Time to show symptoms
I will do my best not to be indelicate here.
When food is ingested, it normally works its way through the body in one direction. If the food is tainted, however, it might change direction and exit rapidly from the entry point. This might be after only a few minutes, as anyone who has been given an emetic knows.
I don't know what is the "normal" time for food to be processed by the body and passed out in the normal manner; twelve hours-ish, I would guess, possibly more.
The longer this process takes, the greater is the tendency towards constipation; the less time it takes, the looser the composition, if you know what I mean. The results of a two-hour process are not a pretty sight, I can assure you, and it has occasionally been impossible to tell which particular orifice was in use at the time.
A chef is the last person you should ask about food poisoning.
I guess it's breakfast time somewhere in the world - bon appetites!
Last edited by Farmer 1; 4th Aug 2005 at 20:07.