Food left out overnight

Should be ok OP. Recently had a fridge die on me so left a lot of food out overnight. Still alive.
 
OrionsunZA said:
Cooked food should reach room temperature before refrigeration or freezing.
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Thats not true. You can put it in the fridge straight away. The quicker it can get out of the danger zone (5-65°c) the better. Thats straight from the head food scientist of one of the largest food retailers in the country. Asked them myself.
 
MightyQuin said:
The key here is temperature. Just warm it up really, really hot. Eat and enjoy. Leaving it out AND eating it at room temp. will probably kill you....
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Nope. Bacteria creates a toxin. Even if you heat it up and you kill them the toxin is what gives you food poisoning.

http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/SGM/sgmbugs2.html
 
Zewp said:
We made beef shin curry on Saturday night and it was refridgerated until yesterday evening. I put it in a tupperware container with the intention to freeze it, seeing as there was a lot left and I didn't want to throw it out. Unfortunately I forgot to put it in the freezer and it stood outside (lid closed) all night.

What's the general rule of thumb on this kind of thing? Can I risk eating it or should I just chuck it? Would be a shame to chuck it seeing as it was really good curry and there's still a lot of it.
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Bacteria doubles every 20min at room temp. You will be taking quite a risk. Rather learn from your mistake. Food poisoning is not something you want to play with.
 
HeftyCrab said:
Thats not true. You can put it in the fridge straight away. The quicker it can get out of the danger zone (5-65°c) the better. Thats straight from the head food scientist of one of the largest food retailers in the country. Asked them myself.
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The quicker the better, that's true, but I wouldn't do it myself. As I said, hot food in domestic fridges will lower the ambient temperature of the fridge. Nothing wrong with waiting a while.
 
HeftyCrab said:
Bacteria doubles every 20min at room temp. You will be taking quite a risk. Rather learn from your mistake. Food poisoning is not something you want to play with.
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its good to cleanse the colon - curry sitting overnight at room temp, yummy:love:....I am so hungry right now
 
MightyQuin said:
The key here is temperature. Just warm it up really, really hot. Eat and enjoy. Leaving it out AND eating it at room temp. will probably kill you....
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Hahahah I heave eaten so many things two days later, potjiekos really often, braaivleis, curries, stews. Only think I dont eat is pork, chicken and fish.
 
Randhir said:
From the fridge or left out?
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A bit of both. Then again, I have never had food poisoning before, ever. The only time I blew chunks because of food, was about two weeks ago, when I fried eggs, and one of them tasted like fish :cry: :sick: But I felt 100% again afterwards, and proceeded to make ProNutro, because I was not NOT going to have breakfast!
 
Randhir said:
Dude...
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What. Sometimes it's in the fridge, sometimes it comes out of the fridge, stands in it's container on the counter somewhere through the night and I eat it only the next evening. Sometimes it never goes into the fridge.
 
Strong tummy. Must be all the sloot you vreet.
 
Nine of us staying in a house once got food poisoning from curried chicken. Passing one another in the passage all night was not fun.

Don't risk it Zewp.
 
I further recommend Wimpy for colonic irrigation.
 
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