Chipotle Coyote wrote: UC > Davis whole earth festival in 1987 and decided to try some cauliflower at an > Indian food booth. It was a vegetarian food booth but the food was > excellent. Especially the cauliflower. It was some of the tastiest Indian > food I've ever had. Unfortunately something in it reacted violently with me > and later on I got sick as a dog. <snip> etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ Here in Oz we would call that Bali Belly, In the southern parts of the US of A You would probably call it Montezuma's revenge.. Sounds like you got a dose of germs from Food that was poorly refirgerated, or handled .. The less said about this the better.. I have a Aussie mate living north of San Francisco who picked up a similiar bug in Central Africa 25+ years ago and still suffers, First cold beer He drinks is on The Can (Toilet) - RELIGEOUSLY.. He can drink soft drink or other Alcoholic beverages cold andhas no problems.. Luke in Oz