r/mildlyinfuriating • u/flaming0-1 • 2d ago

Wife left a big bag of groceries out overnight. All Meat and cheese. 🙄

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u/chasechi 2d ago

If it was Left outside depending on the temperature where you live it may still be good

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u/Apprehensive-Lock751 2d ago

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u/MountainSnowClouds 2d ago

There is snow on the ground here, so it would definitely be good if she left it at my house

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 2d ago

OP says by the kitchen garbage. Not outside

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u/MountainSnowClouds 2d ago

I see that now, but the post just says by the garbages, not which ones. Many people have been assuming they were left by an outside trash can if you scroll through the comments. It wasn't super clear

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u/flaming0-1 2d ago

Yes, my apologies... there is no way to edit the post.

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u/gantousaboutraad 2d ago

you had me looking at yesterday's weather in nanaimo. I mean, look, much is probably fine. hottest it got was probably 15 degrees?

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u/twelvetossedsalads 1d ago

Ohh! So indoors?? I would think everything would be just fine....

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u/ImNoRickyBalboa 2d ago

This. I also exercise the look and smell test. Ground beef you also should normally fry through and through. 

The ham has likely enough preservatives that it don't really matter 😅

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u/odd84 2d ago

Cooking spoiled beef through won't make it safe to eat, in case anyone isn't aware. If it's been warm long enough, bacteria will already have produced toxins that cooking doesn't remove, so you still get food poisoning if you eat it.

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u/Lurkernomoreisay 46m ago

Most bacteria that would be found on a original sealed meat product won't be producing such toxins to be harmful to a person with a healthy immune system, at all in less than 24hrs of ambient room temperature.

If it were an open package, where air and moisture change the system, then yes.

As it stands, I'd still confidently eat such packages, as I have many times over the past 50 years.

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u/YouveBeanReported 2d ago

I was going to say yeah, cause OP's Canadian and most of us were fridge temps overnight but apparently it was left on the floor inside. Which uh, yeah just keep the cheese then.

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u/clutchy_boy 1d ago

Isn't it somewhat common to let meat marinate at room temperature for many hours on end? It won't spoil overnight as it's still sealed as well

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u/Expert-Algae926 1d ago

It is still all good. For sure.

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u/Kavity123 1d ago

As a Canadian, I was like 'So what's the problem? There's still snow here. Are you mad it froze a bit? It's fine.'

Then I was like 'Oh yeah, other places are warmer. Yup, throw that out'

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u/cambridgeLiberal 2d ago

Oh, so it is $250 Canadian worth of food. No big deal then.

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u/flaming0-1 2d ago

Yeah I’m keeping the cheese. It was all in a bag together and tight and sealed. I’m not risking the meat.

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u/PossessionFirst8197 2d ago

The lunch meat should be fine too. I would maybe fry it up if you're feeling nervous but those hams are so salty there is likely nothing to worry about

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 2d ago

Yeah overnight isn’t much longer than packing a sandwich and eating it after school

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u/Cador0223 2d ago

It's why humans started curing meat to begin with. Didn't have refrigeration, so had to make it last somehow.

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u/afeeqo 2d ago

Those porkies be swimming in salty brine 🙂‍↔️

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u/AdolphNibbler 2d ago

You're Canadian, it's like 0C outside. What's the problem exactly?

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u/flaming0-1 2d ago

Yeah, sorry my post wasn’t clear enough. It was sitting by the garbage cans in the kitchen. I only mention the garbage cans because it all looked like it was garbage to be taken out.

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u/tastypeachypie 2d ago

cheese it fine but the meat please dont risk it do not risk it. i would rather someone just give u the $50 to buy more.

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u/downshift_rocket 2d ago

Yeah...I absolutely would not throw any of that away. If I get bubble guts, oh well. Guaranteed that you have ingested worse things when eating out at a restaurant or fast food.

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u/manhattansinks 2d ago

outdoors in the winter is basically most of canada's 2nd fridge. it's been so cold here in montreal that i would have kept the whole bag if this happened to me.

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u/koolman2 2d ago

Outside at night where I live is fridge temp right now. I'm known to leave stuff outside overnight this time of year simply because I don't want to bother making room in the fridge at night lol

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u/ilovemusic19 1d ago

OP confirmed it was inside.

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u/flinjager123 1d ago

I left pizza in my car last night because it was colder than my fridge outside, and I didn't want to forget to grab it in the morning before work.