Stew meat was left out all night

[BeLoftyTurtle]

At relatives house and they have stew..... However they did the first phase of the stew last night by boiling the meat last night and left it on the stove. Today they added veggies and reheated/cooked veg in the stew.

Aibu in not eating it

The meat was cooked last night, then left in the pan overnight? Why would you not eat it?

Wasn't kept in a fridge

What did we do before fridges?
I would eat it!!

As I understand it, it’s 2 hours maximum out in the warm? I might eat cheese if it had been out longer; but definitely not meat!

I would not eat it myself but I've seen many families do this and it's usually perfectly fine. People are far more disgusting than you imagine and leaving cooked meat at room temp overnight is shockingly common.

…and why is that a reason not to eat it ? What do you think might happen ?

The daily diet in many parts of this country used to be a stew left out all week with fresh stuff added as and when. Centuries before anyone had a fridge.

No way would I eat meat that had been left out overnight…

If it's been boiled up to a hot enough temp again then should be fine, but that's eating for me, I wouldn't serve it to someone else.

It would have taken several hours to cool to room temperature, I imagine. It will be fine.

It'll be fine

If it’s been fully reheated I don’t see the problem. I agree better in the fridge but unless I was vulnerable I’d be fine with it.

I wouldn’t eat it because meat boiled with no flavourings would be tough and disgusting, no matter what vegetables you add to it.

However if someone made a proper stew or casserole with stock and vegetables in the evening then I’d have no issue eating it the next day despite not being in the fridge, provided it had been covered. That’s pretty much how slow cookers work.

Also, if you cook a pot of meat then you can’t put it into the fridge until it’s fully cooked and that could take until way past bedtime if you make it later in the evening. Flavours develop better outside the fridge too.

Died shitting blood and water fairly often.

It's not safe to eat.

Pathetic

Reheating can not and does not remove toxins released by bacteria though.

Slow cookers work by constantly providing a steady heat...

No, I would not eat meat prepared by someone with a total lack of food safety awareness.

It has been given to 9 month old :(

I leave stuff overnight quite often, in the (cold) oven or grill. What do the not-lefters do with sausage rolls for e.g.? Pastry goes soggy in the fridge.

What is about food being at room temperature that makes you think it is more likely to make it inedible? Food in slow cookers hot but is not boiling.

I do this all the time, but I wouldn’t expect guests to eat it. I stick rigidly to food hygiene rules for others.

Because it's at a temperature that bacteria multiples at a faster rate than the fridge

My mum used to do this all the time, even after we got a fridge.

Do this every single year. Make the stew on hogmanay. Leave it overnight, eat again on New Year's day.

It always tastes better on New Year's day and none of us have ever gotten sick.