Chicken soup left outside for 6 hours- yes or no?

[winnybella]

Chicken only half covered by soup (basically boiled the whole chicken with veg ). Forgot about it and left it for approx. 6 hours on the side before putting it back in the fridge. It was quite warm yesterday, temp in the kitchen definitely over 20 degrees. Not worried as much about the stock as about the chicken that was sticking out iyswim.

Would you eat it today? Would you give it your dc?

[whippet]

Nope I wouldn't I'm afraid. I made a chicken casserole and left it out (by accident) for about 6-7 hours. We ate it and came down with horrible food poisoning .

I just woudn't risk it with chicken.

[ivykaty44]

did it rain in this time- if no then fine, if yes then tip away down the sink.

[winnybella]

No, sorry, didn't leave it outside, left it on the worktop.

[SoupDragon]

No, I wouldn't risk it.

[Awomancalledhorse]

I'd eat it. I like to live life on the edge
I leave all my meat dishes in the oven/on the side overnight to cool down enough to go in the fridge & am yet to have food poisoning.

[winnybella]

That's encouraging, Awomancalledhorse.

Hmm.

[tkband3]

I wouldn't eat it - I don't take risks with chicken.

[ivykaty44]

Don't take risks with chicken - they cross the road badly help them over

[Cheria]

I have done it myself, same with leaving stuff in the oven to cool down. But I wouldn't dare feed it to anyone other than DH and myself, just in case.

[uninspired]

ivykaty what is the significance of the rain?

[MoreBeta]

No. Extreme risk of food poisoning.

[MrMan]

Give some to the cat, if he is still standing after a few hours try it on DH next. If both survive give to DC

(animal lovers, I am kidding )

[reastie]

No, I defo wouldn't

[ivykaty44]

the rain may not be clean - it depends where the rain has been before it got up there into that cloud - then if it rains in your dinner - well it maybe clean rain and it may be dirty rain.

if it is dirty rain then I would avoid eating any dinner that had been left outside, as the dirty rain may distort the taste of the chicken.

[TheLaminator]

ivykaty44 - i think op meant OUT as in not IN the fridge, rather than outside. might be wrong tho?

I probably would eat it, lots of stuff gets left to cool, often over night in our house and we`ve had no gippy tums here.

[kayah]

If your soup was covered I would eat it.

I assume that it was thoroughly cooked.

[throckenholt]

As long as it was covered, and you thoroughly heat it through now I would eat it.

[ivykaty44]

I wouldn't eat it now - its Friday and you would be best not eating soup made on Monday that you did or didn't leave out in the rain, not sure on that point