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Potential food poisoning- what would you do?

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Wroxie · 17/07/2021 15:56

Friend is having an outdoor party for the employees of her small business tomorrow. I dropped off some folding chairs and serving dishes for her to borrow today and she had a huge cooked piece of pork on the side that had just come out of the oven (this was about an hour ago). I had just grabbed a diet coke out of her fridge so I knew it was absolutely full - so I asked if she would like me to put the meat in my refrigerator and bring it back to her the next day to re-heat.

She said no, she would just leave it on the side with aluminium foil on it and reheat it the next day. I thought she was joking but no, this is actually her plan- to reheat the pork on the barbecue at the party and shred it for sandwiches. I tried to explain why this is a terrible idea - at any time but especially when it is at least 27-28 degrees in her kitchen- and she just laughed and said people are paranoid about food safety and it would be fine. I pushed a little bit and then she got a bit testy so I just left it.
Now I'm really concerned - I am not coming to the party tomorrow but I know several people who work for her, one of whom is quite pregnant, and another who only finished chemotherapy earlier this year. Should I tell them? Obviously my friend will fall out with me for ruining her party but does the risk of food poisoning outweigh that? I'm leaning towards 'yes' but just wondering what you all think.

Vote yes if I should ruin the party or vote no if I should just leave it.

OP posts:
iklboo · 17/07/2021 19:48

Mind your own business. It’s very unlikely to give them food poisoning.

Can I borrow your crystal ball for Euromillions on Tuesday?

TheVamoosh · 17/07/2021 19:55

my husband just walked in and said "I've got a little fridge in the back of the car, I'm going to stick it in the garage and get that meat in there before it turns into a biological weapon"

😅 Your husband is a hero!

hellywelly3 · 17/07/2021 20:24

People think food poisoning is just an upset tummy but it can actually kill someone. I had it at my sisters wedding from a meal the night before omg I thought I was dying. Collapsed having the wedding photos taken, I was really ill.

mineofuselessinformation · 17/07/2021 20:27

Fair enough to leave it to cool for a while, but not ok to not refrigerate it at all.

GenderIsFigurativelyBollocks · 17/07/2021 20:33

Well call me a killjoy, your DH may have heroically stepped in and saved the day with his fridge, but this makes him sound like an unpleasant twat...

"or we can can call preggo and chemo (his words not mine 😹)"

Referring to someone undergoing/who has undergone chemotherapy simply as "chemo" doesn't really deserve a laughing cat face does it?

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