To not want to babysit the rank casserole.....

[Bingdweller]

Neighbour turned up at door with a fucking huge casserole half an hour ago. We are on good terms with said neighbour and will often help each other out.

"I will be out til around 2pm" she says. "I really need to cook this all day, can you keep it on a low heat on your stove until I get back?"

This is slightly complicated by the fact she is taking my DD to soft play with his DS this morning.

Not a problem, I have no plans to go out so I agree. I am committed when she then volunteers the fact she got a huge hunk of beef for pennies as it was use by Sunday (6 days ago).

It is now simmering away and the smell is absolutely rank. She has added all manner of shite and red wine to it to kill the smell of bacteria and my house absolutely reeks. It is 9am and I cannot bear this for a further 5 hours.

WIBU to take it back next door (I have keys) and pop in every hour. I would text her! I honestly can't bear to lift the lid.....

I'd text her to tell her that the beef is rotten!

I think you'll have to temper it with an excuse of "feeling a bit sickly and need the food smell out of the house". That will soften the blow a bit. Your neighbour is bizarre .

Jesus, if it stinks that much no amount of cooking/ wine/ herbs will kill the bacteria, it's off!
Text her and say that it smells off but will put it in her oven, checking on it regularly but would advise her not to eat it.

There's a reason we don't like the smell of decaying food (apart from stinky cheese, that's heaven!)

Text her to tell her the meat is off. She and family will get sick. It's not a bad thing to tell her.

I text earlier - casserole has been fired back to theirs. I suggested she might want to pick up something for dinner on her way home.

Bleeuuurrrgggh. Has put me off cooking beef forever for a while.

Can you kill it with fire and blame the cat or a wild bird for turning the heat up?

Eurgh YANBU. That sounds absolutely revolting and reminds me of the time I worked in a Turkish grill house and the owner grilled rotten lamb and it reeked. It was NOT a healthy colour (or smell) before he cooked it, afterwards I was heaving.