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20 hour room temperature Lasagne - Eat or bin?

Something is either sealed or not sealed, there's no 'moderately well sealed'. Also, it's the fact you're putting utensils in it that each day.
I generally take two scoops plus some juice, then put it back on the hotplate.
It's a shame I'm retiring and the place is so shut down or i might be able to ask a friendly microbiologist to do some plates ...
 
I generally take two scoops plus some juice, then put it back on the hotplate.
It's a shame I'm retiring and the place is so shut down or i might be able to ask a friendly microbiologist to do some plates ...
Where do you think the mould is coming from?
 
It's worrying that I'd actually eat it, because throwing out a nice home cooked meal is akin to sacrilege to me. I'd smell it first. .. If no flies got to it, that's another plus. It was in the oven, right? So, unless a fly sneaked in...

I'd microwave it on max for 3 mins for one portion. As others said, not advising you to do it. This is what I'd do. Wouldn't feed it to anyone else though!

How salty was it? Salt is a good preservative ;)

What did you do in the end keybored ?
 
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I was reassured a while back to learn that "fermented" hummus is a thing...
I only briefly scanned the article and took it to mean "frothy".
The hummus I had Tuesday lunchtime was already a bit on the "ripe" side, and by Wednesday lunchtime it had almost refilled the container :D
 
It's worrying that I'd actually eat it, because throwing out a nice home cooked meal is akin to sacrilege to me. I'd smell it first. .. If no flies got to it, that's another plus. It was in the oven, right? So, unless a fly sneaked in...

I'd microwave it on max for 3 mins for one portion. As others said, not advising you to do it. This is what I'd do. Wouldn't feed it to anyone else though!
It's got nothing to do with flies, it has to do with bacteria, which already is present. To repeat what I just wrote, over several hours that bacteria can produce toxins which heating or microwaving doesn't get rid of. Those toxins can make you very ill and in a worst case scenario, they can kill you.
 
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It's got nothing to do with flies, it has to do with bacteria, which already is present. To repeat what I just wrote, over several hours that bacteria can produce toxins which heating or microwaving doesn't get rid off. Those toxins can make you very ill and in a worst case scenario, they can kill you.

Ok, but I'd still take a chance.

p.s. the salty thing preservation was tongue in cheek alright? (before anyone has a heart attack over it)
 
I was reassured a while back to learn that "fermented" hummus is a thing...
I only briefly scanned the article and took it to mean "frothy".
The hummus I had Tuesday lunchtime was already a bit on the "ripe" side, and by Wednesday lunchtime it had almost refilled the container :D
Oh come on, now you're just posting to wind people up.
 
I was reassured a while back to learn that "fermented" hummus is a thing...
I only briefly scanned the article and took it to mean "frothy".
The hummus I had Tuesday lunchtime was already a bit on the "ripe" side, and by Wednesday lunchtime it had almost refilled the container :D

see people. This is what you get if you start asking too many questions.

’almost refilled.’
 
Ok, but I'd still take a chance.

p.s. the salty thing preservation was tongue in cheek alright? (before anyone has a heart attack over it)
at least you admit there's a chance, but why take it when the consequences can be fatal?
 
My wife hates wasting food and has made herself very ill at least once by eating stuff that should have been thrown out. She promised to stop doing it but I had to argue over a packet of sausages that were four days past use by a couple of weeks ago. I'm very relaxed about best before and have even cut mouldy bits off fruit or bread to eat them but don't fuck with meat.
 
Arguments for: it's a delicious home cooked meal full of carbon-heavy ingredients (meat, dairy) and food waste is wrong; it's been in the oven so no fly contamination; it was thoroughly cooked at high temperature and can be thoroughly reheated; it doesn't smell bad; it's possibly safe to eat.
Arguments against: it's been a hot summer week; meat & dairy bugs are particularly harsh if you get poisoned; you can afford to throw it away; why risk it.

I'd eat it in a heartbeat if it was usual UK weather but at an ambient 30C+ for nearly a whole day... I honestly don't know ... would sniff it very thoroughly first and reheat it till almost cremated. Even then I might lose heart or not have the stomach for it. Would advise chucking it in these circumstances etc.
 
I once ate a spring roll that my mate brought back from Kuala Lumpur, and had been in his rucksack for over 24 hours. It was great, and I suffered no ill effects.
you sound like Alan Sugar who doesn't believe in Corona cos no-one he knows has it
 
at least you admit there's a chance, but why take it when the consequences can be fatal?

Hunger, laziness, the thrill of living dangerously(maybe I should get out more), not liking to waste good food...

edit: I've never gotten food poisoning from anything I've cooked/reheated, but I have from takeaways. If it was a takeaway, I'd most definitely throw it away.
 
Reheating leftover rice is very common in Chinese cooking. My wife's family has been doing it like this for years.
We currently have to thank Chinese food hygiene for a global pandemic, so make of that what you will.
 
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Reheating leftover rice is very common in Chinese cooking. My wife's family has been doing it like this for years.

Presumably using a rice cooker which keeps the rice at a constant heat and humidity (they can keep the rice like that for a week).
 
Presumably using a rice cooker which keeps the rice at a constant heat and humidity (they can keep the rice like that for a week).
You need to let the rice cool to room temperature before it can be fried, otherwise it turns to mush.
 
I remember the back streets of Naples
Two pizzas left in their bags
We didn’t have fridges in those days
We died not from pizza, but the fags
(Yes we did, a ha haha)
 
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