I think I've just poisoned myself and my already sick husband.

[Writer]

Mr. Writer has been ill with Bronchitis this week. He typically does the cooking, so I prepared dinner this evening: a stir-fry of scallops, carrots, broccoli, mushrooms, and wheat pasta in a spicy Szechuan sauce.

We nibbled on our food, Mr. Writer complimenting me on my ad hoc cooking skills, until he says: "There's something gritty in here."

"What?"

"I don't know - is it the scallops?"

I knew that the scallops and vegetables were fresh. I checked the bottle of sauce, which had been stored partly used in the cabinet. "Refridgerate after opening," the label read. My stomach soured. I looked more closely: "Best used before December 2007."

"Oh dear," I thought.




So... are we going to die?

~Writer the Inept Culinary~


On edit: Supernova is a better speller than I. ;)