>
> Your experience notwithstanding, it still doesn't mean that everything
> that makes you sick makes you sick almost instantly. I put it out there
> as a possibility, not a fact.

I'd agree - I nearly reported the wrong restaurant for giving me food
poisoning a few months ago. I started feeling unwell after lunch on
Saturday, and on Monday, when I'd recovered, was all ready to ring
Environmental Health and tell them which restaurant it was . . .
fortunately, before I rang them I got to work, and discovered that the
eight people I'd eaten a pub lunch with on Friday had all got sick on
Saturday afternoon as well.

My Dr said that salmonella, in particular, can take more than 24 hours
to present, so a few of the meals you ate before the melon might have
been the culprit. (Of course, it could equally have been the
canteloupe!)

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