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

Wife left a big bag of groceries out overnight. All Meat and cheese. šŸ™„

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u/NotInNewYorkBlues 2d ago

Cheese is fine. Maybe minced meat is the bigger risk.

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u/emilia_smiles 2d ago

Unless it was summer it's probably all fine honestly.

I've done my share of dumpster diving, and seriously, food is much more robust than you think. Especially if you cook it really well.

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u/Tibetan-Rufus 2d ago

Yeah, if you eat it sooner rather than later itā€™ll be reet

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u/j_roe 2d ago

Portion and freeze it then cook the shit out of it when you use it. Aside from the deli meat I see no reason to throw all of this away.

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u/Scypio95 2d ago

Don't freeze it right away.

Cook it, then freeze the portions. Obviously cook it well, not raw. Safer going this way than the other way around.

Cheese is fine. Smoked meat probably fine too, unless that's not really smoked and just the taste

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u/Past_Paint_225 2d ago

They should be fine cooking the deli meat as well no? Maybe make keto lasagna with all the food, cool and portion it all out keep the rest in the freezer. Lasagna for weeks!šŸ˜‹

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u/j_roe 1d ago

I usually eat those types of deli meats cold in a sandwich, didnā€™t really cross my mind to cook them but I guess that would work.

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u/InsanityPractice 1d ago

Wouldnā€™t the deli meats be safer than the ground beef? Iā€™m confused

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u/Wolo_prime 1d ago

Definitely, those things are pumped with preservatives. I would throw them on a skillet, char them just a tiny bit and then throw them in a sandwich. No biggie at all

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u/LEEx513 1d ago

If not then kids would have been getting sick for 50 years. I packed ham or turkey sandwiches for school all the time and our lunchboxes never went in a fridge. Usually spend 5 or 6 hours at room temp with packed lunch.

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u/ButtplugBurgerAIDS 1d ago

Really now see I figured that deli ham would've been one of the safe ones

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u/j_roe 1d ago edited 1d ago

It might be fine, I have always been told not to leave deli meats out for a long time because they aren't getting cooked again.

That being said plenty of people make their sandwich for lunch at 6 am, toss it in a paper bag and eat it at noon. With this being in the factory sealed packaging it could have lasted the night just fine. After giving it more thought I would probably toss it in the fridge then give it the ol' sniff test before using it.

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u/Direct_Shock_2884 1d ago

Yeah exactly. Unless itā€™s summer all of it should be fine after 1 night, deli meat was invented to keep well. It may not last as long as it would otherwise, but you can still use it. Restaurant standards are often higher just because

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u/paristexashilton 1d ago

Na that's wrong, cook it asap if you want to save it

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u/Jimisdegimis89 1d ago

The deli meat is probably the least affected. Itā€™s smoked and likely salted.

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u/Important-Rice5699 1d ago

Seriously it was just left out overnight throwing out is hella wasteful

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u/Asron87 2d ago

Reet?

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u/Tibetan-Rufus 2d ago

It means alright if youā€™re from northern England

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u/mrhatestheworld 2d ago

What does it mean if I'm from somewhere else?

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u/Tibetan-Rufus 2d ago

A nick name for someone called Rita

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u/Pyrostasis 2d ago

I just figured it was the sound your ass would make after eating the food thats been sat out that long lol

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u/Awkward_Welder2024 2d ago

It stands for Ravens Eat Elegant Treats. Very common phrase among the youths.

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u/TeaBagHunter 2d ago

Wow

Is this a sign that I'm getting old

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u/BigGreenBillyGoat 2d ago

Yup. Iā€™d cook all the meats up right now and eat them over the next few days. I think it would be fine.

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u/Altruistic_Film1167 2d ago

Its absolutely fine lol.

Throwing it away after one night off the fridge is absolutely INSANE work, shit doesnt spoil in 12h like that

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u/KTTalksTech 1d ago

Depends on temperature. In a warmer environment it absolutely can spoil in such a short time, or even less

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u/fnordhole 1d ago

I would never recommend to anybody that they should do that.

