AaaacccCCKKKkkkk!!!!!
I was getting hungry for lunch so I prowled down to the little cafeteria in the building where I work. It's always the same. Same people, same food. We stand in front of the case of sandwiches and salads and look, desperately searching for something different. An overabundance of "wraps" today made me forgo the sandwiches. I decided on a little scoop of chicken salad and some crackers.
Back in my office, two bites in, I noticed that the chicken was . . . soft. Or something. Wrong consistency for chicken salad. So I started poking through the stuff with my fork, and slowly realized that there was raw chicken in there. I mean, like, raw, uncooked, slimy, soft chicken. I couldn't believe it at first, but I know raw chicken when I see it. Or, uh, taste it. *shudder*
I went back down to the cafeteria with the salad and made them take it back. I also made them take all the other chicken salad off the shelves. I was so squicked I wouldn't take anything else to eat and ran away before they could refund my money. I heard the cashier calling after me that she would refund it when I came in next time. (Like there's gonna be a next time. Yeah.)
After brushing my teeth and eating a bag of pretzels (all I could stomach) I am proud of myself for not throwing up. Although I wonder if it would be better to throw up when something like that happens? Get the chicken out before it gets too far through your system? I don't know. I only ate a couple of bites, maybe I won't get salmonella poisoning.
I have this problem where I get a sensory memory of food I've eaten, especially stuff I don't like. I remember what it feels like in my mouth, and it can be so vivid that I will almost get sick from just the thought of it. This is why I can't eat sushi. It's not so bad when I'm eating it, but later on just the thought of it in my mouth grosses me out. I have a feeling the sushi might be replaced in my brain by raw chicken salad.
Here's hoping I don't die of raw chicken poisoning this afternoon. If this is my last entry on Raspberry World ever, you'll know why.
I was getting hungry for lunch so I prowled down to the little cafeteria in the building where I work. It's always the same. Same people, same food. We stand in front of the case of sandwiches and salads and look, desperately searching for something different. An overabundance of "wraps" today made me forgo the sandwiches. I decided on a little scoop of chicken salad and some crackers.
Back in my office, two bites in, I noticed that the chicken was . . . soft. Or something. Wrong consistency for chicken salad. So I started poking through the stuff with my fork, and slowly realized that there was raw chicken in there. I mean, like, raw, uncooked, slimy, soft chicken. I couldn't believe it at first, but I know raw chicken when I see it. Or, uh, taste it. *shudder*
I went back down to the cafeteria with the salad and made them take it back. I also made them take all the other chicken salad off the shelves. I was so squicked I wouldn't take anything else to eat and ran away before they could refund my money. I heard the cashier calling after me that she would refund it when I came in next time. (Like there's gonna be a next time. Yeah.)
After brushing my teeth and eating a bag of pretzels (all I could stomach) I am proud of myself for not throwing up. Although I wonder if it would be better to throw up when something like that happens? Get the chicken out before it gets too far through your system? I don't know. I only ate a couple of bites, maybe I won't get salmonella poisoning.
I have this problem where I get a sensory memory of food I've eaten, especially stuff I don't like. I remember what it feels like in my mouth, and it can be so vivid that I will almost get sick from just the thought of it. This is why I can't eat sushi. It's not so bad when I'm eating it, but later on just the thought of it in my mouth grosses me out. I have a feeling the sushi might be replaced in my brain by raw chicken salad.
Here's hoping I don't die of raw chicken poisoning this afternoon. If this is my last entry on Raspberry World ever, you'll know why.
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