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    Chicken left out over night? eat or no?

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    • Posts: 3,280 Member
      Does it look like this?
      640px-Moldy_chicken.JPG
    • Posts: 642 Member
      ya, but I just ate around all that lol...no it does notlol
    • Posts: 3 Member
      Throw it out. No sense in risking Salmonella.
    • Posts: 250 Member
      Absolutely not. I wouldn't even think about eating it.
    • Posts: 60 Member
      I live by this saying

      If in doubt throw it out
    • Posts: 621 Member
      Does it look like this?
      640px-Moldy_chicken.JPG

      It's fine, the lovely green fur adds fiber and helps prevent you from getting a cold.
    • Posts: 25
      Me personally have had chicken that was in my frig for a week after cooking. If you really don't want it then don't eat it. But if you do want to ingest it, microwave that bird on high.
    • Posts: 299 Member
      Definitely not! It will have been I. The danger zone (5 and 60 degrees Celsius) for more than 20 minutes. You will make yourself sick

      Have to ask, are you saying that even if it was in the fridge (lets assume fridge is 7 Celsius) overnight that you would not eat it?
    • Posts: 299 Member
      I had too many microbiology classes. I say no. But I have issues because I know what bacteria could be growing.

      http://www.fsis.usda.gov/help/faqs_hotline_preparation/index.asp#6 <---they agree with me ;-)

      Ok for all of us who believed it was ok, go look at the link above. You know, ignorance is bliss some time!
    • Posts: 562 Member
      Ah no. I would not. I am very picky in my food care. I don't like being sick.
    • Posts: 6,774 Member
      Don't eat it if you are not cooking it again. Cut it up and make it in another recipe (Stew, Chili, Soup, Stri fry). If you cook it it should kill any bacteria.
    • Posts: 642 Member
      update.. smelled great, microwaved and tasted great also!!!
    • Posts: 258 Member
      It will be perfectly fine. If it was defrosted and raw I would say no --- but cooked is fine.
    • Posts: 1,509 Member
      A big fat NO! Some chicken doesn't cost that much compared to being on the couch all day with stomach cramps!!!! That was my DH's way of thinking until he ate a chicken sandwich that was left out. It was cooked and I didn't eat all of it. He was unloading my car and thought I had just bought it and didn't finish it. It was only a couple of hours since I purchased it. He was soooo sick. We were getting ready to leave for vacation and he was on the couch thinking he was dying. Not worth it. Now he always asks how long something has been there. He always teases me about how I tried to kill him.
    • Posts: 2,518 Member
      I've had food poisoning from chicken and it's not pretty. No way, no how would I eat it.
    • Posts: 302 Member
      I would vote no to eating it, personally. I have a friend, though, who stores his chicken salad sandwiches in his desk for 6+ hours and eats them and is always fine. My luck, I'd be hurling for days. :sick: :laugh:

      Oh, and the sniff test? I completely lack the ability to smell bad meat. I can smell everything else (am really sensitive to smells, actually) except rancid meat. Weird! I have to get my hubby to do the sniff test for me when things are bad. I have a "hmm...it smells a bit funny" thought, pull him over to check and he's like "HOLY CRAP, THAT SMELLS AWFUL". It would be funny if it weren't so frustrating!
    • Posts: 427 Member
      Nope, don't chance it.
    • Posts: 641 Member
      No...........food poisoning is not fun.....
    • Posts: 232 Member
      I cooked some chicken and left it out all night (12hours) in a sealed container.... Eat or no?
      re-heat and eat.
    • Posts: 94 Member
      I cooked some chicken and left it out all night (12hours) in a sealed container.... Eat or no?

      If you decide to eat it - if you recook it until the internal temperature is 170 degress you should be fine. The heat should kill any bacteria lerking in your poultry
    • Posts: 20 Member
      Uh no.......unless you want to take a chance on explosive diarrhea...chachacha
    • Posts: 1
      noooooooooooooooooo:noway:
    • Posts: 26
      Absolutely NOT. Chicken begins to form bacteria that can make you very ill after 2 hours out of the refrigerator. DO NOT EAT IT!
    • Posts: 232 Member
      Does it look like this?
      640px-Moldy_chicken.JPG
      just carve off the mold and eat it, steak is the best when aged, i do it with cheese all the time.
    • Posts: 375 Member
      i wouldnt risk the food poisoning , unless you wanna lose a fast 5 lbs :)
    • Posts: 128 Member
      lol people on this forum are a little ocd. Since I was a kid my mum has been making chicken curry and leaving it out in the cooking pot (covered) overnight. I have never been sick or ill from eating 1 day day old left out chicken curry - Even it being left out 2 days has NEVER done my any harm!
    • Posts: 122 Member
      NO!!!:love:
    • Posts: 279 Member
      I would absolutely not eat it. It's been out far too long in the temperature zone where bacteria multiply the fastest. It's a foodborne illness just waiting to happen!
    • Posts: 15 Member
      Glad you didnt waste it :-)
      I always do that, if its just 1 day/night, as long as you re-heat it so its sizzling hot then its fine.
    • Posts: 84 Member
      Chicken will start to form bacteria within hours of being left out. I would throw it out! It's better to be safe than sorry. I have had food poisoning, never again! If I can help it...
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