maddykate Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I used bad ham lunch meat for our wraps today :( and now I am really stressing out that we are all about to have problems from it. I thought it was the most recently purchased bag of fresh deli meat, but instead it was the bag of ham I purchased from the deli 11 days ago!! :ack2::ack2::ack2: I thought the ham was fine and just made the wraps quickly, without thinking much about it. Though, in hindsight, the ham was slightly more "wet" than usual, (which I now fear was slime) and had a slight, slight odor (but truthfully that is hard for me to detect because I think ALL meat has a slight odor.) So, all that to say...is there anything I can do to boost our immunities to help fight this off if we are about to get food poisoning? I am so worried now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Your immune systems are likely well equipped to handle it on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 good luck on side-stepping this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Hope everyone is OK. Probably not much you can do at this stage but wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 My guess is you'll be fine. Dh eats deli meat older than that all the time, and it's never made him sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yeah, 11 days isn't that old. You'll probably all be fine. If you do get sick, make sure everyone stays well hydrated and go in if you need to, especially younger children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaM Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I agree. You will probably be ok. You can take some activated charcoal now if you want to try to head off any potential problems and just to make yourself feel better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Some extra probiotics maybe? But generally, I think you just have to wait and hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I think you'll be o.k. Especially since it was ham, now deli turkey......shudder. I just think deli turkey gets weird about 1 day after it is brought home from the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you're not sick by now I don't think you will be. When I get food poisoning I get it very quickly. Hate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Activated charcoal might help; but I agree that if you're going to get food poisoning you'd probably already have it. As a general rule, don't eat slimy or discolored meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I just think deli turkey gets weird about 1 day after it is brought home from the store. Actually, we routinely eat deli turkey up to 7 days after purchase and have never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cera Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you're going to eat old lunch meat ham is the way to go. It is so heavily cured that you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFwife Claire Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you're going to eat old lunch meat ham is the way to go. It is so heavily cured that you should be fine. Yeah, LOL. I was looking around a (small) homeschool science fair last year, and I really wasn't all that impressed with the level of scientific inquiry there. One student wanted to see how fast different different deli hams would go bad, and if smoked ham lasted longer than black forest ham. So basically he took 2 slices of the different ham, put them on paper plates in the basement, and checked on them for 2 weeks. Neither one molded. That was it for the experiment! It made me laugh! I hope no one gets sick, but we also have eaten deli meat that is that old and been fine. Good luck! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I have eaten lunch meat that was older than that and not gotten ill. Chances are you'll be fine. Not that I'd recommend it as a general practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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