Did I get sick on buttered popcorn at the movies yesterday?

[CTyankee]

Went to a matinee, came home, felt fine. But at dinner I was about half way through my meal (seared tuna w/teriyaki sauce, steamed veggies, 1 glass of wine)when I was suddenly quite nauseous. I proceeded to lose everthing in my stomach. Hubby ate same thing and was not sick at all.

So my question is: could it have been the popcorn with that stuff they call "butter" on it? I only had a little. And I washed it down with diet Pepsi. That was about 3 hours before I got sick.

Hubby says it takes that long for you to get sick on bad food. Is that possible? I felt fine this am. Had toast, juice and coffee at 7 am. No problemo.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. As someone who worked at a movie theatre...

probably.

Never put that "butter" on your popcorn.

[CTyankee]

3. What's in it?

I always get my popcorn this way in movie theatres. It's one of my little treats once a month or so. Maybe I should contact the movie theatre and let them know I got sick.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Chemicals.

Including one listed as "anti-foaming agent."

Seriously, that stuff is vile. Most of the people I worked with didn't even want it touching their skin. And we had to use spray paint remover to get it off the walls.

The powdered butter flavoring the popcorn is popped with isn't scary. The liquid "butter" that gets pumped onto it is.

[Omphaloskepsis]

9. Did you ever have to clean the grease trap?

OMFG.. I was so glad to move into the booth so I would never have to touch that shit again. So many nights of cleaning the butter pumps.. Sometimes I would forget to flush them out properly. In the morning popcorn would get squirted with dirty water and de-greaser.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. We had a butter pump explode!

The "butter" was self-serve so it thankfully didn't happen behind the concession stand. Anyway, the thing overheated and the top blew off with such force that it hit the 30' or so ceiling. Half of the lobby got coated in molten fake butter. Fortunately, all the movies were in so no one got sprayed. It was seriously the most disgusting mess ever.

[bicentennial_baby]

21. I'm sorry but...

:rofl: What an image! :o

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. That butter stuff threw me into a full blown gall bladder attack.

at 3 AM. Lesson learned.

[CTyankee]

5. Oh dear god! I guess I was lucky.

But it scared the hell out of hubby.

Sayonara to the butter in buttered popcorn at the movies!

[Nikia]

6. You could be sensitive to it, but it usually doesn't cause food poisioning

I suppose that it could take three hours if you are sensitive to it. It probably took that long for a significant amount to absorb into your system.

[WolverineDG]

7. It's not "butter"

it's some sort of oil. My cousin worked at a movie theatre in the late 60's & warned me never ever ask for "buttered" popcorn. When I got older, I decided to go ahead & try it. I have never been so sick in my life.

Guess what? I later discovered that this junk is what "Butterball" & other "self-basting" turkey companies use. I spent many a holiday sick as a dog because of that stuff.

dg

[Omphaloskepsis]

10. Part of our training was to call it "Butter Flavoring."

I used to call it synthetic butter.. Management was not happy about that.

[bigwillq]

8. The butter.

I only ask for light butter because too much of it makes me sick too.

[CTyankee]

13. I asked for "a little butter" and it wasn't heavy

but that's it for me. It sounds like this stuff is poison. Even if it is not the culprit here, I am not having any more of it.

[bigwillq]

12. What theater did you go to?

:shrug:

[CTyankee]

14. The one in Orange, CT, right off the Post Road near The Outback

I never had a problem before and I've seen many movies there and I practically always get popcorn with a little "butter."

[bigwillq]

15. I got to that one a lot.

I like it there.

[CTyankee]

16. I hope it was'nt their fault for the popcorn!

Hubby says it might be my pending trip to Europe. He says I'm nervous. I'm leaving tomorrow at 4 pm for Rome.

Trips never made me nervous before. I think that's crap. I'm having a perfectly wonderful evening. Tonight we had beef filets on the grille and steamed asparagus and a little fruit salad for desert. It was nice. I am fine.

[hedgehog]

17. You did send in your absentee ballot already, right?

I used to work at a cereal plant where they used 55 gallons of "butter" to spray on the cereal. It had coconut oil among other ingredients. The smell was so overwhelming that I haven't had buttered popcorn in 25 years.

[CTyankee]

20. I sure did. In fact I voted at City Hall in New Haven 2 weeks ago

I'm getting used to the A.B. voting drill. I was away on Primary Day in early August also! I travel a lot more now that I am semi-retired.

[Kali]

18. go back another "meal" or two.

it can take up to 48 hours on ocassion. Usually less than 24, though.


Some theaters in Tucson claim to use real butter???

[Gormy Cuss]

19. In all likelihood.

It can happen that quickly and the agent was probably a bacterium, as opposed to a virus. It's truly a shame that it ruined such a nice dinner. Eat bland food for a day or so in case any of the bugs made it into your intestinal tract.

[CTyankee]

22. Thanks. I feel fine.

I typically eat a high fibre diet and have no stomach upsets whatsoever. I felt A OK after I threw up. It was like my system wanted everything gone. I guess it did its job!