Anonymous wrote:Millions of parents pack millions of lunches for kids every school day. An extraordinarily small number might occasionally get sick from it, but nothing major. Please get your anxiety treated so that you don't pass this craziness on to your child

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just pack room temp food for their child? I send things like cooked pasta or fried rice... Food safety rules say nothing over 3 hours, but when we go to HMart those prepped fried rice and other rice meals are just sitting out at room temp.

Should I be putting in lots of ice packs to keep rice and pasta cooler? I tried a thermos, but it seems less safe because it doesn't keep rice boiling hot. Keeping for at 80-100 seems worse bacteria wise than keeping food at room temp.

We never worried about that as kids. Egg salad and tuna sammiches were common and sat for hours before lunch.

But why not get a dozen gel packs to freeze, and put a couple each day in the lunch box? Get the slick washable kind. Tell your kid to not eat them! They look like blue ice candy when frozen.

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Anonymous wrote:We survived the 80s without insulate lunch bags or ice packs. I brought my lunch in a paper bag every day. Your kid will be fine.

I also bring my lunch to work every day. it is always some sort of leftover/prepped meal. I leave home at 7am and do not refrigerate it. Eat sometime after noon and I am still alive to tell.

+1. I don't worry about food I prepped for lunch in my clean kitchen. It's fine sitting at room temp for a few hours.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We survived the 80s without insulate lunch bags or ice packs. I brought my lunch in a paper bag every day. Your kid will be fine.

I also bring my lunch to work every day. it is always some sort of leftover/prepped meal. I leave home at 7am and do not refrigerate it. Eat sometime after noon and I am still alive to tell.

+1. I don't worry about food I prepped for lunch in my clean kitchen. It's fine sitting at room temp for a few hours.

No matter how clean you kitchen is, it's not a sterile operating room. Two hours is the suggested maximum for perishable foods, like meat.

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Anonymous wrote:We survived the 80s without insulate lunch bags or ice packs. I brought my lunch in a paper bag every day. Your kid will be fine.

I also bring my lunch to work every day. it is always some sort of leftover/prepped meal. I leave home at 7am and do not refrigerate it. Eat sometime after noon and I am still alive to tell.

+1. I don't worry about food I prepped for lunch in my clean kitchen. It's fine sitting at room temp for a few hours.

Anonymous wrote:We survived the 80s without insulate lunch bags or ice packs. I brought my lunch in a paper bag every day. Your kid will be fine.

I also bring my lunch to work every day. it is always some sort of leftover/prepped meal. I leave home at 7am and do not refrigerate it. Eat sometime after noon and I am still alive to tell.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just pack room temp food for their child? I send things like cooked pasta or fried rice... Food safety rules say nothing over 3 hours, but when we go to HMart those prepped fried rice and other rice meals are just sitting out at room temp.

Should I be putting in lots of ice packs to keep rice and pasta cooler? I tried a thermos, but it seems less safe because it doesn't keep rice boiling hot. Keeping for at 80-100 seems worse bacteria wise than keeping food at room temp.

Why does rice need to be kept boiling hot?

B cereus: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7913059/

Omg. How do you get through life?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just pack room temp food for their child? I send things like cooked pasta or fried rice... Food safety rules say nothing over 3 hours, but when we go to HMart those prepped fried rice and other rice meals are just sitting out at room temp.

Should I be putting in lots of ice packs to keep rice and pasta cooler? I tried a thermos, but it seems less safe because it doesn't keep rice boiling hot. Keeping for at 80-100 seems worse bacteria wise than keeping food at room temp.

Why does rice need to be kept boiling hot?

B cereus: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7913059/

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just pack room temp food for their child? I send things like cooked pasta or fried rice... Food safety rules say nothing over 3 hours, but when we go to HMart those prepped fried rice and other rice meals are just sitting out at room temp.

Should I be putting in lots of ice packs to keep rice and pasta cooler? I tried a thermos, but it seems less safe because it doesn't keep rice boiling hot. Keeping for at 80-100 seems worse bacteria wise than keeping food at room temp.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just pack room temp food for their child? I send things like cooked pasta or fried rice... Food safety rules say nothing over 3 hours, but when we go to HMart those prepped fried rice and other rice meals are just sitting out at room temp.

Should I be putting in lots of ice packs to keep rice and pasta cooler? I tried a thermos, but it seems less safe because it doesn't keep rice boiling hot. Keeping for at 80-100 seems worse bacteria wise than keeping food at room temp.

Why does rice need to be kept boiling hot?

B cereus: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7913059/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just pack room temp food for their child? I send things like cooked pasta or fried rice... Food safety rules say nothing over 3 hours, but when we go to HMart those prepped fried rice and other rice meals are just sitting out at room temp.

Should I be putting in lots of ice packs to keep rice and pasta cooler? I tried a thermos, but it seems less safe because it doesn't keep rice boiling hot. Keeping for at 80-100 seems worse bacteria wise than keeping food at room temp.

Why does rice need to be kept boiling hot?