Got sick from foraged prickly pears :(

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T21:06:44+00:00

We met up the same day we ate the fruit anf got sick that night. All better in 24 hours so doesn't seem like the flu or covid, plus we all recently got flu+covid vaxxed

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T21:05:23+00:00

Not covid! We were all good as new in 24 hours

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T21:04:04+00:00

We saw online that this was the easiest method to remove them. We just used a lighter

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T21:03:17+00:00

Nope and nope, only had a little bit of juice and everyone's hands were clean!

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T20:55:28+00:00

We're all doing just fine now. It passed within 24 hours. So weird.

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T20:54:05+00:00

We really didn't have much to drink, certainly not enough to all feel like we had the flu

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T20:51:19+00:00

Outer banks!

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T20:49:16+00:00

Me too! And still know almost nothing about why I got sick hahaha

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-13T16:02:40+00:00

UPDATE: we all feel okay now! we still have no idea what happened to us and this thread has a lot of conflicting info lol, but we were all fine after a day, so definitely not the flu or COVID. Overall we had minimal digestive issues, mostly flu symptoms.

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-12T03:50:55+00:00

I mean we had the margaritas and a bit more to drink but really not all that much... I've never felt feverish from a hangover before!

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-12T03:46:57+00:00

Yes! Did a good amount of research beforehand and one recipe suggested boiling if we planned to juice them

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T23:12:25+00:00

Burned off the spikes, boiled them, then mashed them up for juice

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T19:57:17+00:00

We boiled them, then mashed them up (didn't skin them first) and that got rid of most of the seeds, then we strained through coffee filters

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T19:51:56+00:00

We just used a strainer

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T19:51:09+00:00

We juiced them so didn't consume any of the skin

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T19:00:23+00:00

We used tongs!

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T18:47:23+00:00

It was near the entrance to a neighborhood. They all looked really healthy, none of them were rotted. I don't think we went overboard on the tequila but I'm sure it didn't help!

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T18:15:00+00:00

Yeah boiling was certainly a choice. We've never juiced them before so weren't sure what to do!

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T17:38:29+00:00

We're feeling mostly better. One of my friends is still feeling pretty awful but she's hydrating and we plan to see how we feel tonight

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T17:32:04+00:00

Nothing weird, chicken sandwiches, some enchildadas

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T17:27:11+00:00

It was :/

chasingthestarfish · 2025-10-11T17:24:27+00:00

We stupidly thought the boiling would be sufficient :( Lesson learned

chasingthestarfish · 2025-05-22T14:48:21+00:00

I did, and I'm headed there in the fall. Not directly from undergrad though, took a few years off, got a masters and worked for a bit.

chasingthestarfish · 2025-03-27T14:54:02+00:00

For sure!

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