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Do you think I might get food poisoning?

I'm emetophobic (afraid of vomiting) and had to cook myself dinner rather than have my Dad do it. I made shrimp kabobs on my Dad's George Foreman grill with 4 pieces of shrimp and some chunks of onion and green bell pepper. I put them each on kabobs and put them on the grill. However, when I was cooking them, I got to thinking about how the middle might not cook, and that whatever bacteria is on the shrimp would get on the vegetables wedged in between them. I pulled all of them off the kabobs to see if they were done and put the shrimp flat on the grill again to be sure they were well cooked. I'm positive that they were, and they looked like they were mostly cooked to begin with (they were that orange color like they were supposed to be, only it wasn't as bright as it was after I grilled them again), but I'm not sure if there was any juice/bacteria left on the vegetables (which I didn't put back on the grill). The vegetables didn't cook through enough anyway, so I only ate around 4 pieces of that.

I tend to let my mind get carried away with things like this, though, because I'm emetophobic. From what information I've given you, do you think it's possible I could get food poisoning from it? Would it be extremely likely or do you think I'm safe?

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  • 10 years ago
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    I doubt it... any bacteria that may have gotten on the vegetables was probably not enough to make you sick. Were the shrimp the precooked type?

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