On Jan 7, 12:46*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Jan 7, 11:12 am, Dave Smith
>
> > wrote:
> > Nancy2 wrote:
> > >> If there is a chance of catching anything like that again I pitch the food.
>
> > > Your food poisoning likely did not come from old cheese or sausage of
> > > the summer-sausage type. Most restaurant food poisoning comes from
> > > eggs or products made with eggs that sit out too long, or fresh meat
> > > (especially chicken) gone bad or not cooked properly.
>
> > My food poisoning was from a chili dog.
> > I don't think there was any egg in it.
>
> Most likely from the hot dog... the ground meat in chili is usually
> very well cooked but hot dogs are very often undercooked. *Could also
> get food poisoning from some toppings, raw onion is a major culprit...
> it's best not to eat pre-prepared raw onion in restaurants.. you can
> get sick from raw onions at home too if cut and saved in the fridge...
> once cut an onion should be used immediately or tossed.

I've never heard this "warning." I keep raw onion in my fridge (in
one of those vacuum bags) all the time and it's never made me sick.
Ever.

Hotdogs, at least in my experience, are fully cooked when you buy
them. How can they be undercooked? I've never seen them "raw."

N.