How long to keep cooked rice

stephen77

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

This probably occurred in far more hygienic premises that a typical take-away.

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They were hygienic and chilled very quickly, used aspetic bags etc. Standard for the food industry in this sector.

Most take away and homes and probably not going to be to this level. Though nothing stopping them working to similar standards as your be doing much smaller bathces so has advatnage with cooling times.

FrugalFranny

Never bought take-away rice, always used my own home made rice as the base for currys and chinese.
I keep my rice in a VERY cold fridge for no more than 2 days afterwards (reheated to eat only once in that period) and if I know I won't be eating it within that time I freeze it the moment it's cooled enough on the day I make it(at most about 5-10 minutes).
This is nice and cheap and no upset tums here in the 8 or so year I've been doing it, but then 'his lordship' and I can eat pretty much anything. The only food poisoning he's ever had was from a kebab shop on the way back from a party one night, since then we tend to stick to 'home made' take away.
Rice seems to be a big one for food poisoning, much like de-frosted and re-frozen ice cream, and always beware a take-away that often has "under new management" on it's posted menues. Not always but very often they've had a food poisoning scare and handed over the 'management' to someone else they know/work with. The one my partner got his dicky tummy from had changed 'management' 3 times in two years but the same people worked there, and aside from a new sign it was the same place, right down to the bare handed salad maker with the questionable hygiene.... :eek:

WhiteHorse

At home, refridgerate quickly, keep 2 days maximum, reheat once.

Tamsin_Temrin

Frugal Fanny - good point re under new management. There is one local takeaway that no-one local touches with a ten foot reprinted menu. No loos on premises! Bucket in yard. No kidding. We dont go there. It must have been under new management about once every three months.

Never had any problems with the chinese we usually use, and the rice is included in the price of the dish, you get rice or chips with the meal regardless. Even though I could freeze it straight away I think Ill go with rice for the birds.

mervyn67

Lots of Urban Myth here. go to www.stilltasty.com for a bit of reasonable sense

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personally its one food that I would bin if not eaten straight away I only say this as I once had a very bad tummy from eating reheated rice and I mean awful. Rice is so cheap to buy and cook I would rather not take a chance with it

Tamsin_Temrin

For me it is not just the cost, it is also the waste.

Not worth food poisoning though.

hotwheels

keeping rice leftovers is all about how it is cold. it has to be cold very quickly and kept in the fridge not out on the side.
if the bacteria has been allowed to multiply in a warm place, heating is though to a high temperature to 'kill the bugs' won't work, because as for rice, it's not the bacteria that gives you the food gastroenteritis, but the toxins that the bugs give off. the toxins are never nutralised through heat or freezing conditions.

Tamsin_Temrin

Sorry, whys this here?