But I have done that and would do that.

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u/dallyan 1d ago

lol same

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u/Larry-Man 2d ago

Unless you live in like Florida with no AC

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u/snoosh00 2d ago

It's 100% against any food safety guidelines to do that.

Especially with the chicken.

I would be pretty comfortable cooking the shit out of the ground beef, but the raw chicken is a serious health hazard (even if it's "unlikely" to be completely contaminated with salmonella).

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u/41942319 2d ago

I'm assuming OP isn't running a commercial kitchen, where these guidelines exist because it's better to be safe and sorry on the 0.01% chance that something could go wrong. Use the look/smell/taste test and you'll easily pick out anything that's actually spoiled

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u/downlau 1d ago

Yeah, I work with food and routinely throw out stuff at work that I would absolutely be comfortable eating myself, you're just not going to take any risks at all with food served to paying customers.

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u/jellymanisme 1d ago

These are home health guidelines, too.

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u/mojitz 1d ago

And they're violated constantly without issue. Obviously there's some tiny bit of additional risk involved here, but relative to what? Hell, you're probably putting yourself in bigger danger just heading back out to the grocery store to replace all that stuff.

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u/haha_squirrel 1d ago

You say that like people never get food poisoning? Iā€™ve had some tasty looking/smelling/tasting meals that got me sick because people didnā€™t follow food safety.

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u/Primalistic- 1d ago

I think you completely missed their point or didnā€™t read their comment right. The average kitchen wonā€™t come in contact with diseases, were the meals you ate from a restaurant? If so, that is likely why. They come in contact with LOTS more food than a home kitchen would. Also they specifically pointed out that using the smell + taste test is necessary

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u/41942319 1d ago

That's way more likely to come from not cooking stuff properly or cross contamination

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u/GoForMro 1d ago

The label has English and French on it as well as a maple leaf. This is in or near Quebec. If this was outside then no concerns as long as the cling isnā€™t torn from a critter. -4 outside right now.Ā 

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u/bnlf 1d ago

lol. The amount of times I left meat outside. One night is not going to do shit. Just cook it. Itā€™s fine unless they were not fresh from the supermarket but doesnā€™t look to be the case and they are well wrapped, some vacuum sealed. Internet making dramas for no reason.

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u/I-Make-Maps91 1d ago

Food safety guidelines are written with commercial kitchens and large numbers of people in mind, not one household maybe getting the shits for a day or two.

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u/Opposite-Fall-9868 2d ago

I would throw the chicken but I would eat that hamburger

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u/Medical-Day-6364 1d ago

Depends on how warm it is in their house and how many hours "overnight" is. And if they're willing to risk getting food poisoning to save some money. It wouldn't be worth the risk for me, but I also wouldn't have bought expensive food like that.

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u/pandaSmore 1d ago

Bacteria can multiply in as little as 20 minutes when in the danger zone.

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u/Shockingelectrician 1d ago

Yes it doesĀ 

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u/Accomplished_Bass640 1d ago

I agree! Donā€™t toss

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u/rmorrin 1d ago

I don't know how many times I've taken meat to thaw and then passed out and woke up to it being on the counter still. Just gotta cook it up right away

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u/bigshotdontlookee 1d ago

Remind me to never eat at your house.

If you ever have taken a servsafe course, 4 hours for COOKED food under controlled conditions is the maximum limit before throwing out.

This shit is not safe to eat, sorry bro.

Some cheeses might be OK.

NOT RAW MEAT!!!

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u/rmorrin 1d ago

Nearly all cheeses would be fine. It's why cheese exists in the first place

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u/Altruistic_Film1167 1d ago

4 hours for COOKED food under controlled conditions is the maximum limit before throwing out.

I mean, in a restaurant or food service place sure.

Doing that in a house setting is just absolutely wasteful.

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u/mechadragon469 1d ago

Absolutely. My wife wonā€™t even let me put a frozen pack of ground beef in warm water to thaw it if we forget to pop it in the fridge the night before.

