Why do you have to use the office fridge for food you’ll eat today?

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

I guess I’m dead because I spent 5 years bringing a turkey or ham sandwich and yogurt to work without refrigerating them. baby carrots too!

The fact you got lucky doesn’t mean it’s safe. I’ll trust the people whose job it is to study these things, not strangers on the internet.

If you can’t tell the difference between extremely conservative public health recommendations for commercial kitchens and common sense … I do not know what to tell you. I’ve never gotten food poisoning from a turkey sandwich I made at 7 and ate at noon.

If you don’t want to follow basic public health advice, that’s your problem. It doesn’t change the fact that you’re wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

I guess I’m dead because I spent 5 years bringing a turkey or ham sandwich and yogurt to work without refrigerating them. baby carrots too!

Yogurt have good bacteria which outcompete the bad ones.

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

Even a ham sandwich is fine for 4 hours. Do you not realize how much sodium is in that shit?

Still wrong https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

“Cold perishable food, such as chicken salad or a platter of deli meats, should be kept at 40° F or below. When serving food at a buffet, keep food hot in chafing dishes, slow cookers, or warming trays. Keep food cold by nesting dishes in bowls of ice or use small serving trays and replace them often. Discard any cold leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature (1 hour when the temperature is above 90 °F).”

(Putting the ham between two slices of bread doesn’t magically make it safer to store at room temp)

all children are dead from boloney sandwiches

Yeah, you’re totally smarter than all the food scientists. Bravo.

Why aren’t we demanding that all schools refrigerate the school lunches?

Normal parents pack perishable food with a cooler.

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

Even a ham sandwich is fine for 4 hours. Do you not realize how much sodium is in that shit?

Still wrong https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

“Cold perishable food, such as chicken salad or a platter of deli meats, should be kept at 40° F or below. When serving food at a buffet, keep food hot in chafing dishes, slow cookers, or warming trays. Keep food cold by nesting dishes in bowls of ice or use small serving trays and replace them often. Discard any cold leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature (1 hour when the temperature is above 90 °F).”

(Putting the ham between two slices of bread doesn’t magically make it safer to store at room temp)

all children are dead from boloney sandwiches

Yeah, you’re totally smarter than all the food scientists. Bravo.

Why aren’t we demanding that all schools refrigerate the school lunches?

School starts at 9 and they eat lunch by 11

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

Even a ham sandwich is fine for 4 hours. Do you not realize how much sodium is in that shit?

Still wrong https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

“Cold perishable food, such as chicken salad or a platter of deli meats, should be kept at 40° F or below. When serving food at a buffet, keep food hot in chafing dishes, slow cookers, or warming trays. Keep food cold by nesting dishes in bowls of ice or use small serving trays and replace them often. Discard any cold leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature (1 hour when the temperature is above 90 °F).”

(Putting the ham between two slices of bread doesn’t magically make it safer to store at room temp)

all children are dead from boloney sandwiches

Yeah, you’re totally smarter than all the food scientists. Bravo.

Why aren’t we demanding that all schools refrigerate the school lunches?

Normal parents pack perishable food with a cooler.

Does it keep it at 40 degrees??? Probably not.

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

Even a ham sandwich is fine for 4 hours. Do you not realize how much sodium is in that shit?

Still wrong https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

“Cold perishable food, such as chicken salad or a platter of deli meats, should be kept at 40° F or below. When serving food at a buffet, keep food hot in chafing dishes, slow cookers, or warming trays. Keep food cold by nesting dishes in bowls of ice or use small serving trays and replace them often. Discard any cold leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature (1 hour when the temperature is above 90 °F).”

(Putting the ham between two slices of bread doesn’t magically make it safer to store at room temp)

all children are dead from boloney sandwiches

Yeah, you’re totally smarter than all the food scientists. Bravo.

Why aren’t we demanding that all schools refrigerate the school lunches?

Normal parents pack perishable food with a cooler.

Does it keep it at 40 degrees??? Probably not.

How do you know? Oh, look. It does.
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/use-insulated-lunch-bag-keep-meals-safe

Wrong yet again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re supposed to throw out all perishable food that’s been at room temperature for more than two hours.

according to who? Because that's total BS

But I also don't eat certain foods at room temperature. My employer provides a large fridge for me to store my lunch and that's what I do. If you don't like it, that is a you problem.

The USDA. Maybe read the thread?

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

Yet, generations upon generations have survived not following that dumb recommendation. I also don't care about expiration dates. i know when the food went bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re supposed to throw out all perishable food that’s been at room temperature for more than two hours.

according to who? Because that's total BS

But I also don't eat certain foods at room temperature. My employer provides a large fridge for me to store my lunch and that's what I do. If you don't like it, that is a you problem.

The USDA. Maybe read the thread?

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

Yet, generations upon generations have survived not following that dumb recommendation. I also don't care about expiration dates. i know when the food went bad.

How do you know? Just because you’ve done something stupid your whole life doesn’t mean everyone else has been.

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

Even a ham sandwich is fine for 4 hours. Do you not realize how much sodium is in that shit?

Still wrong https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

“Cold perishable food, such as chicken salad or a platter of deli meats, should be kept at 40° F or below. When serving food at a buffet, keep food hot in chafing dishes, slow cookers, or warming trays. Keep food cold by nesting dishes in bowls of ice or use small serving trays and replace them often. Discard any cold leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature (1 hour when the temperature is above 90 °F).”

