In Reply to: I think it can happen quicker than 12 hr posted by Ibu Saks on Thursday, 16. June 2005 at 10:51 Bali Time:
or poisoning in the potato salad, instead of food poisoning by bacteria. They couldnt grow in your tummy quickly enough to cause that reaction. Actually, it is probably a severe allergic reaction otherwise there would have been people chucking up everywhere!
I was always taught that food poisoning catches up with you in about 5 hours with tummy upset, then acute vomiting or diarhea.