If you are stupid enough to leave a shopping bag in the car for 2 days...

[MadauntofA]

Would you eat:
Quorn picnic eggs and chicken and veg soup?
I didn't unpack the bags, so didn't realise until this morning (ignored that nagging feeling that some things were missing!) Most of the stuff was cupboard stuff, so ok. Bottle of milk and some cheese will be easy to taste, but just concerned that the quorn and the soup may be an issue.
Weather was mixed here, not too hot, but then it was in the car?

Interesting that a couple of you have said no to the milk either - presumably that would taste and smell off if it was - if it tasted ok, would you drink it?

Cheese yes, although I’d take out of the packaging as it’ll probably be a bit sweaty. Everything else no. Pretty sure the milk will be off after two days, but if you want to taste it .....

The milk you could sniff. I remember as a student there was good milk and good enough for tea milk

It was 65 degrees in my car yesterday when I got it in.

I found some cheese that had rolled out of the shopping bag and been left in the boot for 2 weeks during a heatwave. It was only wrapped in cellophane, so had leaked everywhere and turned green.
I decided not to eat it.

Bottle of milk and some cheese will be easy to taste

I wouldn’t even tast it. Can’t believe you would consider it tbh.

Green leaky cheese 🤢
I'll investigate the milk and cheese, I might grate the cheese and freeze to use for cooking, otherwise it will just get eaten if left in the fridge.

I'd expect the milk to be visibly off, have you looked and smelled it?

The cheese is probably fine.

If the soup is a fresh one, I'd probably bin that and the picnic eggs. If it's been sunny while the food has been in the car, it will have been roasting in there.

No
I wouldn't taste the milk either. It will be off after two days in a hot car.
The cheese is questionable too - depends how it is packed. I wouldn't eat it.

No. Throw it. Throw it all.

soup yes, chicken no, quorn no.
Milk yes unless it stinks.

Gosh no, it will have cooked and cooled down several times.

You mentioned waste. Well, if you drink or eat them you will end up wasting extra water and toilet roll(s). Could they be composted if you or neighbours compost?

If it was tinned soup then fine. If not then no.

Any dry food cupboard stuff such as cereal or dried pasta would be fine.

The rest, no way. Bin it.

I like the lateral thinking Wagamamas re wasting water and toilet paper

Anything meant for the fridge I would bin, it's been out of a fridge for far too long. Only if it was winter and cold wld I consider keeping it.

Not with the oppressive heat we've had lately.

In fact - not at all.

Could they be composted if you or neighbours compost?

NEVER put any type of cooked food into compost, especially if there is even a hint of meat in it.

Rats will flock to your door.

Absolutely not, none of it (except the cupboard items).

Cheese looked and tasted fine - have grated and in the freezer for cooking.
Surprisingly the milk smelt and tested great - it is cravendale filtered if that made a difference. DH generally has most of that milk, and has the stomach of an ox! Soup and quorn were binned.

We have rats in the garden as we have a stream, so are v careful what we compost - no egg shells etc.

No def not

I wouldn't even try to taste the milk after 2 days in a hot car.

Why would you even risk it? It’s only cost a couple of quid just chuck it out!

I have left packaged not opened cheese in the shed for weeks and it was for to eat afterwards BUT it was winter. It has been hot recently so the cheese will be all.sweaty. it won't harm you but maybe put it somewhere cool.for a while .

It is all about temperature. In the winter most of these other things would be fine but not after the recent hot weather