An Experiment Gone Awry
Last week I had what I thought was a great idea; I would have a friend cook up a bunch of ground beef (in the form of hamburgers and just some crumbles for maybe soup or spaghetti) for Gary and Ellen as a break from chicken or turkey. On Sunday I gave my friend Erin several lbs of ground beef. She cooked it up and brought it back to me on Monday. So I wrapped 3 burgers tightly in foil and put them in the oven to warm up. Such a bad, bad idea. It took maybe 10-15 minutes and I could feel myself starting to react. First I got faint; not really dizzy completely, but just really light headed and shaky. Then a few minutes after that my pulse began racing. It is a very unpleasant feeling. I at first got a face mask, turned off the oven and kept on with supper prep in the hopes it would subside, but it didn't, it just got worse. I took some liquid allergy medication and just went outside and sat in the fresh air to recover. Gary and Ellen ate the...