food safety issue - what to do??
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Anonymous
| My MIL made all the sides for Thanksgiving Wednesday and put them in the garage as though she still lives in the upper NE. It was 75 yesterday. So they sat out there literally all day (probably 6-8 hours) til we saw them and put them in the fridge. Stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, etc. WTF do we do? She says it's fine, she always does that. ???? I feel like we just have to eat it and pray for the best? |
Anonymous
| I personally wouldn't eat it. |
Anonymous
So you sit at the table and just have turkey and a roll? Do you let your kids eat it? Ugh, what a waste. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Can you make a morning run to giant? |
Anonymous
| Go pick up new sides at the grocery store today. No way would I eat casseroles (assuming they have butter and cream and broth) that have been out for two days. And I am a very risky eater. Very risky- y'all have shuddered at my stories on here. |
Anonymous
| OMH I would not eat that stuff! That's asking for food poisoning. I'd probably go to the store right now and make new stuff. |
Anonymous
| Sometimes we have to do things we just don’t want to. It’s part of being a responsible adult. You care about MIL and don’t want to hurt her feelings or embarrass her. You don’t want drama on Thanksgiving. I get that. But you DO NOT knowingly expose your entire family to food borne illness to placate someone. My dd got food poisoning when she was 6. It was emergency room-level bad. She lost 10% of her body weight. |
Anonymous
| Buy new sides. Put them in nice servingware. |
Anonymous
| If you really care about your MIL, you won’t let her eat her bacteria buffet either. Your dh needs to throw that food out. Seriously, if MIL lives alone, you can’t let her eat it and then you go home, leaving her alone like everything is normal — especially if she’s elderly. |
Anonymous
| Does she have dementia? |
Anonymous
| Trash. Trash all of it. |
Anonymous
| All of that stuff is pretty easy to whip up last minute…just replace everything. It’s not worth the entire family spending the night throwing up. |
Anonymous
| Just heat it up to 200 deg (use a thermometer) and you should be ok.if she only left it out for 6ish hours and you heat it enough its not ideal but it won't kill you |
Anonymous
| It depends on what’s in the dishes - I’d avoid meat, pasta, rice, eggs, dairy….other stuff I’d heat as high as possible or just avoid it |