Am I Gonna Die?

[sisabet]

So yesterday at the market, jumbo sea scallops were on special and so I bought about 5 of them and I sauteed them tonight and served them with roasted eggplant and onions stir-fried with a black bean sauce. And it wasn't bad but I only ate about three scallops because I got distracted by the wine (the wine was goooodddd) and the vividcon talk.

And I didn't want to waste the scallops cause they are scallops. And Sid is a New Orleans dog. He will eat crawfish whole if you don't watch him.

So I put the scallops in his dish.

Just now I got up to double-check the kitchen door locks and the scallops are still there. Sid has licked them to get the sauce off of em - but he didn't eat them.

My dog won't even eat my cooking.

Now I am wondering if there is any kinda disease one gets from bad scallops and if I should worry that my throat feels rough (my allergies *are* kicking in and have been all day) or if I will go to sleep and slip into some kinda shock and never wake up and I *knew* I had no business watching House.

Can you get a tapeworm from scallops?

Comments

[klia.livejournal.com]

I think you're okay as long as you didn't eat the scallops raw.

I only bought scallops at a grocery store once, and learned my lesson. They've usually been frozen and thawed, and aren't as fresh as the store would like you to think. Ditto, even if the store claims they've never been frozen. Maybe your dog caught a whiff of fishy smell that you couldn't detect, and didn't like it? Worst case scenario, if they were a little off, you may feel yucky until they're out of your digestive system, but I think if they were really, really bad, you would've noticed while you were chewing.

[bailunrui.livejournal.com]

I think that you can only get tapeworms from clams. I think. Don't quote me on this.

[amireal.livejournal.com]

my suggestion is if you're really worried, browse through www.webmd.com

My sister the health care proffessional regularly uses the site, so their info is fairly trustworthy.

[renenet.livejournal.com]

The scallops were fine. Sid just doesn't like scallops even though he likes crawfish. Because scallops are not crawfish. I'm sure you sauteed them long enough (at least six minutes) and that they turned opaque. You will be just fine.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Can you get a tapeworm from scallops?

No.

But you could maybe get -- vasculitis!!

[lydiabell.livejournal.com]

It's never vasculitis!

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

Aha! My overdramatic fear of seafood is now justified!

[barkley.livejournal.com]

You are a braver woman than I. I once threw up after eating scallops when I was five and ever since then, I can't go near the little agents of hell. But I'm sure yours are juuuuust fiiiiiiine.

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

this has nothing to do with your post. It's just me being random. (Huh? What? I don't do that, do I?) Albatross! Get your albatross!

Ahem. I was just doing research for a fic and I discovered that the name of the king of Spain from (612 - 621) was Sisebut. Now I want to write the Romance of Sisebut and Saussabet. What do you think? He was a Goth--one of the originals, so there could be both eyeliner and Viking helmets involved.

Albatross! Get your albatross here!

I see you posted after this so I assume your tummy is okay.

*runs away again*

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Dude. I am a Goth King!!!

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Not just any Goth--a Visigoth!

I was looking for names for a vampire character who was turned in that period. I think I'm going to use the name of the last Goth king of Spain, Rodrigo. That way I can have two Goth vamps, Spike and Rod.