# You're getting over a bout of food poisoning .. What do you want to eat now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317 "2015-06-24T03:29:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/21 "2015-06-24T19:01:41Z")
potato chips I always crave salty afterwards ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/22 "2015-06-24T19:05:22Z")
Chicken Noodle Soup is a good option for me. That and 7-up. I never drink 7-up unless I’m sick. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/23 "2015-06-24T19:08:46Z")
Something very bland and not fatty/greasy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/24 "2015-06-24T19:09:31Z")
Saltines! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/25 "2015-06-24T19:57:51Z")
[TMI] Bouillon Cube soup or a small citrus fruit, some cold ice water, and once a day an Immodium pill until everything inside… calms down… :o [/TMI] ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/26 "2015-06-24T20:12:31Z")
Beef bouillion and saltines, maybe some sherbet. And absolutely no dairy for at least 48 hours. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/27 "2015-06-24T20:35:03Z")
I usually live for the next day on Koolaid with extra sugar. I have no idea why, but it’s all I want. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/28 "2015-06-24T21:03:14Z")
Oyster crackers and carbonated water. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/29 "2015-06-24T22:50:11Z")
For some strange reason, when I’ve been really sick for any length of time, I crave bread in mass quantities. Like big hunks of French bread, warmed up and slightly crisped. Mmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/30 "2015-06-24T23:50:25Z")
Hot and sour soup, even though it seems like it would be the worst thing in the world. Then Marie Callander chicken pot pie. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/31 "2015-06-25T00:20:57Z")
Let’s see. I had Norwalk virus a couple years ago. Dry toast for starters, and also–because I am 99.7% northern European–lowfat milk. Eventually buttered pasta. What I haven’t eaten since is whole chickpeas. Because that’s the last thing I ate \*before \*I got sick. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/32 "2015-06-25T00:56:07Z")
If it was bad, tea and toast. If it’s not so bad, potatoes or a cheese sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/33 "2015-06-25T00:56:37Z")
Cheez-It crackers (or Goldfish crackers - the cheddar ones) and a large glass of ice cold milk. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/34 "2015-06-25T01:17:48Z")
Jello. I’ll see how it goes after that. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/35 "2015-06-25T04:32:22Z")
Plain crackers (saltines), maybe sorbet if we have any. Basically nothing that will be too challenging on the ol’ gut. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/36 "2015-06-25T22:45:47Z")
In the first class lounge in Beijing, waiting to come back to America…just barely over food poisoning. Saltines for the win. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/37 "2015-06-25T23:46:09Z")
The BRAT diet – bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/38 "2015-06-26T17:09:04Z")
The only time I had an actual, diagnosed case of food poisoning (salmonella), it did several things - gave me severe stomach cramps, left me unable to venture more than 5 minutes from a restroom, got me a phone call and detailed survey from the CDC and caused me to miss 3 consecutive half days of work (I only take sick days when I literally cannot work). What it did not do was change my eating habits, at least as far as the foods I selected. I may have eaten less during that time, but the same stuff as normal. Odd, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/39 "2015-06-26T17:41:09Z")
I don’t think I’ve had food poisoning per se, but when I get the stomach flu, I usually start with chicken soup (or even just broth) and move on to toast or grilled cheese or peanut butter sandwiches when I feel up to it. Crackers are also good, probably with some cheese on them. When I’m up for eating a real meal, you can’t beat fried chicken with mac and cheese. I’d need the calories anyway; anything that induces vomiting or diarrhea is enough to get me to stop eating until I feel better. As a kid, I used to go days with nothing but 7-up and chicken broth. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/41 "2015-06-28T00:05:28Z")
I had salmonellosis back in January. after The Purge, and a day and a half of nothing but PediaLyte, I would have eaten the hell out of anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317.md?page=3)