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  1. #1
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    Unhappy Question about a "ready meal". ASAP PLEASE!

    So I ate a chicken pasta bake ready meal last night at about 10pm. I bought it from Tesco and it was a "Light Choices" one. (Low in fat, basically). I cooked it for 25 minutes at 200 degrees in the oven (the packaging said 25 minutes at 190 degrees, but I put it at 200 just to be safe) and it was piping hot all the way through before I ate it. There weren't many chicken pieces in it to be honest and they were really quite small but as I was eating it, some of the pieces seemed a bit too soft. (If that makes any sense at all??) So my question is... Is it possible to get food poisoning from this? I'm a bit worried because about an hour ago I started to feel a bit nauseous (I'm putting it down to anxiety for now) and I'm wondering if the ready meal could have caused it?
    I've read on some sites that all meat in ready meals is pre-cooked, but other sites are saying that's wrong. Please help me, I'm a bit worried.
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    Default Re: Question about a "ready meal". ASAP PLEASE!

    You're fine, it's not food poisoning, it's just the chicken that they put in those meals that has often been pumped full of water to bulk the weight up, it's done with some ham too and means it often feels a bit 'wet' or soft.

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    Default Re: Question about a "ready meal". ASAP PLEASE!

    Quote Originally Posted by paulinek View Post
    You're fine, it's not food poisoning, it's just the chicken that they put in those meals that has often been pumped full of water to bulk the weight up, it's done with some ham too and means it often feels a bit 'wet' or soft.
    And you're sure? Thanks, I feel better already. Didn't feel sick for long and I've just eaten my lunch so I'm hoping I'll be okay.
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    Default Re: Question about a "ready meal". ASAP PLEASE!

    I'm sure, the duration you cooked it for and that temperature will have definitely cooked those little chunks of chicken, you can cook a whole chicken breast in that time

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