Left bowl with egg salad in it out on counter a month. Wash or toss?

[Anonymous]

Why does everyone assume that the substance formerly known as egg salad is harboring dangerous bacteria? It was tightly sealed, so it's possible none got in. And if it HAD, the wrap would have puffed up as the bacteria emitted their carbon dioxide and whatnot. Sure, that shit is not food. But it's not necessarily a bioweapon, either, as so many of you hysterics are implying.

For my part, I recently threw away a pair of (old but beloved) sneakers rather than try to clean the dog shit off them. (Dog owners who don't pick up are much, much worse than poor housekeepers.) So you'd get no guff from me either way, OP.

[Anonymous]

Why would you not have just either put the bowl in the fridge for the time being or washed it when you were washing all your other dishes? Or at the very least, place it in the sink and fill it with water and a bit of dishwashing detergent until you could spend more time on it?

[Anonymous]

Laughing SO hard reading this I just may pee my pants! Boiling water and/or bleach will obliterate anything in their path. I have to go get a tissue to dry my eyes now. Husband thinks I'm crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are nasty.

This is just funny!

simple and to the point!

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. I too was hoping for a better story. Something along the lines of marital standoff. Ever see the Everybody Loves Raymond episode about the standoff over the suitcase on the stairs? Hilarious. We had that once about emptying the (clean) dishwasher. Now it is my hudband's job

I LOVED that show, so I googled a link about the suitcase--indeed hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpCr_IkZ7-4

[Anonymous]

OP, I thought of you this morning when I walked into my office and realized that I left my thermos in my office over the weekend. It was a protein smoothie with yogurt and fruit. I don't look forward to cleaning it out. I could see myself just leaving it for another day, but in honor of you I will clean it out today

[Anonymous]

I once left a fridge closed in my apt for 3 months while I worked out of town and there was no electricity. When I got back, the fridge was so disgusting. I got a new fridge just so I wouldnt have to clean it.

I know #firstworldproblems

[Anonymous]

I'd toss it. I'd never be able to eat out of that bowl again without thinking about that egg salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't you notice the foul reek coming from the general direction of the bowl? I thought I was bad. The only thing I can think of is maybe you were on vacation and forgot to empty it out and wash it before you left.

Sounds like something on Hoarders.

It didn't smell until the last few days. The plastic wrap is on there pretty tightly.

Still... its been stinking up the joint for DAYS and you still haven't addressed it???
Sure, if its been out of sight (smell), out of mind, I can see how you've ignored it.

But now that its been reeking for a few days, and you are still debating about it -- posting online -- maybe you should post a picture?

Um, why have you not addressed it one way or the other in the past few days? Its not that tough a decision -- and picking either solution would be better than pondering, considering, and deliberating any further.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't take it. I need to know how this happened? Argument with spouse over who will clean the kitchen? Sudden, unexpected travel? House so filthy you didn't notice that there was rotting food? Please tell so that I can feel better about myself. I'm not kidding.

OP here. I'll tell you what happened. Finished most of the egg salad and left the bowl on the counter. Had major stress at work that week so didn't get around to dealing with it. Then also that week the dishwasher leaked all over the floor and broke. Was dealing with that and just didn't get around to the bowl. Didn't get a repairperson out for another week, so I had to handwash all the other dishes and still didn't get around to the bowl. Then a few more weeks go by and dealing with various stresses. When I get stressed I put off things like that, it's a bad habit. There was saran on top so it didn't smell until the last few days and I have a nook in the counter where I put it so it's completely out of the way.

Anyhow, my house is extremely neat and tidy (people always remark how incredibly clean and neat it always is). The complete opposite of hoarder. It's just things like this I do tend to put off when I get stressed by other things that come up.

Throw away the egg salad. Scoop it out with a spoon into the trash. Put the bowl in the sink and fill it with 1/4 cup chlorox and boiling water. Rinse and make sure this potion covers the outside also. Stick it in the dishwasher. I have found dirty plates and food containers in odd places --left by college kids and friends. Did not chlorox the dishes. Never been a month though. You're fine ...lots depends on how much space you have...I have lots of areas to investigate.

[Anonymous]

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Have you considered having a little taste? Who knows, maybe you inadvertently created an awesome new dish, it's happened before. You could call it 30-Day Egg Salad or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you considered having a little taste? Who knows, maybe you inadvertently created an awesome new dish, it's happened before. You could call it 30-Day Egg Salad or something.

HA! I just spit coffee all over my desk.

Clean it up? Or leave it for a month?

[Anonymous]

There is a futurama episode about Fry eating a very rancid egg salad sandwich and gaining great intelligence because of the superior race of worms that infected his body. Ha!

[Anonymous]

Egg Salad a la Commode sounds a little more appetizing.