Thursday, July 19, 2007

Botulism?


Len and I eat a lot of white meat turkey dogs. We just love 'em. Add a little of Castleberry's hot dog chili sauce and a Kroger light hot dog bun, some mustard and onions, and you have a decadent chili dog for fewer than 200 calories.

We last had these delicious treats July 3. In fact, I think I ate them for something like four meals in a row. So yesterday's news that Castleberry's issued a recall due to botulism is really distressing.

Len has been complaining lately of blurred vision. He's also been feeling a little achy. These are symptoms of botulism poisoning, so of course he is worried he has it. (Nevermind that I ate far more than he did of the dogs, and I have no symptoms.) He's calling our general practitioner today for an appointment.

He says I have to apologize for not taking it seriously when he's diagnosed with botulism poisoning.

If he has it, I will.

5 comments:

Jamie said...

Megan,
I hope everything turns out okay with Len. I cannot tell you the number of times my husband has called in the specialists with similar worries. I have not had to apologize yet...
Jamie

Clark said...

Thanks for the heads up! We bought a can of this on Tuesday night, and it is indeed covered in the date codes.

Suzy Neal said...

We actually have TWO cans of it...

Len said...

I'm not dead yet.

pedalista said...

That is a sign from GOD that you need to make your own chili and freeze it. That is truly one of the great food items that taste better when you make it yourself and taste even better after you freeze it for a while. Publix has a great recipe somewhere for easy turkey chili....mmmmmmm tasty.