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JPK, on 03 December 2024 - 03:28 AM, said:

The flesh-eating bacteria ate me, and now I'm inside them. And naturally we're conspiring with covid, bird flu, Bill Gates, and OpenAI to devour the multiverse!

Felt better by the evening of the next day after onset of symptoms. Despite continuing to eat leftovers from the restaurant, which I was thoroughly nuking. On the third day I decided to chance doing some intense exercise (even though it tends to temporarily weaken the immune system). Then I finally had some of the spicy tofu and vegetable soup---it had been sealed very tightly and then sealed in an airtight plastic bag by the restaurant; I hadn't opened it before, and the other soup was very hot when delivered---hot enough to kill bacteria I thought---and so I reasoned that the risk of cross-contamination from the crab was extremely minimal, and I was curious what it would taste like cold, so I ate a bit of it without nuking. (Then I put a bit in a bowl and nuked that for comparison.)

The next morning, like the monster at the end of a horror movie (or Donald Trump---in the horror movie that is American democracy), my symptoms came back with a vengeance. Finally decided to stop eating the leftovers (just in case) (considered putting a warning post-it note on them just in case any dumpster divers think they've found buried treasure and so are unknowingly on the precipice of spewing out both ends---of course if I really wanted to I could nuke it for them before putting in the trash). Lasted until around this morning.

And now I'm out of green tea and Shanxi vinegar... no Black Friday or Cybermonday Amazon deals on traditional Shanxi vinegar either (only for Chinkiang and Baoning, which have sugar added to them). Also messing with my groove---it turns out kimchi tastes so good in part because it has sugar added to it. Generally a little sugar balanced by a lot of fiber, granted, so it's probably not too bad... though it is too bad. (For anyone trying to follow a "no added sugar" diet, that is....)