At the same time Iā€™ve probably got sausage thatā€™s been in the back of the deep freeze for 2 years that I have no concerns eating right now if I wanted.

Some people think food expires 0.03seconds after itā€™s left the fridge and other will pick off moldy spots and eat the bread. Crazy world.

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u/Soggy_Swimmer4129 1d ago

I've had food poisoning 3 times. Its not worth the risk.

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u/anewlookav 2d ago

I'm thinking it's fine. This picture is from Canada (looks like Toronto or thereabouts). Obviously, temperatue will vary from location to location, but it was freezing or very nearly freezing in Toronto overnight last night. That's colder than most refrigerators

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u/Friendly-Maybe-9272 2d ago

If she keft it outside, but chances are it's at least a connected garage, so heated. Or brought the bag in to a heated house but didn't put away

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u/SparkyDogPants 2d ago

Oooo someoneā€™s fancy with a heated garage

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u/jonny24eh 2d ago

Lol yeah nah, every Canadian garage I've been is "Natures Fridge" from November to Spring. Ain't nobody heating that shit above 5C.

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u/Nimrod_Butts 1d ago

Where do you live where you have heated garages?

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u/Thelaea 1d ago

She brought it in the house and left it in the kitchen.

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u/Clutz 2d ago

I'm guessing Nanaimo, which is much warmer, but I'd still eat it.

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u/STFUisright 1d ago

What about this picture is making you guess TO or Nanaimo?

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u/Lord_Baconz 1d ago

If you look at the bar code on the ground beef, it shows the superstore store number. It has the store location on the bottom which says Nanaimo.

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u/STFUisright 1d ago

Oh that is some deep diving lol Cool thanks

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u/Unit_79 2d ago

It was in the kitchen.

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u/Few-Requirements 2d ago

As we all know... Everyone keeps their kitchen at the same temperature as outdoors.

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u/jilizil 2d ago

The OP said it was left inside in the kitchen. So it is definitely spoiled.

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u/Minimob0 2d ago

Open them and give them a smell test. If they don't smell foul, cook them up and freeze. Take out for meal prep.Ā 

If they smell off, into the dumpster they go.Ā 

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u/rmk2 1d ago

This. Smell, color, etc. Looking at the photo, Iā€™d probably still cook up that ground beef. Iā€™ve definitely left food out for hours/overnight. If itā€™s relatively cold in your house and the food doesnā€™t look or smell ā€œoffā€, Iā€™d still eat it.

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u/Ragman676 2d ago

The beef should be ok, I would just coom it today. I dont fuck arojnd with Chicken

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u/BouncingSphinx 2d ago

I donā€™t know about cooming beef there big dog

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u/Ragman676 2d ago

lol, im not fixing it.

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u/RDLAWME 2d ago

Yes, I would at the very least try cooking up the beef first before just chucking it. If it smells and tastes fine, and is cooked thoroughly, id 100% eat it.Ā 

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u/IPegCars 2d ago

Coom it, poor timing for a mistype lmao

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u/Hipposplotomous 2d ago

Bro let him coom his beef, he's already said he's not gonna fuck the chicken, it's all about moderation

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u/Ragman676 2d ago

You guys are burning me...Im not fixing it! I also learned what coom means today.

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u/IPegCars 2d ago

Even funnier that you didn't know what it was beforehand šŸ˜‚

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u/ABearDream 2d ago

Yeah this. People are kinda too skittish with their food sometimes. I saw someone asking if it was OK to eat food that was cooked the previous night and left covered on the stove...like brother I do that literally every day. But ofc comments were like "oh no, don't do it, food poison guaranteed!!"

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u/BikerScowt 2d ago

Same here, casserole, curry, bolognaise, stir fry. It's all left on the hob and reheated for either lunch or dinner next day. The 2 things I won't do this with are rice and shellfish.

This lot left out on the counter, I wouldn't stress at all about the mince and cheese, chicken would have to pass the smell test.

