I left my burger out from Jack-in-the-Box and it was out overnight and I’m eating it right now while watching the video looking at it making sure there’s no bacteria inside of it so far so good don’t see anything

By this logic, everyone who's ever had takeout and has had to drive a distance before being able to refrigerate the leftovers would immediately have to throw them out by the time they got home. I like saving my leftover steaks from Texas Roadhouse - seems a waste to throw out good ingredients (especially steak) . They usually immediate get refrigerated when I get home, but the drive is at minimum an hour. Of course, that's also assuming nothing else comes up or you don't catch a movie or something after - which is what I ended up doing. Got home about four hours later - immediately put everything in the fridge. Two days later (today), everything seemed fine. No smell, no discoloration, no slimy film. Took some of the leftover steak, diced it up, fried it in oil, then served it on a bed of fresh veggie rice. I'm eating it as I type this - and it tastes pretty darn good. Wish me luck.

All these people who say they have no problem eating food that’s been left out… probably don’t sh*t right

I just cooked rice and started to eat 4 hours later. I have had sausages from yesterday's party which were laying in the sand and grass all day under sunshine :D, so tasty. I was punk then. Also eating baked potatoes from last night. My digestion and health was very normal.

Supposedly if you open a can of parmesan cheese you need to refrigerate after 2 hours but when i was young it was never in the fridge for months. And i consumed it for 10 years and i feel good still

It is very common here in Indonesia to leave out food on the table only covered by big plastic covers with holes, and that can be hours and reheat every 6 hours or until anyone at home wants to eat. It's been like that since forever and nothing bad ever happens. I think food can last longer or not depending on how clean it was prepared, some type of food may last longer than the others, and even the same type of food made by different cooks, one can last longer than the others. Me personally, I judge food safe to eat or not from its smell, if it still smells good, doesn't matter how long it's been left out on the table, it's safe to eat. But it has to be stored properly even on the table, not fully open and not let bugs step on the food. Some food even taste better after being reheated a few times, like lodeh, because the absorption of the ingredients and texture change. In my opinion, the reason behind this is just economy, jobs related to selling food are so many that selling food is among the biggest wheels for moving the economy of a country. The more ppl believe it the better.

This is the type of stuff they should be teaching in school's not the news. I appreciate it tho lmfao🤣😂🤣😂

I'm watching this after eating food sat out 7 hours in the to go bag...I got busy and did not go home for awhile. Most of it was cold when I left the place. It tasted good, but the rule I read is that within 18-24 hours, you would feel sick of eating it, if it was spoiled. Not there yet, hope I'm still here then.

in Colombia, people here eat meat leftovers the morning after. Without it being refrigerated. Room temperature is about 26 degree's over night. No problems. :)

Eating bacon and eggs that were out for 6 hours while watching this😂

I removed my cooked chicken from oven and forgot to put it in the refrigerator for 4 hours . the temp of the room was 17 Celsius . do you think I have to throw it away? Considering that boiling food takes time to get to room temperature

Bacteria like foods with a certain amount of moisture to grow. Pizza left out is ok because typically not "wet" enough. Bacon prob good for days. I use bacon grease for months and it just sits on the stove

"Chicken, to steak, to meat...". Get that guy some veggies!

lol she was talking up a storm

I got a steak from a steakhouse yesterday and eat most of it but left it out woke up and is now I'm hungry can I eat it ?

Can you eat lettuce left out overnight for 10-11 hours, in room temperature? Our house is around 60-70 degrees

I cooked some banging lasagna last night . And took it out of the oven and fell asleep. It’s been on the counter for hours . But like I don’t wanna waste all that food 🥲

Hog-wash. I have eaten food for years. Take it to work at 0600 and eat it at 1500 (3pm). Frid Chicken for some reason will last all day. Bacon left on the kitchen table @ 8am was fine at 5pm.

I dont agree the 2 hrs is all it take for food to go bad.

Ill eat a pepperoni pizza Thats been out >12 hrs. As long as my food aint hit the 24hr mark, then I'm good. I WOULDN'T recommend doing this.

