DH is making himself ill because he always has to be right

[Whereisthechicken]

After a bit of a hunt this morning, I've just located a whole raw chicken in our car after DH obviously forgot to bring it in with the rest of the food shopping on the morning of the 23rd December (I had gone out to a different shop for a few more little bits in my car so he was left to do the unpacking from his car).

I am clearly annoyed and insisting the slightly green chicken is bad now but he is adamant it's fine as leaving the chicken in a cold car for two days is as good as leaving it in the fridge apparently. No idea on the temp here but it's been raining/a bit sunny here in Wiltshire during these last two days.

I'm certain he's just saying this because he's a stubborn person who, if I said the grass was green he'd argue that it was pink. Doesn't do it to anyone else, just me. He always has to be right. I've said the chicken is bad and so he's insisting it's perfectly fine to eat and is now cooking it. I'm pissed off knowing there's a strong possibility he's going to ruin boxing day being sat on the toilet the whole time which is just great when we have two young children. Is he bu for eating it or aibu (it is safe and I should leave him to it)?

Absolute madness... Also place marking to see if 96% of us are right... Sorry OP, it doesn't sound like you will have a fun day tomorrow

Seriously, if there's a risk of salmonella, then you really aren't talking about a 'hilarious' 24 hours on the toilet for the 'silly' person who risks it. My partner was seriously ill for weeks following incompletely cooked chicken at a barbecue, and it was over a year before he could describe himself as fully recovered. It's a horrendous form of food poisoning, and your husband needs to grow up and be sensible about this.

Don't take risks with your health, especially with poultry.
It was probably OK overnight but anylonger a definite no-no.
Hope you had something in your freezer you can 'fancy up'.

Once he doesn't expect you to look after him as he is throwing up and rolling around in pain. Is he really prepared to go to this length just to prove a point. Fucking eejit 🤑🤑🤑

@multivac
But what can OP do? they've argued about it and she's told him not to eat it. She can't force him not to and he's insisting on cooking it.

As ever, thank f*ck I am single.

Exactly @multivac. It’s actual proper poisoning, horrendous

But what can OP do? they've argued about it and she's told him not to eat it. She can't force him not to and he's insisting on cooking it.

Take it out the oven and throw it in the bin.

Take it out the oven and throw it in the bin

lol fair point

With meat, if you are unsure bin it. Not worth the risk.

What an idiot

He is being a pillock. It's been very mild in the south and inside a car will have probably been warmer than outside, especially if it's been sat in the sun.

If he does eat it and make himself sick, make sure you and the children go out so you aren't left looking after him as well. Selfish prick

That’s a good plan^ take the kids out to a pub or restaurant for lunch and leave him to it. Disinfect everything when you get back because you can’t trust him to! Hopefully he doesn’t die but is mildly ill enough that he understands he was wrong.

As long as it is fully cooked it should be fine as bacteria will be killed. Incompletely cooked chicken or surfaces/utensils contaminated by raw chicken are the risk

I must add, I had mild food poisoning when I was young due to my own inexperience, never forgot the experience didn't eat chicken for years afterwards. Do now - love it - but adhere to guidelines.

Also knew someone who cooked up a sort of turkey stew after Christmas which was bad - and I mean bad,! Unless you do it next day (cut up portions put in fridge], it's best to have cold turkey slices with mash (pref cheesey) and pickles, or sandwiches. Three days limit.

If it has been mild I wouldn't be eating it.

Having said that, it would probably be OK where I live because it hasn't crept over about 4 degrees for the past few days. But that's irrelevant obviously because I'm not where you are OP.

Look OP, you know he's right, so why argue. Make let him eat it, just make sure he doesnt share.

Can you not whip it out the oven and chuck it in the bin?

Except it isn't only the person who eats it who risks getting ill as the bacteria will be on everything in the kitchen so everyone is at risk of getting ill.

I had this with my family years ago, told it didn't matter that I didn't eat it, I still ended up in hospital because food poisoning for me is very serious being patronised to about eating properly cooked food.

Honestly it'll be too late now, but it should have gone straight into the bin.

If I didn't eat it. Sorry.

Does he want to take himself out of the gene pool or something?

I’m watching this with hope that he does get mild food poisoning just enough that you can smirk about it and that it’s a mild inconvenience to him, nothing serious like salmonella . But he sounds like a bit of a knob job tbh

Don’t let the children have any x

If he is ill tomorrow, can the rest of you get out - that poo might be infected (if he has the bacterial infection running through him) and would spread. Dump a bottle of dettol spray next to him and go.

The main problem would be if it's not bacterial (as the cooking would kill that) but if the bacteria have themselves 'poo'd' out toxins that are not destroyed by the cooking process. Depending on what toxins you have they can be very nasty. Both bacterial food poisoning and toxins can kill.

What a muppet!

Amazing. What a stupid stubborn idiot

It won’t be mild food poisoning though it will likely be campylobacter which can leave the bowel inflamed for months. Still he’s a grown man his choice.