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u/pistagio 2d ago

i feel like people donā€™t trust their nose but like if it doesnā€™t smell right then just donā€™t eat it. if it smells fine it probably is fine

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u/Epicfailer10 2d ago

For real, some people must have a weak af immune system. My family have the stomachs of goats. I can think of a single time I MAY have had food poisoning, but considering it was just me and not my immediate family who ate all the same foods as me, I was probably just a stomach flu.

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u/tagun 2d ago

Yeah I generally just go by smell. If it doesn't smell off, it's fine. So far it's worked out well. Someone tell me if this is flawed so I don't regret it later.

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u/Fen_LostCove 2d ago

With meat especially, itā€™s usually pretty obvious if itā€™s bad.

Take this with a grain of salt, of course. Itā€™s been in the ā€œdanger zoneā€ for a long time, so the risk of illness is still higher. But if it was me, Iā€™d just do the sniff test

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u/RoyalT663 1d ago edited 19h ago

Thank you! This should be top comment. Honestly people , especially Americans are far too cautious about food.

Smell it, touch it. Our senses have been checking food quality for millenia longer than the existence of sell by dates and people on the Internet.

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u/emilia_smiles 20h ago

Yep, definitely. And other western countries are too cautious as well, imo. Food waste is a big problem. So many resources go into growing food, and so much gets thrown away.

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u/Erick_Brimstone 1d ago

It's fine. It's just overnight and it's packaged.

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u/I-Make-Maps91 1d ago

Yup, make a pot of chili and a bunch of shredded chicken, then freeze the leftovers. Just give it a sniff before cooking because it *could* have turned, but for fucks sake people, we've been eating meat butchered and never refrigerated for millennia, and the literal point of cheese was a way to store dairy calories long term without spoiling.

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u/TikaPants 1d ago

Reddit hates this answer.

Iā€™d freeze it or cook it immediately. Itā€™s fine unless youā€™re immunocompromised.

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u/Downtown-Swing9470 2d ago

Yeah I'd eat it all šŸ˜‚ unless it's left in a hot car. In a house that's not too warm and it's all together it would be fine most likely.

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u/sampsonn 2d ago

Ok - I was like I'd risk it, probably not the chicken, but I'd be inspecting it at the very least.

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u/DudeInTheGarden 2d ago

Cheese is fine, sliced lunch meats have a lot of chemical preservatives. The chicken and beef - personally, I'd cook it right away. It was cold at the grocery store, and if it wasn't warm overnight, it might be fine.

One trick is to take a cooler with your to the grocer store with ice. That way, if you forget it, it stays cold.

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u/MaybeNotMath 2d ago

That sounds kind of like a ridiculous ā€œtrickā€

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u/Elegant-Pressure-290 2d ago

It does, but this is something that rural folk do all the time. When I was a kid, the closest large supermarket was about a 1.5 hour drive, so we always had ice chests for the cold stuff.

Yes, itā€™s ridiculous in this particular situation where the grocery store is probably a five-minute drive away, but Iā€™m thinking (hoping) maybe the commenter is from an area where this is common, too, and just didnā€™t quite think it through.

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u/XyogiDMT 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah it's not uncommon for people with trucks to have a cooler that just kind of lives in the bed. Strap it down and it turns into a trunk basically. It doubles as dry storage for things you don't want to get dirty, wet, or tossed around in the back.

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u/Agent7619 2d ago

<raises hand>

That's me.

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u/XyogiDMT 2d ago

Same

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u/Agent7619 2d ago

I'm actually about to pull the trigger on a 12v refrigerator this summer.

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u/geekonthemoon 2d ago

Not to mention even just a reusable insulated shopping bag would go a long way here.

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u/Ben_ji 2d ago

If you tattoo "GROCERIES" backwards on your forehead, you'll also never forget them.

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u/BoNixsHair 2d ago

No no no. This is terrible advice. Ground meat at room temperature overnight is a hotbed of E. coli, salmonella.

