{"sf1_id":742468,"sf2_id":"Vm2balrm","title":"Because not everything can be amazing...","author":"skynero19","words":558,"posted_at":"2014-08-11T01:57:00.000Z","tags":["Food","Update","ireland","sick"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/742468-because-not-everything-can-be-amazing","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2balrm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/eb/9a/eb9ae14e-0433-4241-a4a1-06a5ad1dc2bd","description":"#3 of Ireland notes '14\n\nWarning: this story starts fun and funny, ventures deep into TMI","content":"First let me say that Irish food is DELICIOUS  \nSecond let me say it is RICH  \nThird, if your stomach isn't used to it...\n\nI absolutely loved the food while I was there.\u0026nbsp; Have you ever had a \"full Irish\" breakfast before?\u0026nbsp; Or some of the seafood of Co.s Kerry \u0026 Cork? mmmmmm....\n\nSeriously though.\u0026nbsp; The Full Irish is bacon, sausage links, fried eggs, fried tomato, white pudding, black pudding, and toast.\u0026nbsp; The bacon there is like a cross between what Americans call bacon and ham, so I think it's much better than our bacon because it actually has substance. X-D The sausage links are really rich, too, really plush and juicy.\n\nSurprisingly I never had fish and chips while I was there, (tried some that family members had ordered,) but I had some amazing citrus cream salmon and fresh fish cakes. Other things I loved were some beef stew, a great lamb burger, and a Cork spiced beef sandwich.\u0026nbsp; ....and a mouthwatering chocolate layer cake.... aaaa~ (The beef stew in particular was interesting, as it was much closer to our chicken noodle soup with similar veggies and fall-apart beef in a clear broth than to our beef stew, with chunkier beef and a thicker, dark stew.)\n\nHowever, my system just couldn't really handle all the rich food.\u0026nbsp; Problems started on Tuesday I guess, as I had a looooot of gas (great for the car ride from Ventry to Kinsale) though nothing seemed too bad.\u0026nbsp; There were lots of guilty laughs that day.\n\nThings went rapidly downhill Wednesday morning, as I woke up early with almost painful bloating before my bowels started two hours or so of near constant squirts.\u0026nbsp; The whole day my gut was gurgling and groaning, and from the frequent trips to the bathroom I had rubbed my ass raw (we had no wet wipes for me to use in place of normal TP).\u0026nbsp; After breakfast of a croissant that morning, my diet for the next 24+hrs consisted of Gatorade-like drinks and digestive biscuits.\u0026nbsp; Despite that, things got worse.\n\nThursday morning, while my family was out a breakfast, I was showering and needed to sit down for the latter half.\u0026nbsp; As I stood up once I was done, I nearly blacked out, barely staying conscious enough to sit myself safely back down.\u0026nbsp; Then I yakked for the first time in my memory - I know I _have_ puked before, I have stories, but it's been so long I have no direct recollection.\u0026nbsp; Until now.\u0026nbsp; May I never again.\n\nAt least after that purge I started feeling better.\u0026nbsp; Lunch Thursday was a scone, dinner was that light beef stew.\u0026nbsp; Friday was more normal (sausage pam for breakfast, I forget what lunch was, chicken pasta for dinner) and I got back to solid waste.\u0026nbsp; So, yay!\n\nMoral of the story is that if you're going abroad, prepare your gut!\u0026nbsp; My parents had similar - though not nearly as extreme - problems Thursday or so, and my sister has had an adjustment period as well each time she's come.\u0026nbsp; I'm still not sure if it was the heavily fried menu I had in Kinsale (in addition to the fish cakes, I had fries/chips with every meal, when I hadn't had them in Cobh, Ventry, or Dingle) Tuesday or maybe the Full Irish Monday that really did me in...\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Ireland notes '14","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/742280-what-s-me-necklace.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/742512-the-sights-the-sights.json"}}