I left two chicken breast out over night...safe to eat?

**MSU_Accounting** · 10-30-2007, 05:00 AM

I cooked chicken breast last night around 10:30.

Left them out and just now realized.

Are they fine to eat today?

**whoknows** · 10-30-2007, 05:06 AM

if they were covered properly u should have no prob, i do that sometimes, never had a problem yet.

just make sure u put em in the fridge if ur not gonna eat em till later in the day

**Bmanxer** · 10-30-2007, 05:10 AM

DUDE I'd so eat it. I eat stuff like that all the time. I've eaten 3 day old sat out on the coffee table pizza. I was cool.??? Maybe some people can handle it other's cant?

**baarat** · 10-30-2007, 05:13 AM

No.

**whoknows** · 10-30-2007, 05:19 AM

DUDE I'd so eat it. I eat stuff like that all the time. I've eaten 3 day old sat out on the coffee table pizza. I was cool.??? Maybe some people can handle it other's cant?

wasnt that like gnawing on a rock? lol

**Bmanxer** · 10-30-2007, 05:49 AM

Growing up in MY house? You ate whatever the hell you could man. It was like a damn treat!

**KryptoKnight** · 10-30-2007, 05:51 AM

Yeah it's fine, you're going to be reheating it anyways, it's not like it's milk.

**The Solution** · 10-30-2007, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by MSU_Accounting

I cooked chicken breast last night around 10:30.

Left them out and just now realized.

Are they fine to eat today?

absolutely.. put some lemon pepper or some caju peper and take those things to town.. leaving them out overnight wont kill them.. its if u leave them out for a efw days then i would start to worry

but if u fridge those suckers for like a week or so toss em..

just next time remember to freeze or fridge and cover..

**** happens.. enjoy the grub.. and eat up

**kak39** · 10-30-2007, 06:16 AM

When in doubt throw it out. Is it really worth getting the ****s over?

**pacificgrl** · 10-30-2007, 06:23 AM

as long as the meat was fresh when you bought it, they're fine. i leave mine overnight to thaw out and then refridgerate until the eve when i'm ready to cook it. the meat should be odorless.

**Ultimate Genetics** · 10-30-2007, 06:24 AM

I do that all the time... with chicken.. beef... rice... anything that gets cooked in a pan. It stays on the stove overnight 75% of the time. I have not gotten sick in almost a year. Then again, I spent 2 years in Central America while working so my stomach is pretty cast iron from that..

**terracotta** · 10-30-2007, 07:32 AM

Any meat that hasn't been cooked within 3 hours of being out of the fridge, or anything that has been sitting out after being cooked for longer than 3 hours is definitely going to be thrown out by me. I try to get things in the fridge ASAP. Usually within 1 to 1.5 hours.

**Dedicatedforlife** · 10-30-2007, 07:51 AM

I BBQ my chicken breasts at night before bed and leave them out over night to cool down as they are too hot to put in the fridge...never had a problem

**toasty** · 10-30-2007, 07:52 AM

zap em in the microwave and you will be fine.

**jdominic6** · 10-30-2007, 07:54 AM

once you get salmonella, you'll know not to do that again. i ate 3 day old store bought sushi once in an attempt to push the limits.... never again.

**KryptoKnight** · 10-30-2007, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by jdominic6

once you get salmonella, you'll know not to do that again. i ate 3 day old store bought sushi once in an attempt to push the limits.... never again.

Um leaving some COOKED chicken or steak overnight outside the refrigerator is completely different.

You realize you ate raw food 3 days old, what on earth were you thinking?

Do you guys realize that you can leave an egg out of your fridge overnight and it will still be good to cook the next day?

**Dedicatedforlife** · 10-30-2007, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by KryptoKnight

Um leaving some COOKED chicken or steak overnight outside the refrigerator is completely different.

You realize you ate raw food 3 days old, what on earth were you thinking?

Do you guys realize that you can leave an egg out of your fridge overnight and it will still be good to cook the next day?

x2. Actually when i was in Peru for 2 months, they were selling eggs at the market that were out all day long...and sometimes into the next day (depending on where I was at the time), I never got sick...tasted fine too...

**terracotta** · 10-30-2007, 08:33 AM

Eggs are completely different as they are in the shell, but yeah, you can leave eggs out. We refrigerate them to prolong the shelf life to 3 weeks. They are good for days left out.

**Dedicatedforlife** · 10-30-2007, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by terracotta

Eggs are completely different as they are in the shell, but yeah, you can leave eggs out. We refrigerate them to prolong the shelf life to 3 weeks. They are good for days left out.

Exactly what the beautiful lady said

**teewoods** · 10-30-2007, 08:36 AM

You'd be suprised how much stuff is left out over night in some restraunts or takeaways

**KryptoKnight** · 10-30-2007, 08:42 AM

Interesting fact though: An egg left outside of the refrigerator for one day = an egg left in the refrigerator after one week. Hence, rate of deterioration is basically 7x faster if left outside.

But you'd be surprised, we did a lab on eggs and my professor had an egg that was left out for a week. When cooked, it was still edible.

**The Solution** · 10-30-2007, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by KryptoKnight

Interesting fact though: An egg left outside of the refrigerator for one day = an egg left in the refrigerator after one week. Hence, rate of deterioration is basically 7x faster if left outside.

But you'd be surprised, we did a lab on eggs and my professor had an egg that was left out for a week. When cooked, it was still edible.

damn.. nice info to know there bro.. good experiement done in school...
did u have a bite of that egg? just curioust o know if it tasted a lil iffy.. it may be edible.. but how about the taste?

**XtremeBody510** · 10-30-2007, 09:23 AM

yea should'nt be a problem!

**jdominic6** · 10-30-2007, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by KryptoKnight

Um leaving some COOKED chicken or steak overnight outside the refrigerator is completely different.

You realize you ate raw food 3 days old, what on earth were you thinking?

Do you guys realize that you can leave an egg out of your fridge overnight and it will still be good to cook the next day?

I'm not going to argue with you but there is still a possiblity of salmonella growing again on unrefridgerated cooked chicken. And the sushi was store bought, which usually means it is imitation crab meat, which it was (cooked pollock).

**thepointman** · 10-30-2007, 09:49 AM

I leave (cooked) chicken out overnight all the time, never once have gotten sick. If it was uncooked, I'd probably toss it.

**KryptoKnight** · 10-30-2007, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by LayzieBone085

damn.. nice info to know there bro.. good experiement done in school...
did u have a bite of that egg? just curioust o know if it tasted a lil iffy.. it may be edible.. but how about the taste?

Tasted completely fine. The only difference you notice right off the bat is that the yolk color isn't quite as vibrant, and the white is a little runny, taste wise I couldn't really tell that much. Maybe if I had a real egg along side with it, I could better tell the difference. But it wasn't nasty.

**rofflemywaffle** · 10-30-2007, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by kak39

When in doubt throw it out.

Motto to live by when it comes to food.

Meat starts to spoil after 2hrs at room temp.

**Ultimate Genetics** · 10-30-2007, 01:24 PM

I've left stuff out overnight for years and years.. never once got sick. I think (most of you) are being paranoid.

**MSU_Accounting** · 10-30-2007, 02:54 PM

Thanks everyone.

I ate them both before noon. They were fine.

Legs tonight.

Later

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