So I left fresh salmon, wrapped in plastic wrap, in my car all night. Not a cold night obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think it would be risky, but dogs eat worse.

Dogs have a much lower stomach pH than humans do. I also suspect that eating poo isn't something most humans aspire for.

I was responding to OP's question about giving it to dogs.

[Anonymous]

I am super laissez faire about this stuff and I say trash it, 100%

[Anonymous]

Come on, man. You know the answer.

[Anonymous]

gross, throw it out. It wasn't cold last night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who never says trash it on these threads and I wouldn't eat this.

+1

I'm usually laid back about stuff like this, but you MUST trash that salmon.

+1

I'd totally eat a pot of tomato sauce left out overnight, and will even go with chicken left at room temperature for a while (provided it gets cooked afterwards) but fish at room temp+ for 15 hours? Nope. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe you would consider anything other than trashing it. I can't help but wonder if this is some wort of weird troll, considering the other Salmon thread.

[Anonymous]

Cook it well. It's fine

[Anonymous]

Fish collects bacteria very quickly. I wouldn't do it!

[Anonymous]

Worked in AK with salmon. If it smells okay tonight, go right ahead and fully cook it. You should be fine. You can't imagine how old some of the stuff that goes in cans is - salmon-wise so fully cooked should be no problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe you would consider anything other than trashing it. I can't help but wonder if this is some wort of weird troll, considering the other Salmon thread.

no, not a troll. I trust my senses and if my nose says its ok and my eyes say it is ok, then normally its ok. But for my kids, I go an extra level of care. So I'll probably cook it and feed it to my dogs.

[Anonymous]

if it semlls ok, go ahead and eat it. just make sure you cook it well. let us know how you feel tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Throw it in the trash starightaway - then febreeze your car.

[Anonymous]

Y'all who think you can smell bacterial contamination of food don't understand food poisoning. One of the biggest in fish (including salmon) is histamine poisoning. This is sometimes called scromboid.

You can't smell histamine. It's not a breakdown - it's the accumulation of a toxin in the tissues of the fish. And it makes you darned sick.

I'm not worried about Ebola. I don't get a flu shot, usually. But it's worth keeping your good safe, considering it's something you have control over. And the #1 cause of illness. Anywhere. Well, maybe other than water in third world countries.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and as an adjunct to the above. You can't cook away histamine because it's not a bacteria so It won't die. It's a chemical not denatured by heat. So even if you cook it, you still get sick.