very sick aren't I? To make matters worse DH and I had a raging argument just an hour ago, so he'll probably be quite pleased that I'm going to be spewing and shitting my insides out.

Yes you might get sick having eaten one week old lobster, it’s usually safe for 3 days after cooking so a week is quite a bit longer. What do the green specs look like, do you have a picture? You might get lucky though and be absolutely fine.

Lol no green in lobsters normal you’d of been shitting and sicking 30 minutes ago! But your braver than me I eat cooked lobster immediately because I’m totally greedy but I wouldn’t push 2-3 days as a absoloute maximum! So you are brave!

Not brave, just stupid 😭😭

You were unreasonable to have not eaten it straight away. My mind is now torn between the thought of what you’re probably doing right now and wondering where I can get a lobster

I would make myself sick to try and stop too much of it being digested

O op I really hope your ok!! Maybe induce some sickness if your not feeling very confident but I would presume you’d be feeling it already by now…my sister thought she hit a bargain at a local restaurant with Seafood and safe to say there was reasons it was cheap honestly the effects kicked in very soon!

You might be really sick, you might be absolutely fine, you might be somewhere in the middle and have the runs for a few days.

I’ve got the constitution of an ox and I don’t think I’ve ever eating anything that’s made me sick, and I don’t take any notice of use by dates. Not sure I’d eat week old lobster though; purely because I don’t think it even sounds very appealing. Possibly if it was really bad though it would have stank so badly you wouldn’t have been able to eat it?

Doesn't coca cola neutralise stomach bugs?

Not sure about lobsters, but I'm quite sad for you that your DH will be pleased you're unwell 😰

I think people assume that if you eat something that’s gone off, you will always be ill every time, but that’s really not the case. Yes, it’s possible your lobster was on the turn, and if so then it’s possible that it might make ill, but you could just as easily be absolutely fine. It’s a risk, not a guarantee.

I’ve had diagnosed food poisoning a couple of times, but I’ve also eaten far more things, either carelessly or unwittingly, that could have given me food poisoning but didn’t.

More importantly, though, who the hell has leftover lobster?

Maybe induce some sickness if your not feeling very confident

Absolutely do not do this

Don’t do this.

Could the green bits have been specks of tomalley (lobster's digestive gland)?
Still not widely recommended to eat I'm afraid.

Best of luck!

Genuine question - why wouldn't you do this?

I was thinking it could be tomally too, but there's no way I would eat lobster that had been in the fridge for that long. I really hope you don't get ill.

There's a possibility that you could be sick but it's not absolute. It's really awful that you think your 'D'H will be happy at the prospect 😥

Also - was this lobster as in, bought in a shell, boiled etc? or was it processed e.g. came in a jar or tin or similar?

If it's the first, you are a bit daft if you thought it was ok to eat; if it is the second you may be absolutely fine.

To make matters worse DH and I had a raging argument just an hour ago, so he'll probably be quite pleased that I'm going to be spewing and shitting my insides out.

I think this is the bigger problem. You had an argument so he'll be pleased if you get food poisoning?

I’d make myself vomit right now.

How did you not know it was a week old?? Do you have multiple lobsters lounging around in the fridge??

Not a very convincing advice without you actually justifying your reasoning.

This is what I would do

@ohnowhatdidido I would be surprised if seafood could be so off as to be visibly mouldy, but smelt and tasted fine?

Hopefully it always looked like that and you'll be fine OP - I think regardless you will have some nausea because the mind is a powerful thing!

I’d like to know too. Obviously you can’t purge something like bleach unless you’re under medical supervision but I fail to see the issue with food tbh.

Honestly I think you'll probably be fine, the recommendation is 4 days max for lobster so it's not as if you're massively over that. Was it in or out of the shell? Better if it was out. The green stuff might've just been tomally.

Saying that I am probably not the person to give advice on this as I tend to just eat stuff and hope for the best waaaay past it's recommended refrigeration date. In my mind we never even had fridges hundreds of years ago and the species managed to survive so I'll probably be fine. Mam was appalled to discover I'd eaten 3 month old paté once, was convinced death was coming for me.

Fingers crossed you're ok 🤞

What @Jenda said. No idea why people are saying don't. Surely better up and out rather than something rotten going through your digestive system later on....

Are you sure the green flecks were not tomalley rather than mould?