Time to play Can We Still Eat This!
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Anonymous
| Egg drop soup delivered around 7pm. Left one portion on counter to cool down to room temperature before putting in fridge, except forgot until 3pm the next day when discovered behind dishes drying on counter and put in refrigerator. Temperature indoors around 70 degrees. Okay to eat? |
Anonymous
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Heat it up to 170F+ and give it a go if you want.
It's such a cheap and easy to make soup though, I wouldn't bother. Takes 5 min max to make new bowl. |
Anonymous
Cooking is not easy for me. |
Anonymous
| I’m would not eat egg (in soup) that’s been out overnight just in case. |
Anonymous
| No doubt, plenty of salt in there. You are fine. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t. But I’m pretty strict about food safety. Some people may take the risk. |
Anonymous
| I would not. |
Anonymous
| NO. That is not safe |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t eat it. |
Anonymous
I’m not very strict about this kind of thing typically, but even I wouldn’t eat that. |
Anonymous
| No. I draw the line at perishables left out overnight (and into the next afternoon). Some food borne bacteria can produce toxins that cannot be destroyed by heat. Reheating might kill the bacteria but the toxins remain. (Botulism is one example but there are others.) |
Anonymous
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“When in doubt, throw it out “
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Anonymous
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It's fine and here's why: it was prepared and put into the container at a temperature that would eliminate any bacteria, well before they could have tainted it, and remained sealed, right? So it was essentially pasteurized, and then it was refrigerated.
Give it a sniff. If it smells like food, it's food. If it smells like food + something else, or food-ish, maybe not. Use the senses nature gave you and trust your inner animal. |
Anonymous
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Let’s say there is a 10% chance you get sick from this. You get explosive diarrhea and vomit all over the place. Was it really worth the $5?
Toss it. |
Anonymous
| No way |