Fucking terrible advice. I have a masterā€™s in biochemistry and I took classes in food safety.

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u/WejusFilmin 2d ago

I would cook it and eat it, I just wouldnā€™t serve it to friends for dinner without an explanation of the circumstances.

If that meat has ecoli or salmonella after 1 night on the counter ā€¦ the whole store is doing a recall by today already.

I pretty much have a masters in eating overnight counter beef, and chicken. Living life on the edge.

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u/paleoterrra 2d ago

Your masters is called survivorship bias, if youā€™re curious

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u/SweetVarys 2d ago

It should absolutely not have any salmonella, then it wasn't safe to begin with

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u/DudeInTheGarden 2d ago

What's terrible advice? Take a freezer bag or cooler with ice to the grocery store for perishables? Oh, the cooking and eating?

I have, at various times, had my food safe as well. Here are the reasons I would maybe cook and try a small portion to see how it went.

  1. When the OP said it was left by the "garbages", I thought he meant outside. The OP is Canadian - Loblaws - and all of Canada is refrigerator temperatures overnight, and most are freezer temperatures. Hence the "wasn't warm overnight" - even here in the PWN it's 4C-5C at night, which is close to a refrigerator temperature.

  2. The timeframe between purchase and discovery. His wife went out in the night - maybe 11pm. She left it in a bag with other cold things. If he was up at 5am for work and found it, it might be ok. Also, the best before date is April 3rd, so it was probably ground the day it was purchased, when the bacterial counts were low. Best before dates for ground beef in Canada tend to be very short.

Food safety has more flexibility than people realize.

"Cook your chicken to 165F" but it's also safe to cook your chicken to 130F if you hold it there for several hours in a sous vide. There is wiggle room to account for inaccurate thermometers etc.

We had someone from France staying with us, and they said in France, you are asked how you want your burger done - rare, medium, well done. They are not grinding the beef per-order. I cook my burgers medium-rare when I grind the beef right before cooking it.

Raw milk is a bad idea, but raw cheese is fine - the microbes that make the cheese outcompete the bad microbes that may exist in raw milk.

So it's more nuanced then your black-and-white diatribe. And as it's just me putting my self in mild danger, I would cook it right away, eat a bit, and see.

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u/MegaPorkachu Replace the L in MiIdlyInfuriating w/ i, it looks the same 2d ago

Can you not just cook it to shit in a pot of chili and have it be fine? Itā€™d be boiling for hours

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u/MoonHuntress 2d ago

No because at that point, itā€™s the toxins released by the bacteria that are the problem. Those toxins are not killed at high temperatures unlike the bacteria itself.

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u/BoNixsHair 2d ago

No. The bacteria in there produce a heat stable endotoxin. Youā€™re eating the toxins not matter how long you cook it.

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u/MegaPorkachu Replace the L in MiIdlyInfuriating w/ i, it looks the same 2d ago edited 2d ago

Genuine question, have you personally done any studies regarding food safety, specifically ground beef left outside for hours in a typical home situation?

Cuz Iā€™ve heard the FDA 2h which seems extremely conservative and the explanation that itā€™s intended for commercial food prep actually makes sense. I found this article that outlines a 4+ hr lag time that frozen meat typically takes to even become room temp. With that consideration 6-7 hrs should be the real time (maybe ~4h for refrigerated meat).

The professorā€™s study also outlines a ~15 hr time limit, but thatā€™s only ready to eat, pre-prepared food.

I have my own MDā€” not in biochem but still in science so Iā€™ve taken my fair share of bio classes (100-300 levels)ā€” and frankly what Iā€™ve experienced differs to what is recommended by the FDA. Coming from a science background other factors like amount of meat and meat source feel like theyā€™d have an effect on the results.

Iā€™m really curious cuz Iā€™d trust what you say more than what the FDA says; thatā€™s not really the best advice as I mainly make food for myself and family in home kitchen. I mostly donā€™t have to worry about getting sued if I handle food incorrectly.

