I ate a raw egg for the first time – in this country – a couple days ago.

For some reason, I couldn’t completely trust the eggs in the states and even though I really really wanted to have a raw egg with soy sauce on top of hot rice, I never actually did it. After I was tricked into believing the safety of American namatamago (raw eggs) two days ago, I found out that the northeastern region in US has been notoriously known for its history of having more frequent salmonella cases than other areas in the country..

Evidently, it takes 12-72 hours before the first symptom appears. I’m just waiting for the sudden tsunami waves in my tummy…any minute now.