Posts by Nathan Ross

frozenotter14 said:Ugh, it's like I'm listening to myself talk here... 🙂that whole thing about washing every single leaf... 🙂but honestly, that's the only time I feel safe. Though, you know what... when I hear about people just wiping a tomato on their shirt and calling it a day, I feel better by comparison. 😁 No point obsessing over it now... we already ate it... we'll just be more careful next time...😉

I get it. I'm just hoping we both get lucky and nothing comes of this. Fingers crossed! 🙂

My only regret is that I didn't react better—if I'd just kept the sandwich, I could have filed a formal complaint with Consumer Reports because this is absolutely disgraceful.

frozenotter14 said:ugh,...... better not to watch that stuff,.... but I don't think we see cases like that here in the States🙂

I have no clue,... I guess you'd go to a doctor for a referral,... I think they draw blood or something,.... you hand it to a lab and they send it off to who knows where,...
That's why I never order anything with lettuce on a sandwich,.... they barely even wash it,... gross. How can they even show their faces like that???
I hope the tests cover everything possible,.... I play with animals a lot and even though I'm a "germaphobe" and wash my hands every single time,.... I'm never really sure 🙂 maybe I'm just overreacting 🙂

I almost never eat salad when I'm out either, but right in front of me, a few people bought the exact same sandwich—including a woman with her kid—and I just thought, well, surely they wouldn't leave it unwashed.

Then, halfway through eating, I notice these black spots. At first, I figured it was just bits of prosciutto or some seeds, so I actually stopped and opened the sandwich up—the entire arugula bed was covered in dirt, and it was smeared all over the inside of the bread. It made my stomach turn.

And if there is one thing I am meticulous about, it's food safety—specifically leafy greens. Whether it's lettuce or spinach, I wash every single leaf one by one, no matter how long it takes. Now I feel like an idiot because I wasn't thinking in that moment.

I'm heading to the doctor tomorrow to get a referral. This is awful!!!

I’m honestly just relieved this thread exists.

So, I picked up a sandwich at a local deli today—ricotta and prosciutto—and about halfway through, I realized there was actual dirt still stuck to the ricotta. I felt physically sick, tossed the rest of it in the trash, and now, naturally, I'm spiraling.

Where am I supposed to go for that testing you all mentioned? Should I head to an urgent care clinic or go straight to the hospital? And what does the process actually look like? Is it a broad screen for any kind of parasite, or does it only target specific ones?