Topic: minging take away vindaloo

[jimmy2x]

i had takeaway curries last week

One from stornoway balti house, its on bayhead across from the bus station if anyone is familiar with the island. Well at about 3am i started to get that awfull stomach pain, i spent the rest of the night on and off the toilet till the poison was flushed through the system.

couple of days later i thought i might have another curry, this time i was in perth driving towards coupar angus, there is a take away which ive gone to a few times in scone, just outside perth on the left on this road. so bought the curry, vindallo again my usual choice and drove about 5 miles down the road with it and found a suitable decent parking place to sit back and relax and eat. it tasted okish, not the best not the worst. later through the night after few hours in forfar, maybe midnight i was making my way to aberdeen via forfar when it hit me, i near shit myself i swear, i flew into stonehaven, into a pub i saw and barely saved myself. i bought a quick coke as i had used their toilet then headed back towards aberdeen, 10 mins later on same thing this time stopped in johnshaven and did likewise, was getting worried now as was getting late and worried about toilets being open. I reached aberdeen and was waiting for the premises to open and absolutely doubled up in the van i literaly pushed the guy out the way at 7am rushing to the toilet.

thats me finished for good with any bir takeaways.

this does not happen when i make my own or eat in a decent restaurant, it makes me think us all on here wanting to replicate bir curries that perhaps we would be bloody disgusted and shocked if we realy found out how they make them. It also makes me think that the reason they are able to keep the recipies a secret is sheer embarrasment to admit what shit they put in them.

i will never eat another bir curry again from a takeaway NEVER

[Peripatetic Phil]

Jimmy, sorry to hear your tale of woe, but it does remind me that in the past I have suffered similar symptoms, to the point I regularly used to have to run about a mile and a half home of a Friday evening having eaten a Chinese meal shortly before.  I also used to get agonising stomach cramps when walking back to College from another Chinese restaurant where I regularly used to go for a mid-afternoon lunch.  Neither of these have put me off eating Chinese food : I simply accept that my guts react very badly to one or more of the ingredients used, and need to be prepared to abandon other plans and seek out the nearest loo as and when my stomach reacts.

(Added after reading Gazman's more recent contribution) : I also remember that I gave up eating Bangalore phals for this very reason, and spent several months eating nothing hotter than Bhuna -- that was 35 years ago, and I have not eaten a Bangalore phal ever since, although prior to getting such a severe adverse reaction I used to eat them rather more often than I probably should have ...   Might be worth trying that, and slowly building back up to (say) Madras over a period of several months, but never going as hot as Vindaloo again.

** Phil.

[PaulP]

Bad luck there Jimmy, probably the effects of poisoning either from rice or meat.
I've only ever been made sick once but I don't eat many TAs, and the place I do use got a 5 star hygene rating during recent inspections.

The only other explanation I can think of is the dreaded winter vomiting virus, or norovirus. I seem to catch this every year and the symptoms are similar. It has never made me vomit but the stomach cramps and "runs" are pretty severe. It usually lasts longer than 24 hours though.

Cheers,

Paul

[gazman1976]

Vindaloo says it all - i get that all the time - stomach churns and you have to GO or you will shit yerself !

[joshallen2k]

The only other explanation I can think of is the dreaded winter vomiting virus, or norovirus.

Here they call that the Norwalk Virus. Had it last year. Hits within 15 minutes and you're on the crapper for 24 hours. And then you're still not right for another day.

Not sure if its foodborne or not, but worst ailment I have ever had and wouldnt wish on anyone.

[JerryM]

Vindaloo says it all - i get that all the time

no virus for sure it's simply the characteristics of the dish - or more accurately as pointed out by BE post (Bruce Edwards) that the chilli powder has not been cooked out.

[Peripatetic Phil]

as pointed out by BE post (Bruce Edwards) that the chilli powder has not been cooked out.

Do you have a reference (link) for that, please, Jerry ?  I have done a search for "cooked out" but nothing attributable to Bruce Edwards shows up in the results.

** Phil.

[mickdabass]

Hi Phil try
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=2815.0
Regards
Mick

[Peripatetic Phil]

Thanks, Mick : much appreciated.
** Phil.

[PaulP]

In my experience the bad bum syndrome from too much uncooked chilli comes the following morning as the chilli has to work it's way through you.

Sounds like mild food poisoning to me.

Paul