I babysat for a woman that kept meats and soups and cooked rice you name it out for days on the stove counter or microwave it was gross af. I don’t eat at peoples house anymore

I'm eating last nights dinner right now that was left out all night lol had burger corn and chops , it still taste good

Left out rare steaks for five hours… I’m eating one I’ll update y’all tomorrow

Depends what part of the world you live in and your economic status

I got a two pizzas from the local pizzeria yesterday my brother ordered me and I’ve had a few slices and two boxes still on top of the fridge

I dunno….sometimes I feel like these guidelines are SUPER over cautious…..my mom used to leave a frozen ground beef on sink before work and cook it 12 hours later for dinner and it had been thawed for hours…..this was for years….none of us ever got sick. Salsa and pizza left overnight….never sick….I think it’s common sense. Like if a piece of meat had been baking in 90 plus all day then clearly no …..but some of this seems asinine.

What about microwave food

qdoba been sitting in my car for 8 hours🤣 well i paid for it imma eat it

What about thawed out pork ribs that havent been cooked yet overnight? Its on the grill now ill let you know if o survive 😂

Mine was out around 16 hours so I just through it out. Medicine would prob be $10, chicken was $8, I rather spend another $8 and save on medicine plus no diarrhea or vomiting

I came here after eating a sandwich that's been out for more than two hours

i left food 5 hours ago and it smelt FOUL, smelt like vomit but 10 times worse.

Load of bollicks, mold I can understand as it’s airborne, but salmonella is not flying in the air ready to contaminate my cooked meat, what about sugary drinks, how come you can leave those out for ages and drink and they are fine?

My spaghetti sauce was over salted and inhibited bacteria growth in the first place... so im not worried about warming it up and eating it...

Should I put food away when it’s still warm

Haha vid was posted 4rs ago. I’m currently watching this in august of 2022. This means I survived Covid. Bring it on bacteria….bring it on.

I think she has good credentials and talks much sense :), however I have bent these rules so frequently and egregiously for ~2 decades, and (knock on wood) haven't experienced food poisoning in my life. For instance, I am leaving 2 pork sausages in the dutch oven that I cooked them in earlier this evening overnight, around 50 degrees F, planning to eat one of them in the morning at least, and will bring them both back to high temperatures. ...there should be an EROWID Vault for food on the brink of spoilage!

Thx for the advice 😀

I just ate my wings that sat out for 4 hours

Hahah this comment is great. Everyone in this comment is my kind of people Currently eating a two day old omellete and feel fine. All my friends that complain about salmonella can suck on my 12 incher

I left my chicken fried rice out overnight immA still eat it

To late I ate the chicken arl

this is where all the misfit comments go

Crock pot?

This is actually false news! People have been eating left out food for millions of years. You just have to re-cook it. Let's say you leave your pot of cooked beans and mashed potatoes out for 10 hours during Christmas day while visiting family. You can literally put the food in the fridge and when it comes time to eat it again the next day as long as you reheat that food to a minimum internal temperature of 165°F it is safe to eat. Now if your severely sick with some debilitating disease or cancer and need fresh food and don't want to take the chance then I understand but for the rest of the population it is safe to do.

Just ate Moe’s from 48 hours ago sitting in kitchen am I gonna die

Food health and safety is usually recommended by supermarkets so we throw it out and buy more hence profits. They are rubbish. I love a cold kebab or pizza I left out on the table overnight but forgot to refrigerate and never had a problem yet according to so called recommendations I should throw away after 2 hours. Load of Bull crap.

did our early ancestors have trouble setting the temp on their refrigerators without modern gauges or electricity ? oh , that's right, they had no refrigerators ! ! they ate most of the same foods we eat today. so why didn't they all die in agonizing pain from all the different types of bacterial food poison ? travel to many different countries today and many of the foods they eat are not refrigerated. the same foods that by law here in the states can't be sold unless it's refrigerated. their rates of food poisoning are no higher than ours, in many places much lower. check out the real reason we OVER ---REFRIGERATE you'll be surprised .

24 hours after it has been cooked.