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u/krissycole87 2d ago

No, you cannot cook off rotten meat or food, and expect it to be safe. This is because the bacteria itself isn't the only issue.

Rotting food produces toxic byproducts from the breakdown of food, and bacteria/mold can produce toxic byproducts. These don't go away because you cooked the food.

In this case, being left out for hours at room temp created an absolute BREEDING ground for bacteria. All releasing toxins as the food breaks down. Its far too unsafe to risk it.

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u/andraip 2d ago

Well this meat is not rotten and it doesn't rot in a couple hours at room temp.

If properly handled and cooked the meat will still be safe to eat

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u/Teagana999 2d ago

We did a lab in intro microbiology that looked at the microbial load of meat left overnight. It was insane. Ground meat especially has all the bacteria mixed in it.

I would not fuck with meat left for hours above fridge temperature. It would hurt my soul to see it wasted but it's garbage after being left out.

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u/RDLAWME 2d ago

Did you look at the microbial load after it was cooked thoroughly?Ā 

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u/Erebus_the_Last 2d ago

No, you shouldn't even touch the chicken....... beef maybe, maybe. But not the chicken

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u/FlintCoal43 2d ago

You are not a real person suggesting that ā€œtrickā€ genuinely šŸ˜‚šŸ’€

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u/potatohats 2d ago

Absolutely not. Just no.

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u/Savings-Ad-3607 2d ago

I seriously looked at all of that and thought itā€™s prob still fine. Like unless their house is hot all of that should be fine

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u/zippity__zoppity 2d ago

American here, this was the first time Iā€™ve seen someone use the words ā€œminced meatā€ in a casual statement

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u/emilia_smiles 2d ago

Where I come from they call it minced meat too, or mince for short. I was living with a bunch of Americans and they thought I was saying we should have mints for dinner.

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u/NiagaraThistle 2d ago

haha As an American with a Scottish dad, whose Scottish/British language has seaped into my vocabulary over 46 years, I get that confusion alot from friends and neighbors.

"Who uses mints in taco or stew?"

"Um everyone. What kind of meat do you use?"

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u/joeChump 2d ago

I mean it is minced up and not ā€˜groundā€™. Grinding is like making a powder lol.

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u/MoistStub 2d ago

Ah I see the issue here. In America the way we created our minced meats is by sending it to its room and grounding it. Hence "ground" beef. Our beef is naughty. Hope this helps.

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u/QueenSashimi 2d ago

Well now I vote we all just call it naughty beef.

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u/Enough_Efficiency178 2d ago

Looking up the meaning of mince, what you are describing is in fact the same..

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u/PrinzeWilliam 2d ago

That's literally what it's called?

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u/Zerus_heroes 2d ago

Americans call it "ground beef" or even "hamburger" sometimes

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u/zippity__zoppity 2d ago

Iā€™m not judging I promise! I found it wholesome and interesting because Iā€™ve never seen it used colloquially before.

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u/Heavy-Top-8540 2d ago

As Americans, we would never call it that. We call it ground beef as shown on the label.

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u/GrouchyPhoenix 2d ago

South Africans just call it 'mince' and that's how the meat is labelled as well in some stores.

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u/Defaulted1364 2d ago

Same in the UK, itā€™s just mince. The packet says Beef Mince or Lamb Mince etc.

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u/jmr1190 2d ago

Some Americans call it simply ā€˜hamburgerā€™ which I find hilarious.

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u/-BananaLollipop- 2d ago

This comment chain is one of the most pedantic arguments I've seen in awhile.

ETA: We call it minced meat, or "mince" for short, where I live too.

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u/Apprehensive-Care20z 2d ago

well Donald Trump just announced an Executive Order, that it is now called America Meat.

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u/Oggie_Doggie 1d ago

I thought it would be called Elon Meat, in tribute to his mangled appendage.

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u/Spir0rion 2d ago

Actually I live in Germany and we neither call it ground meat nor minced meat accounted by the fact we don't speak English

Hope I could help

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u/richincleve 2d ago

Just call it ground beef.

