On December 21, my cousin's wife sent me home with a container of her homemade chicken soup. I took it and shared it with my parents, we all three had big bowls of it that night. On the 24th, my mother suddenly started having stomach pain, nausea, and ended up vomiting. She still felt ill the next morning (Christmas). We think she had food poisioning, but could not figure out what might have caused it. Then today I found out that the soup had been made on either the 13th or 12th. I'm wondering if that could be the cause. I typically don't eat food that's been in the refrigerator that long.
The only thing in it was chicken and seasonings. Knowing cousin's wife like I do, there's a possibility that it was left sitting on the counter for hours before it was put away. It's also possible that the chicken had been frozen and left to sit on the counter all day or overnight to thaw. I did wonder about these things before eating the soup, but no one in their house has ever gotten sick from the food.
What do you all think? What are the chances the soup was bad? I'm thinking maybe it didn't bother me and Dad because we both have acid reflux disease and were both off our meds at that time. I thought I read that the acid often kills bad bacteria.
I would love to have thoughts about the soup. The only other thing that might've caused the vomiting would be fish. On the 24th, Mom had swai for supper and me and Dad had Tilapia. The fish was bought frozen and had been kept in the freezer. We'd all eaten out of the bags before and no one got sick. There are usually 4-5 fish in those bags. The Swai was cooked a few minutes longer than what the instructions indicated. Mom has eaten fish before with no problems, but the last time she vomited, it was a few hours after eating fish at a seafood restaurant.
The only thing in it was chicken and seasonings. Knowing cousin's wife like I do, there's a possibility that it was left sitting on the counter for hours before it was put away. It's also possible that the chicken had been frozen and left to sit on the counter all day or overnight to thaw. I did wonder about these things before eating the soup, but no one in their house has ever gotten sick from the food.
What do you all think? What are the chances the soup was bad? I'm thinking maybe it didn't bother me and Dad because we both have acid reflux disease and were both off our meds at that time. I thought I read that the acid often kills bad bacteria.
I would love to have thoughts about the soup. The only other thing that might've caused the vomiting would be fish. On the 24th, Mom had swai for supper and me and Dad had Tilapia. The fish was bought frozen and had been kept in the freezer. We'd all eaten out of the bags before and no one got sick. There are usually 4-5 fish in those bags. The Swai was cooked a few minutes longer than what the instructions indicated. Mom has eaten fish before with no problems, but the last time she vomited, it was a few hours after eating fish at a seafood restaurant.
