Prepared food

[4077girl]

I used to be very very weary of eating out too. But now I eat at all kinds of crazy places! I think you just have to start out with small steps - Anything that is served VERY hot and made to order should be almost no risk of being contaminated with norovirus because even if the person who prepared the food was sick and had dirty hands, the heat would kill the virus. Just start out with something like that...pizza maybe (though that is greasy and can upset your stomach). French fries (though not healthy) could be a very "safe" choice, too since deep-frying would kill the virus and they usually just dump them directly into the box or onto the plate. You can always look up restaurants online and make sure they have good reviews, too. If they were making people sick, they'd surely have some bad reviews!

You're right, you really are missing out. Trying new foods and restaurants is one of my favourite things to do now! I even eat sushi! Since I've started to eat more adventurously, I've only been sick once, and I'm really not sure that I didn't do it to myself from using a less than sanitary dishcloth!