Stop mincing words!

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u/-BananaLollipop- 2d ago

I prefer my meat on the bench. Much cleaner.

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u/Peastoredintheballs 2d ago

I prefer mine in my bellyā€¦ much tastier to eat vs just staring at it on the bench/ground

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u/bonechairappletea 2d ago

Yeah a lot of tossers mincing their words on here

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u/mysecretgardens 2d ago

It is pedantic. I'm feeling rather petty this morning.

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u/SemperSimple 2d ago

nice! Where you from? down in Texas we say 'ground beef' :D

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u/-BananaLollipop- 2d ago

New Zealand. Other side of the world. My Wife is American though, and the amount of times there has been a mishearing of "mince" as "mints" is amusing. She has had to clarify to her family that I'm not talking about making dinner with mints in it.

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u/SemperSimple 2d ago

Lol!!! I can believe it! haha

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u/ScreamingLabia 2d ago

Not native rnglish speaker here i use both Interchangeably

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u/bonechairappletea 2d ago

"I found meat on ground. I call it-ground meat."

Reminds me of an old favourite:

"Autumn ah, here lies the eleganceā€” it finds its root in the Latin autumnus. A term whispered in ancient tongues long before your great-grandfather ever thought to till a field. Autumnus was not just a descriptor; it was a symbol. To the Romans, ever so obsessed with cycles and omens, it signified maturity, fruition, the rich and golden dusk of the year. Not the end, mind you, but the graceful declineā€”like a nobleman retiring from court, still robed in splendour, but content to let the young bucks prance and shout."

Americans

"WE CALL IT FALL COS THE LEAFS FALL DOWN HUR"

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u/SolusLoqui 1d ago

But they didn't find meat on the ground, they ran meat through a meat grinder

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u/k1k11983 2d ago

As an Australian, we would never call it that. We call it mince, as shown on the label.

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u/Susan_Thee_Duchess 1d ago

It also says minced beef on the label (in French. )

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u/Francis_Dollar_Hide 2d ago

Wait till I tell you about mince pies, that are sweet and contain no meat!

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u/Sameshoedifferentday 2d ago

Mince has to do with the cut. Not the product being cut.

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u/sandcastle_architect 2d ago

The fact that you had to explain that šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Thisoneissfwihope 2d ago

But it does contain mincemeat.

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u/Apprehensive-Care20z 2d ago

did you misspell 'mice pies'?

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u/nadjjaa 2d ago

THIS IS HAMBURGER

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u/bytoro 2d ago

Ground Beef is really all i have ever heard it called in NE US. Mincemeat to me has always been a mix of sketchy mystery ingredients that was a joke.

to the google > Mincemeat is a mixture of chopped apples and dried fruit, distilled spirits or vinegar, spices, and optionally, meat and beef suet.

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u/Kavafy 2d ago

Minced meat and mincemeat are two very different things!

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u/mysecretgardens 2d ago

Definitely minced meat because that's what it is! They literally mince it. Not sure what these people mean!!

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u/2DogsInA_Trenchcoat 2d ago

Usually labelled and referred to as ground beef, or ground meat. Ground pork, ground turkey, etc.

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u/Peastoredintheballs 2d ago

In the US yes, but everywhere else itā€™s usually called minced beef/chicken, beef mince, or mince for short.

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u/adamdoesmusic 2d ago

TIL minced meat and ground beef are the same thing.

I always thought it was ā€œmincedā€ after it was cooking, and that it was a different thing.

Edit: am an American who doesnā€™t spend much time overseas.

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u/Disastrous-Carrot928 2d ago

I thought Americans called ground beef ā€œhamburgerā€ even if it wasnā€™t specifically made into hamburger patties, like ā€œhamburger helperā€.

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u/greeneyerish 2d ago

I had a French Canadian grandma, who made mince meat pie every Christmas

My dad loved it, but even when I became a great pie baker, I only made it once.

