To eat a two day old Chinese takeaway?

[Ezlo]

I got beef and mushrooms and egg fried rice on Wednesday. It'll be OK if I heat it thoroughly tonight won't it?

I would! I would just make sure it had been well microwave blasted

I did it! I cooked the rice thoroughly and added butter...yum! It was lovely and now I am so full I refuse to move.

Of course it is. I’ve been reheating rice my whole life and never been ill from it.

I would for sure

Never reheat rice.

Takeaway rice or all rice? E.g. you cook a chicken curry at home and have left overs?

Only white people say "don't reheat rice."

Same

Hurrah, you lived @Ezlo!

As a cheft yep it's fine, 3 days is how long we keep food and reheat.

I am late to the thread. Glad you ate it and enjoyed it.

As long as the takeaway went into the fridge within a hour or so of being delivered, then I would have no qualms reheating it two days later if it looked and smelt OK.

I personally would have nuked it on medium high heat for a longer time, rather than high power, and I would have added a big nob (knob?) of butter too (garlic butter if I have it).

As long as it is thoroughly reheated and piping hot, I would be happy to eat it.

The next I would but not after two days- although it would upset to throw it away!

Christ, what an bizarre thread. You're all a living, breathing Graham Norton sketch. Eat the bloody rice.

I would definitely eat it - just heat it thoroughly until it's piping hot! I've always eaten leftover Chinese, even 2/3 days old and I've never been ill from it.

Definitely

Absolutely nuke it in the microwave. And ENJOY!🤩

Cos food poisoning from incorrectly reheating rice, is fucking terrible.

I either reheat thoroughly, or eat cold.

I have a family member who eats raw sausages. I’ve never heard of anyone else doing it

Good to hear they’re not the only one 🤣

As a hospital doctor who sees the effect of eating reheated chinese, I never eat reheated rice. The food poisoning you can get from rice is toxin mediated, so nuking it in the microwave won't work.

Granted, lots of people do it and get away with it, but if you do end up with food poisoning, it is absolutely grim and not worth the risk imo.

We do this all the time because we order too much food. I don't fancy it the next day but the day after I'm back in the mood again.

I'd eat it.

I do this all the time. I rarely eat a takeaway in one sitting. The portions are huge. I don't think there's anything that I wouldn't reheat and I've never had food poisoning in my life!

It's absolutely fine to reheat rice. I've done it at least twice a week for the past 20 years and have never once had food poisoning even once!

If people are getting ill then there must be more too it (i.e. someone leaving it out of the fridge for a week and then deciding to eat it).

I agree!
I always heat til it's piping hot though. Kills all germs!!

It's really funny with this rice phobia and yet people let their cats sit on worksurfaces (with potentially dirty bottoms) and let dogs lick their faces, both far more a source of dodgy tummy than piping hot rice!