What should I do- NBR food

SJandVA · November 2013

I made a huge crock pot of spaghetti meat sauce yesterday. Like 4 meals worth. I was waiting for it to cool before bagging it up. Then I forgot and left it out all night! Shit! It has ground beef in it. I know it was still warm at 10 and it's 6:30am now.

So, should I freeze it or toss it?

BluepointToasted · November 2013

Hmm....I'm sure you could look up the exact temps online for food safety somewhere....but I would probably freeze it. I'm guessing it cooled very slowly in the crockpot

zbeesma86 · November 2013

oh man- been there done that. my hubby always has me throw it out (sorry

) he's a chef and is super strict about that stuff. he has taken and taught those servsafe courses and found out a lot about germs that set in and such after food has been out awhile.

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · November 2013

I would probably throw it out, unless it is still warm this morning. I've had too many encounters with food poisoning that I wouldn't chance it.

But the real risk is with uncooked meat, right? I don't think there is as much chance with cooked meat, but I probably wouldn't keep it.

That sucks!!!