would you eat this???

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Spag bol. Cooked yesterday, mince BBE yesterday. Left out on side all night...

On the edge. I'd probably not, but I'd sigh at the waste.

No. I would eat if it had been refrigerated but not left out on the side.

I would eat

I wouldn’t but DP would!

On the edge. I'd probably not, but I'd sigh at the waste.

This is where I'm at!! Gah.

Nope I wouldn't. Had this scenario a few days ago when my husband forgot to put chilli con carne in the fridge. It all went in the food waste recycling. I almost cried at the waste... and the loss of a tasty chilli.

Definitely eat it

The Mince bbf date would be in its raw state i assume but you've since cooked it meaning it could be eaten within the next 3 days. Whether or not you eat it after being out on the side or not is your call. I'd probably would if it was reheated fully to piping hot.

Course. It's been cooked!

Yes, definitely! We do this regularly (albeit my Bolognaise has lots of red wine in it 😉

Covered yes, uncovered probably not but would depend on how good it looked.. Just heat it through really thoroughly - perhaps add a bit of water so you're not worried about loss of sauciness and give it a good boil.

The mince BBE is irrelevant once cooked.

I have worked in the Food Industry for many years and most of my colleagues would be fairly relaxed about this.

Yes. Have always done, am old, have never been ill.

Yes, I do this regularly. Possibly not in the summer heat, but definitely at this time of year.

I modify my earlier comment: I'd happily eat it if you had a cool kitchen at night, but not if you have all-night heating.

Depends how warm your kitchen is. If it was in a cool place and covered, i would. If it was uncovered or next to a radiator, probably not.

Was the heating on? Was it covered? If no and yes then give it a good heating through to piping hot.

Beef mince? Definitely. I'm exceedingly cavalier with beef, figuring that if they can hang steaks for a month with no bad effects, then leaving a cooked batch out overnight would be perfectly fine.

Reheat it so it's BOILING hot, to kill any bugs.

Yup, do this regularly to be honest. We’re not very good at putting things in the fridge after cooking.

I didn't know the 'best before' date was invalid after cooking! The kitchen is cool. No heating.

If the heating hasn’t been on and the kitchen is cold then yes (ie I wouldn’t in the summer!)

God, 100% I'd eat it in this country with a cool kitchen. If I lived somewhere blazing hot, I wouldn't, but otherwise I'd pop it in the fridge, reheat it well and happily eat it.

It depends. I would give it a sniff. If it smell sour or off straight in the bin. If it smells fine then I would heat it right up and eat it.

I didn't know the 'best before' date was invalid after cooking!
tbf the meat doesn't know it's got a best before date. If it's ok, it's ok. I'd eat it, I'm not precious about this at all. If it smells fine then it'll be ok.

Yes I would

Yep, I would.