Originally Posted by
HappyHiker
Maybe it was the liver, but no flu so far. Last year I had a rather dramatic/scary reaction after eating a bacon wrapped scallop appetizer as my light entree. I woke during the night with a pounding pulse, rapid heartbeat, sweat pouring off me, and when I took my BP, it was way elevated. It was scary--I'd never had anything like that happen before. Thought maybe I was having a heart attack.
That morning I went to the doctor. The doctor found my heart okay, and possibly attributed the episode to a reaction to the bacon-wrapped scallops. Everything went back to normal within 12 hours.
Come to think of it, the liver/onions came with some bacon, too. Maybe the nitrates in the bacon were the culprit?
On the rare times I eat bacon at home, I've never had this reaction, though. Is commercial, restaurant bacon different?
And yes, many restaurant meals, soups and such are way over-salted to my taste--why can't they let the diner choose to salt or not salt?
Now here it is holiday time and I've two group get-togethers at restaurants this week and I'm wondering what to eat? Certainly not anything with bacon...