"Food Poisoning in the Old West" Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Sep 2021 4:41 p.m. PST |
"While watching our favorite Western movie or TV characters eat a sumptuous meal at the local boarding house, café or sitting around the old campfire, we almost never see them become ill, throw up or run to the privy within hours or a day or so after eating that rare beef steak with eggs over easy. You can bet that in the real Old West such latter events were far from uncommon. Then, as now, food poisoning was a major potential problem when consuming food that had been undercooked, poorly preserved or contaminated by an unhygienic food handler. Regardless of the source of poisoning, the unfortunately afflicted cowboy often said that he had contracted ptomaine (pronounced "toe-main") poisoning. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia tells us that the term "ptomaine" is derived from the Greek, literally meaning "fallen body or corpse," and it relates to nonbacterial substances (alkaloids) found in decaying animals and vegetation. Along with bacteria, these alkaloids can cause food poisoning; but the term "ptomaine poisoning" is no longer used in medical practice today…" link Main page link Armand
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Wackmole9 | 16 Sep 2021 5:05 p.m. PST |
Yes there is a good reason the Oregon trail is the longest graveyard on the planet. They also had the joy of running out of food and starving in the winter. |
Frederick | 16 Sep 2021 5:30 p.m. PST |
"The scourge of the diarrhee" was the cause of many a unit withering away over the course of a campaign Big problem, for example, for the Confederates – especially when they had green corn or unripe grain |
Wackmole9 | 16 Sep 2021 7:36 p.m. PST |
Starving and Sickness has killed more soldiers than all Weapons. |
Dn Jackson | 16 Sep 2021 10:16 p.m. PST |
"sitting around the old campfire, we almost never see them become ill" Obviously the author never watched Blazing Saddles. :-) |
Tango01 | 17 Sep 2021 3:29 p.m. PST |
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Legionarius | 17 Sep 2021 4:57 p.m. PST |
Are there rules for that??? :) |
khanscom | 17 Sep 2021 6:39 p.m. PST |
I recall an episode of "The Rifleman" that featured food poisoning by botulism. Can't trust that new- fangled canned food. |
DJCoaltrain | 20 Sep 2021 5:09 p.m. PST |
Watch "Monte Walsh," either version. |
Pyrate Captain | 16 Aug 2023 10:08 p.m. PST |
I got food poisoning at a Texas Steak House in Tulsa in 1999. Does that count? |
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