How is this even a question? Throw it out. Nothing should be out longer than 1-2 hours tops and even then that's nasty.

Ugh. Of course you toss it not poll your family. 🤢

Bring to a boil and simmer again, it'll be fine.

No no no. Do these people also complain that they have sensitive stomachs? That is food poisoning central. I do not want to have the runs this weekend so PASS.

I’d definitely toss. My mother taught me “When in doubt, dump.”, but I don’t think there’s any doubt here.

Whatever you do, don’t eat it yourself. You’re going to have to clean up after a household of sick people and possibly drive them to the hospital.

Does anyone have a long trip home? Have they considered getting what they’re going to do if they’re sick on the way back or can’t even make it to the plane?

Microbiologist here.

In theory, this soup should not be eaten. You essentially made a culture liquid such as we use in the lab to feed bacterial colonies

However.
1. How cold is your kitchen? Temperature counts for a lot in bacterial multiplication.
2. Did you lift the lid at all after it boiled? Was the lid in place the entire night? If the boiled soup was never in contact with outside air, which goes a long way towards sterilization, it has less risk of contamination from spores or bacteria in the air.

My kitchen is the coldest part of my house and I know not to lift the lid of a boiled soup pot I make for the next day. So I would re-boil for at least 10 minutes, and consume.

But I do NOT officially condone this for you, since I don't know how warm your kitchen is, and whether people trifled with your soup.

PS: certain bacterial spores and certain toxins resist boiling temps, but that's a rare occurrence. Anthrax is hard to get rid of.

9/10 times I am for keeping (like the person who left their cooked turkey out for three hours, wouldn’t even occur to me that could be a problem) but this one I’d probably toss.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Five people were a keep? I'm surprised.

I am so not a germaphobe and I'll eat lots of food left out overnight, like pepperoni pizza. But I wouldn't eat a meat-stock based soup that was left out for over maybe three hours. I"m glad your side won, OP.

I'm OP. My side didn't win. I said toss and only a few others agreed with me. I was shocked so many people said it was fine. As of now, it is in the fridge b/c my spouse refuses to toss a perfectly good soup. FWIW, I made TWO soups yesterday so we have a second one and spouse has a stew in the crockpot, so it isn't like we have no food for guests.

When I first met my in-laws, one of my FIL's quirks is he "doesn't eat leftovers." I thought that was pretty high maintenance of him.

Then I witnessed MIL leaving leftovers out all night. Like pot of soup left out all night, a plate of salmon with cream sauce just left on the counter top overnight, a cooked meatball calzone sitting on the kitchen table...

We've all tried to explain to her the importance of refrigeration, but she claims it will destroy the flavor of the food and be harmful for the fridge to have hot food in it. Plus, she never gets sick from her leftovers so why change, u know? Seriously, scientists should study MIL's stomach because I don't know how she never, ever gets food poisoning, even as those around her do...

It's salted. Eat it if you want.

TOSS. I worked in food safety. Even though they told you to keep- do you want to have everyone in your house with diarrhea???

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/food-safety/faq-20058500#:~:text=Food%20that%20is%20sitting%20out,hot%20and%20cold%20food%20cold.

I rarely am mean on here. But your dh is an actual idiot. If you love him and want to keep him alive, toss it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cost of 4 days in the hospital with food poisoning -- $20,000.
Cost of tossing soup -- $20.

Hospital quote is very low.

Co-pay

Anonymous wrote:Cost of 4 days in the hospital with food poisoning -- $20,000.
Cost of tossing soup -- $20.

Hospital quote is very low.

Cost of 4 days in the hospital with food poisoning -- $20,000.
Cost of tossing soup -- $20.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would consider boiling it for just myself, but I would never ever serve it to a guest.

The old me would have boiled it and eaten it, but the new me has been seriously ill several times in the last few years and would throw it out. Some serious bugs out there these days.

Same here. I used to think that boiling killed everything, but it doesn’t. When you leave food out like that, it produces toxins that can’t be destroyed with reheating.