Wasn't as bad as your experience but I stopped at the one in Wharton a couple months back and bought the same jerkey. Man alive it like to have tore me up. It was bad for that afternoon until the next night.

 

Jerky is highly over rated.

 

I just wanted to give you folks a "heads up" on what has happened to me over the last 10 days. My family stopped at Buc-Ee's in Luling for drinks, snacks, and toilet break on our way to New B. I got their Hill Country Spicy beef jerky and an unsweet iced tea. Within an hour I started feeling bad. Vacation ended up miserable because of exploding diarrhea and bad abdomen cramps. My illness got VERY bad and I was barely able to function and ended up in the ER 8 days later. After a ton of tests, they determined I had a severe intestinal bacerial infection. By then I was VERY dehydrated as well. Several bags of IV solution and antibiotics, I'm on my way back to normal now at day 11. I don't want to toss any bad will towards anything or anyone because I could be wrong, but my wife and I have been going over all the events and it seemed like the most logical source. That jerky is cut real thick and potentially wasn't cured all the way. I'm not mad at them, nor will I boycott them, I just will stay away from the thicker cut jerky. I just wanted to give you all some food for thought on your next jerky purchase.

Dook

I'm sorry ....but your screen name is kinda fitting.

 

Most food borne illnesses involving bacteria take far longer than 1 hour before the symptoms manifest. Unfortunately, most folks blame their last meal when they should be blaming a meal they consumed the prior day or even days before.

Sorry to hear about your condition. No one likes explosive diarrhea. That said, the chances of it being from jerky consumed an hour before is relatively remote. Not impossible, but relatively remote.

 

Most food borne illnesses involving bacteria take far longer than 1 hour before the symptoms manifest. Unfortunately, most folks blame their last meal when they should be blaming a meal they consumed the prior day or even days before.

Sorry to hear about your condition. No one likes explosive diarrhea. That said, the chances of it being from jerky consumed an hour before is relatively remote. Not impossible, but relatively remote.

And due to all of the chemicals and relatively no fat to go rancid someone in the production process would have to really really screw up to make jerky go bad I would think....but then again I am no scientist.

 

was the tea in a sealed container? fresh brewed tea has been the source of many food poison because of the rapid bacteria growth.

 

The OP didn't say he got violently ill within an hour. He said he started feeling bad. Totally within the realm of possibility of it being the jerky. Could have been something else as well.

 

Buccees gummy bears do the same thing haha. My exgirlfriend got a bag at Luling on the way back to Houston and made me pull over about 7 times to diarrhea.

 

"to diarrhea"? Haven't seen that word used as a verb before. Leave it to 2cool!

 

4 of my friends went to New B. and all ended up sick like you, went to the E.R. also, the E.R. said lots of people are coming in sick from the river?

 

What river? We have a couple of creeks here. No way I would get in either one right now.

 

Just looking at their sick beaver gives me a run to the terlit.

 

Teaspoon of black pepper helps with the hershy squirts.
If not than see a Dr.

 

How???



Oral I hope!!!!!!

 

Op's forum name makes this story.

 

Heck at my age I have the same problems except I am not sick. Just always gotta stay ready when that "strike" happens. no wait time.

 

"Old Fart Rule Number One", Charlie....

"Never trust a fart".....:rotfl:

 

Sure hope it ain't all the sick illegals we keep hearing about touching everything in the store, I'm pretty sure they have free rein over that part of Texas.

 

Doesn't surprise me at all, that nasty *** food!

 

A friend of mine owns a restaurant. People love to come back an hour later and claim food poisoning. Most of them are trying to get their money back. My friend did some research and found that feeling the effects of eating bad food won't show up for 6-8 hours. I bet it is something else you ate earlier.

 

Don't think it was the Jerky. Stomach bug been going around San Antonio last 2 months. several construction workers and my staff have had it also my son and his family in new Braunfels.