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

As others have said, what do you think people did before fridges?
They experienced much higher rates of food poisoning...

As long as it had all been reheated thoroughly, I would eat the stew but I am a cast-iron omnivore and my personal experience is that most things are fine to eat unless they actively smell rank (spoiled dairy) or have mould growing on them (Stilton excepted). Others might not be able to cope.

As PPs mention, humans survived and, in some parts of the world, continue to survive with much 'dirtier' lives than Westerners currently tolerate.

And @Cosycover is correct: Some recipies actually improve by standing overnight!

They kept food cold

Raw milk from.cows, in cold water to keep cold or collected daily from the cow.

Curious how you know it's from the cheese

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We had colder homes. And larders. And cold stores. Etc.

No, they didn’t. There was a lot less bacteria in food before modern meat production. Food poisoning levels are much higher now. Contaminated water was the biggest danger, in terms of consumption.

I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole but as an IBS sufferer who has the most delicate digestive system I am fastidious about food hygiene.
It's surprising just how many people are not and why there are several million cases of food poisoning each year.
If food isn't eaten as soon as possible then it should be stored in the fridge and re-heated when needed.

Sorry wrong person quoted lol

So, how’s the rest of the family doing? Called the ambulance yet?

As long as it is not chicken I do not see a problem.

I wouldn’t eat it unless refrigerated

We had the shits

I wouldn't eat it no unless it had been kept in Avery cool room or the fridge

I'm surprised by these answers.

By some Mumsnet threads I am positively slovenly, but I wouldn't eat meat left out overnight.

My baby ate it and hour ago and food poisoning often doesn't come apparent for a few days.

I'm currently at the train station going home after being kicked out by my mum

Kicked out over an argument over the meal?

Food poisoning usually happens quickly after you’ve eaten: it doesn’t take a few days.

Reading some of these comments, people seem to really believe that for the last however many thousands of years people have lived with permanent food poisoning until miraculously the fridge was invented and everyone (in the uk at least) had one and suddenly our poo’s were solid.

Of course there was some - mainly due to poor quality water - but really?

Plus the huge numbers of people all over the world now who do not have access to fridges. How on earth do they continue to survive! I must buy shares in imodium…

I cannot believe how many people don't follow/understand basic food hygeine!

This.

Stew was a pot that was added to everyday. The bottom (oldest) bits being the tastiest.

Food poisoning usually happens quickly after you’ve eaten: it doesn’t take a few days.

No, it can take days.
E. coli incubation period is up to 3 days
Salmonella is up to 4 days
Campylobacter (most common cause of food poisoning in the uk according to the nhs) is generally 5 days max incubation period but can be up to 11.

When I was growing up, our leftover stew used to sit out overnight after we had it for dinner, then all of the following day and we ate it again the next evening. Then, if there was any left, my dad took it to work in a flask for a couple of days with a couple of slices of buttered bread and made stew sandwiches. You could have clog danced on it by this stage!

No, you're just erecting a strawman.

It's a bit like seat belts. Did most car journies result in injury or death before they were introduced? No, most didn't. Does that mean that (even if they weren't legally required), I'd agree to take a journey in a car with no seatbelts now, if I had no need to? No.

Maybe you would, and that's fine, but personally I'm risk adverse, particularly for risks that I have no good reason to take.

It'll be absolutely fine. Don't eat it if you don't want to, but don't share your food anxieties with everyone else.