Toss or keep this salad?

[Anonymous]

I discovered I left a bagged salad mix (organic baby lettuce from Giant) in the trunk of my car from about 2 pm yesterday until I found it there around 7 tonight. It is in a sealed cellophane bag and plastic box. The lettuce does not seem wilted but I'm worried about bacteria. Should I get rid of it?

[Anonymous]

why chance it? throw it out.

[Anonymous]

Toss it

[Anonymous]

Thanks. The verdict is in. I hate to waste food but certainly don't want to get ill either.

[Anonymous]

? My lettuce in the garden gets hot. What kind if bacteria are you worried about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:? My lettuce in the garden gets hot. What kind if bacteria are you worried about?

OP back again. Well, that was my original reasoning as well. But lettuce in the garden isn't encased in plastic and sitting in a car in the sun (although it was after the hot spell). For $3.99 I decided it's not worth chancing it.

[Anonymous]

Hehe. toss the salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hehe. toss the salad.

Oh behave!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hehe. toss the salad.

With jelly or syrup? I prefer syrup.