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My boy baked a cake a couple days ago and one of the layers got stuck in the pan so he just left it in there and we've been picking bits of it out over the last couple days. Today I was eating a piece and I noticed a metallic taste. I looked at the bottom of the cake and there were spots of what looked like rust all over the bottom. I looked closer at the pan and sure enough there were rusty looking splotches all over. I thought it was a stainless steel pan, but apparently it's something else and it reacted with the moisture of the cake.
I brushed my teeth and drank a bunch of water, but I still have that metallic taste in my mouth. Is rust poisonous? Am I going to die? Is this a good way to get extra iron in my diet?
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I ate rust. Am I going to die?
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 05:37 PM
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 05:53 PM
You can look up the center of poison control in your phonebook and ask them...unless your not in the US. It prolly depends on how much you ingested. I think tetnis shots are only for when you get rust in your bloodsteam, like getting cut with a rusty nail or what-have-you.
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 05:55 PM
Stainless steel can corrode, but I don't think you need to worry. And I think you can only get tetanus from something contaminated with soil or manure, and I hope your pan wasn't! I've definitely eaten nasty stuff from the insides of saucepans before, like the non stick stuff which peels off, and I think you'll be fine. I'm not sure it's a recommended way to get iron though!
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 06:41 PM
Before iron pills, people low in iron would soak rusty nails in water and drink it as a tonic.
As I understand it, tetanus is from some sort of bacteria. For example, when I sliced my arm open when I fell through the window, they needed to know when my last tet shot was; as the bacteria could have been on the glass.
And, you would have gotten a tet shot in Grade 9 (at least, in Canada you do), so it you got that one, you're covered until 26 or so.
As I understand it, tetanus is from some sort of bacteria. For example, when I sliced my arm open when I fell through the window, they needed to know when my last tet shot was; as the bacteria could have been on the glass.
And, you would have gotten a tet shot in Grade 9 (at least, in Canada you do), so it you got that one, you're covered until 26 or so.
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 06:42 PM
Skip your iron supplement for a day or two... :D
Otherwise I don't think it's dangerous. Steel is a metallic alloy of iron and carbon.
If you cook with cast iron pans, the pans themselves are said to add iron to your diet.
I would be much more worried about ingesting the coating of nonstick pans.
Otherwise I don't think it's dangerous. Steel is a metallic alloy of iron and carbon.
If you cook with cast iron pans, the pans themselves are said to add iron to your diet.
I would be much more worried about ingesting the coating of nonstick pans.
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 06:47 PM
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Before iron pills, people low in iron would soak rusty nails in water and drink it as a tonic.
As I understand it, tetanus is from some sort of bacteria. For example, when I sliced my arm open when I fell through the window, they needed to know when my last tet shot was; as the bacteria could have been on the glass.
And, you would have gotten a tet shot in Grade 9 (at least, in Canada you do), so it you got that one, you're covered until 26 or so.
As I understand it, tetanus is from some sort of bacteria. For example, when I sliced my arm open when I fell through the window, they needed to know when my last tet shot was; as the bacteria could have been on the glass.
And, you would have gotten a tet shot in Grade 9 (at least, in Canada you do), so it you got that one, you're covered until 26 or so.
http://www.nfid.org/...http://www.nfid.org/factsheets/tetanusadult.html
I don't think it will hurt you. If you are worried, call poison control.
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 08:12 PM
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correct, tetanus has nothing to do with rust. And I don't think it is bad for you.
I'm with Thalis on this one. The only reason that the tetnus thing comes about is that rusty material has a honey comb structure, which is perfect for growing backteria in. If it's left in damp soil, then the tetnus bacteria occasionally lives in it.
If the cake tin wasn't stored buried in the garden then there is nothing to worry about. Looks like you just got extra iron. 'Course, it's not the nicest tasting routes to boosting your iron intake.
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Posted 30 October 2003 - 08:28 PM
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'Course, it's not the nicest tasting routes to boosting your iron intake.
Bleh, no kidding. Looks like I'll be shopping for new cake tins, but at least I won't get sick. Thanks guys!
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