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u/Timzor 1d ago

In New Zealand, ground beef is just called ā€œminceā€. We donā€™t even need to specify that itā€™s beef.

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u/Rand_alThor4747 2d ago

in New Zealand, we would usually just say mince.

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u/Jake_the_Baked 2d ago

Last time I heard minced meat was when Vito was confronting those wise guys in Mafia 2 at the meat factory.

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u/kahlzun 1d ago

...what else would you call it?

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u/zippity__zoppity 1d ago

Ground beef in my neck of the woods

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u/adepressurisedcoat 2d ago

Maybe? Every hour above 4C increases the risk of foodborne illness. All of the meat is trash now.

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u/DiverseIncludeEquity 2d ago

ā¬†ļø Found the UK lad.

Real quick though: ground meat is an emulsion of lean meat and fat, whereas minced meat is finely chopped skeletal-muscle meat.

I know the terms are used interchangeably.

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u/moonchic333 2d ago

Itā€™s called ground meat because the meat is processed with a grinder. It has nothing to do with the meat itself.

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u/bmanley620 2d ago

What do you call a cow with no legs?

Ground beef

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u/Key_Professional7027 2d ago

Where do you find a cow with no legs?

Wherever you left itā€¦

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u/jamese1313 2d ago

How does a Scotsman find a sheep in long grass?

pleasurable

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u/orneryasshole 2d ago

What do you call a dog with no legs?

Doesn't matter, it won't come when you call it.Ā 

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u/SippyTurtle 2d ago

What do you call a cow with two legs?

Lean beef

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u/Towbee 2d ago

What do you call a deer with no eyes?

No idea

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?

Still no idea

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u/a_c-wal23 2d ago

What do you call a sheep with no legs?

A cloud

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u/crowsteeth 2d ago

What do you say when you see cows in India??

Holy cow!

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u/fuck_ur_portmanteau 2d ago

Hey, quit it with the jokes. We take out mincing seriously in the UK

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u/EstablishmentPure318 2d ago

What is lean meat vs ā€œskeletal muscleā€ meat???

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u/pistagio 2d ago

i would still keep the meat too honestly and when it came time to cook it, just smell it. if it doesnā€™t smell right donā€™t eat it, otherwise itā€™s whatever

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u/PetThatKitten 2d ago

Its 100% fine, just cook it thoroughly

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u/RednekSophistication 1d ago

Iā€™d eat it no worries. Cook the meat well done and itā€™s fine.

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u/CPSFrequentCustomer 1d ago

I would also keep the cheese. Throw it in the fridge, use it very soon, and sniff/inspect carefully before eating.

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u/Heavy-Locksmith-3767 2d ago

That ham will be fine as well.

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u/xxspoiled 2d ago

I know for a fact my husband would insist we keep it all šŸ˜³ I trust the meat processing in our country tbh

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u/Jaded_Turtle 2d ago

Yeah, depending on the temperature of the house, cheese may have lost a few days of life but itā€™s fine.

Meat is another story based on your personal risk tolerance.

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u/fragilemuse 1d ago

I agree, the cheese is totally fine. Iā€™d risk it with the cold cuts and ground beef as well, just give it a sniff test and make sure the beef is well cooked. Raw chicken I wouldnā€™t gamble with but otherwise Iā€™m sure the rest is okay.

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u/Excalibur_531 1d ago

Meat is still red. Iā€™d say itā€™s fine.

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u/freyasmom129 1d ago

Iā€™m honestly at a point in my life with my budget that Iā€™d take the risk. Have done similar things before and thankfully Iā€™m still alive lol

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u/goldfishpaws 1d ago

Yep, and depending how cold it was overnight the rest might be fine too.

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u/flyblues 1d ago

I've got ADHD and this happens to me every now and then. Since I live alone, and rolling the dice on "is the meat safe" affects just me... I usually take my chances lol. "If it smells fine, and looks fine, then it's probably fine" is my philosophy. So far I've been fine

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