Need advice about cooked food left in kitchen overnight

annie-c

Stupidly, I left a pan of beef & tomato stew on the hob overnight. The pan was covered, but I would normally fridge this as soon as it was cool.

Should I throw it out now?

Thanks

Annie

Murtle

Personally I would put it in the fridge and eat it for dinner ensuring it was heated through properly.

Enjoy!

tankgirl1

i also would stick it in the fridge now, and have it for dinner (making sure its well heated as murtle said)

Trow

Yep, I would still use it

ben500

If it were poultry or pork it would be best to bin it but beef based stew should be fine, be sure to put a lid on it when in the fridge though as there will be some level of bacteria in it that would contaminate other food in the fridge at a much faster rate than it would the stew.

annie-c

Thanks for the opinions - I will eat it and let you know later if I'm still alive!!!!

Thanks also for the advice about bacteria/cross-contamination. I usually cover fridge food, but hadn't thought about it that way before!

Penny-Pincher!!

Yeah that should be fine! Just fridge it and heat properly before eating.

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thriftlady_2

Eat it up;)

Murtle

Speaking of cross contamination, always put cooked meats at the top and raw meats at the bottom.

For anyone who doesn't know!!

Wally_2

If it doesn't smell off and hasn't turned green and there's no fungus on the top of it then eat it.

needmoney

Some people may remember a post of mine last year, I had made spag bolognese and left it on the hob uncovered in summertime.:eek:

The next day I couldn't resist eating some, I can't find the post now but some people were alarmed:D

I'm still alive:j :j :j :j

The 'uncoverd' bit was probably the worst of it.
Before fridges people survived, the food quality was probably better then and wasn't 'messed around' with so much.