I used to have trouble every time I visited my parents for school
holidays in India, whether in Calcutta or Delhi. Once, in Calcutta, I
had an attack of bacillary dysentery, probably owing to the fact that
our cook had used next door's ice – ice which had not been through the
process you describe.
Chris
On 22 Jul 2004, at 01:43, Siddiq wrote:
>
> on a related note, when i went to india earlier this year, i was
> cautioned
> to drink only bottled water, or tap water that was boiled and filtered
> (which we filtered again using a portable ion-exchange/carbon
> adsorb/sediment filter. anyway, one of my cousin's had a well, which
> they
> used for drinking water, stored in clay jars (think roman amphorae) (to
> stay cool, plus it gets a distinct taste that is fantastic) instead of
> using the refridgerator (of which they had THREE, amazingly, since they
> host large parties all the time, social butterflies and all). the
> well-drawn water, stored in amphorae, tasted nicer, and just for kicks,
> they had a lab test the bottled water we had and their water, and
> theirs
> water better!
>
> everytime we went there, i chugged their water, and never got sick.
> tasted
> amazing. i hope someone else on the list has experienced the same.
>
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