(Putting the ham between two slices of bread doesn’t magically make it safer to store at room temp)

Yeah, I've only been eating this way for the past 40 years without ever getting sick, but sure, now that you've told me this I'm convinced.

[Anonymous]

I have a cube dorm fridge in my office.

I keep drinks in it, salads, and yogurts and cheese. I don't trust my dinky ice packs and I like drinks cold. Somtimes I get to work at 8am and want a drink at 4pm. I don't like the way yogurt can stay cool-ish but get watery in lunchboxes.

I mean, why not?

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

I guess I’m dead because I spent 5 years bringing a turkey or ham sandwich and yogurt to work without refrigerating them. baby carrots too!

The fact you got lucky doesn’t mean it’s safe. I’ll trust the people whose job it is to study these things, not strangers on the internet.

If you can’t tell the difference between extremely conservative public health recommendations for commercial kitchens and common sense … I do not know what to tell you. I’ve never gotten food poisoning from a turkey sandwich I made at 7 and ate at noon.

Extremely conservative recommendations for bag lunches too:

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/keeping-bag-lunches-safe

What's funny of course is that your are far more likely to die from eating well-refrigerated lettuce with e.coli than die from a 5hr turkey sandwich in your lunch bag.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re supposed to throw out all perishable food that’s been at room temperature for more than two hours.

according to who? Because that's total BS

But I also don't eat certain foods at room temperature. My employer provides a large fridge for me to store my lunch and that's what I do. If you don't like it, that is a you problem.

The USDA. Maybe read the thread?

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

Yet, generations upon generations have survived not following that dumb recommendation. I also don't care about expiration dates. i know when the food went bad.

How do you know? Just because you’ve done something stupid your whole life doesn’t mean everyone else has been.

I know because I'm not dumb like you and think that 2 hour window applies to absolutely every perishable food that ever existed. Humanity wouldn't have survived is that was the case.

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Anonymous wrote:I only use the office fridge for food I’ll eat in 3 days. I bring all my lunches in 3 days early. That way they’re cold and semi-fresh and I sneak under the radar of the work fridge police who tsk tsk the storage of foods to be eaten that same day.

On a more serious note, I have never read such an inane take. Some foods can go bad in a few hours and need to be kept cold. Not everyone wants to lug ice packs during their commute. Fridge is perfect cool place to store until lunch. Why would anyone care that people put lunches in the fridge?

No food is going to actually go bad in a climate controlled office over 4-5 hours. I assume nobody is bringing raw chicken for lunch. if you are that is a whole different conversation.

OTOH some people may just prefer as a taste matter to have their stuff chilled. that’s understandable.

Girl, no
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

I don’t know what to tell you. Your PB&J can survive out of the refrigerator. otherwise all school children would be dead.

PB&J is not a perishable food. Your ham sandwich is.

I guess I’m dead because I spent 5 years bringing a turkey or ham sandwich and yogurt to work without refrigerating them. baby carrots too!

The fact you got lucky doesn’t mean it’s safe. I’ll trust the people whose job it is to study these things, not strangers on the internet.

If you can’t tell the difference between extremely conservative public health recommendations for commercial kitchens and common sense … I do not know what to tell you. I’ve never gotten food poisoning from a turkey sandwich I made at 7 and ate at noon.

Extremely conservative recommendations for bag lunches too:

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/keeping-bag-lunches-safe

What's funny of course is that your are far more likely to die from eating well-refrigerated lettuce with e.coli than die from a 5hr turkey sandwich in your lunch bag.

Yeah, and you’re even more likely to die from the e.coli infected lettuce if you let it sit 2 hrs at room temp. You don’t know when your food is inadvertently contaminated. That’s partly why you refrigerate it. To reduce the risk. This is not difficult.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re supposed to throw out all perishable food that’s been at room temperature for more than two hours.

according to who? Because that's total BS

But I also don't eat certain foods at room temperature. My employer provides a large fridge for me to store my lunch and that's what I do. If you don't like it, that is a you problem.

The USDA. Maybe read the thread?

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

Yet, generations upon generations have survived not following that dumb recommendation. I also don't care about expiration dates. i know when the food went bad.

How do you know? Just because you’ve done something stupid your whole life doesn’t mean everyone else has been.

I know because I'm not dumb like you and think that 2 hour window applies to absolutely every perishable food that ever existed. Humanity wouldn't have survived is that was the case.

Sorry that you’re wrong and can’t admit it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re supposed to throw out all perishable food that’s been at room temperature for more than two hours.

according to who? Because that's total BS

But I also don't eat certain foods at room temperature. My employer provides a large fridge for me to store my lunch and that's what I do. If you don't like it, that is a you problem.

The USDA. Maybe read the thread?

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety

Yet, generations upon generations have survived not following that dumb recommendation. I also don't care about expiration dates. i know when the food went bad.

How do you know? Just because you’ve done something stupid your whole life doesn’t mean everyone else has been.

I know because I'm not dumb like you and think that 2 hour window applies to absolutely every perishable food that ever existed. Humanity wouldn't have survived is that was the case.

Sorry that you’re wrong and can’t admit it.

I'm not wrong. You're just too dumb to know.