Will my DH have given DS food poisoning?

[BBQbarbie]

We’ve got some cold chicken legs - ready to eat in the fridge. DS (5) said he doesn’t like them cold, my DH decided to warm them up in the air fryer for a few minutes then gave to DS. He’s now eaten them. I’ve come downstairs and he’s told me this and I’m not impressed. DH said because they’re fine to eat cold then it won’t be a problem. But I thought chicken needed to be cooked through to piping hot, even if it’s ready to eat.

I've honestly just realised I've never 'taught' DC this so I'm surprised he knows, I'm not asking him how he knows right now it sounds like he's just lost a boss battle on something so he'll just grunt anyway 🙄

I am probably very paranoid about leftovers after having what I assumed to be food poisoning once {But could have been norovirus}

I was wrong about the OP's leftovers..{Edit...they weren't leftovers but 'ready to eat as PP said}. they do indeed say to eat hot or cold if the barbecue type.

Mum does put these chicken cooked pieces in a stir fry and none of us have ever been ill from them to date. {Touch wood} - She's 85! and a War Baby so is really anti waste...Not kidding, she has a jar of honey in her cupboard that goes back ten years that she won't throw away- that no one uses!

Waitrose Rotisserie chicken they always say ''Eat same day and to never re-heat''... {I only buy a half , or quarter chicken from them for this reason}

I am also one of those that reheats rice which I know is iffy.

I agree bacterial doubling time at 20 minutes was a generalisation. The rest of your post is wrong.

So the reason the say to reheat leftovers thoroughly is that “they” have no idea how long you left your cooked food siting on the counter before putting it in the fridge. Theoretically if you left it for hours some bacteria might start to grow. If there was enough of them when you eat it from the fridge you might get food poisoning. The same if you don’t reheat thoroughly.
however, if you are talking about a product you bought at the supermarket ready to eat cold it doesn’t matter if you only warm it and then eat straight away. If you warmed it a bit but then didn’t eat it for three hours the bacteria might have multiplied enough to give you food poisoning as the warming gave them a head start.
mid you eat it straight away it doesn’t matter.
If I am reheating leftovers occasionally they are not heated all the way through (mainly as our microwave doesn’t have a turntable). Haven’t got food poisoning yet.

I am constantly trying to explain to MIL that nothing magic happens to food in the freezer to make it poisonous. She is obsessed with having to eat up all the defrosted and cooked food in one go and not putting any back in the fridge for another day.

Why? They are very useful

That's disgusting

Bloody hell, Wimby, you live dangerously! {Like my 85 yr old mum!}

My brothers and I are always checking the sell by and use by dates at her house- and she says that she has so far {Touch wood long may it continue} never been ill from food poisoning with food she has prepared.

I used to think rice and pasta was ''Safe'' but it really isn't.

Warming something that is ready to eat cold, allows bacteria to grow in the warmth. If properly heated through -i.e. piping hot - the bacteria are killed. That's why it is dangerous.

I have a packet of sliced cooked chicken in the fridge . It says can be eaten cold or heated in the microwave .

Me too.

If I have a takeaway on a Sat & it's too much it gets reheated for Mon lunch!

It's not just iffy it could kill you

Gross

no but there will be bacteria in it, and warming it up like this would have sent the bacteria into over drive - seriously very bad practice. if you are heating food, you heat it until the bacteria are killed, not just until they are supercharged.

I don't give it to the dog because I don't think I should eat it, it's the way they look at me!! Sunday roast day is their favourite day 😬

But they were already cooked...

Has to be hot, not just ‘warm’

Now now, you can't just come to MN and write a sensible post like that! I'm sure it is against the platform rules, or something 😂

That's crazy!
Please don't say it has chicken in it as well....

Maybe some people's immune systems are better than others, but people have died from rice and pasta being reheated.

Here is an {American} guide to rice and leftovers for those that may want to know

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322775

That has always been my understanding

I have googled it before as I did have a panic but it does seem to suggest that it is ok to reheat rice? I do nuke it and not had any problems to date..........Just hate waste tbh

You have no idea how it was cooked first time round

Threads like these actually have me wondering how the fuck some people get through life.

Same. I lived in Asia and everyone is reheating their rice. In fact, advice in the UK is that rice should be cooled down immediately after cooking. There is no advice that it shouldn't be reheated and yet there is this bizarre belief that it is a no no. In fact, microwavable rice is sold in every shop in the country and I bet quite a few people on here are buying it without giving it a second thought.

It is rice I have cooked, in a risotto for example.