On Jul 17, 12:06�pm, "Mark P. Nelson" >
wrote:
> (Steve Pope) wrote in news:g5mlb4$6d8$1
> @blue.rahul.net:
>
> > rosie > wrote:
>
> >>Holiday Inn Presidential
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> > Maybe extend this to never eat seafood in a chain hotel
> > restaurant.
>
> > Steve
>
> Or never eat seafood more than 40 miles from the sea.

I stopped eating any fresh seafood since I left Lung Guyland five
years ago. I know there're no guarantees but I scoffed down tons of
fresh caught Lung Guyland seafood, including shell fish, and
especially boatloads of raw clams/oysters, for most of my life and not
once did I become ill from seafood. The first month I lived in
upstate NY I went to a popular local eatery and ordered the highly
touted fish and chips special... the presentation was spectacular and
it tasted superb... woke up just before sun up and made it all the way
to the toilet without remembering my feet touching the floor, and
there I remained most of that day. I have no idea what kind of fish
but it was two large flakely white fleshed fillets deep fried in
nicely seasoned crispy light batter, arched over a mountain of jumbo
skin on fries. It looked so good and tasted so wonderful I ate every
bit... spoiled fish never once occurred to me, was I wrong.

And yes, salmonella has become quite common in shellfish.

http://www.mde.state.md.us/CitizensI..._shellfish.asp