To cancel a camping trip

[BristolZoo]

Yesterday afternoon my kids (9 and 11) accidentally ate some raw chicken.
It was from one of those breaded chicken packs, which they thought was pre-cooked, but wasnt.
Ive had a good Google and it says that they could be ill in around 2-3 days time.
We are supposed to be camping this weekend and the thought of camping with two kids with food poisoning is awful to say the least!

DH thinks im nuts because they seem fine today. But we'll lose the money of we dont cancel today.
I cant decide!

Raw chicken doesn't inherently make people ill - it's that chicken can carry bacteria called salmonella and/or campylobacter, which if not killed by heat can make people ill. But only 5-7% of chicken carry these bugs in enough quantity to make people ill, so even if you eat raw chicken, you much more likely to be fine than you are to get ill.

I’d risk it.

They can't have eaten too much before realising it tasted odd. And realistically, if they are going to be sick it would happen sooner than in 2-3 days.
They will be fine.

Thanks. I dont think they ate much, just a mouthful or so before I stopped them.
Its covered in breadcrumbs so hopefully M&S have done something to it like cooked it a bit before packaging 😬.
We are supposed to be leaving tomorrow afternoon so I guess ill just have to wait and see!!

The character of Chris in Ann Droid made himself a raw chicken breast smoothie and was sick a minute or two later.🤮
Using that as my in-depth medical research, I would say they will be fine.👍

Hahah. Funnily enough I watched this yesterday and was thinking the same!
Your research sounds as reasonable as mine.

I could not even think of one reason to cancel, why the panic?

Not camping is always an excellent choice.

When I had food poisoning from a bad egg it was almost instantaneous the reaction I had. I was sick and had awful stomach pains for a few hours. I would say that if they are fine now they should be fine. Obviously I’m not a medical professional though!

I read online that food poisoning from chicken takes a few days to show itself.
Imagine being in a tent, in a field, with few toilets or showers and two kids who are shitting themselves and being sick!

I cant think of much worse.

I once ate some breaded chicken thinking that I had cooked it before putting into the fridge but I hadn't. I am very risk adverse when it comes to cooking food to the point that everything is overcooked but I wasn't ill after eating the chicken. Admittedly, I haven't bought them since because the thought of what I'd eaten was enough to put me off.

When my daughter ate chicken at a restaurant she was ill within 3 hours of eating it so if your children are fine now then they should be ok.

My ex partner once did exactly the same - thought you could eat them cold (in fairness, some
of those “picky bits” type things you can). He was absolutely fine afterwards. I think they are part-cooked anyway as they are in breadcrumbs & they certainly don’t look like raw meat inside.

They couldn't have eaten much at all? Surely it tasted vile so they didn't have more than a nibble?

I'm an emetophobe so I would be an anxious mess (although I'd be keeping my worry on the down-low) but even I'm not sure I'd cancel the trip.

Any scope for going a little later? IE going tomorrow afternoon if you were due to leave in the morning? So you're closer to the "safe" zone.

My friend, her husband and both children did exactly the same but they said you wouldnt have really known as the texture wasn't that different because it was minced. They were all fine!