Roasted chicken left out for 5 hours? Would you eat it?

[QueenLagertha]

Roasted a chicken today. Took it out of oven at 2pm and covered it with foil. Came home at 7pm and realised I'd forgotten to put it In the fridge. Would you eat it??

No I wouldn't risk it. Doesnt it.have to be chilled within a certain time.

Yes I would

Yes no problem. So long as it's covered and safe from flies, it'll be fine. It's not even particularly hot today.

Wouldn't think twice tbh. Unless your kitchen was extremely hot, had cockroaches etc.

Absolutely.

Yep as long as it was not open to flies.

Definitely, it would have taken a few hours to cool completely anyway.

Yes, it’ll be fine. Five hours isn’t much more than the cooking time, really. It’s not like leaving it overnight.

Alternatively, reheat it until it’s piping and eat it hot.

What's your weather been like? If it's been cool, I would have no problem eating it.

Yep

Of course. Why would you not?

Yes.

Nope. I'm an Environmental health officer if it helps.

Yep. No issue eating most things that have been left out

Yes, if the cat hasn't got there first.

Yes. In fact I just did.

How did people ever survive in the days before best before/use by dates, and without fridges?

Of course.

I’d eat it

If it's been covered I definitely would.

@Northernsoullover

Nope. I'm an Environmental health officer if it helps.

Seriously? Does no one ever take a picnic anywhere these days? Or send kids off with a packed lunch? Food doesn't completely spoil in 5 hours.

Of course. It'll be absolutely fine. I wonder how some people get through life TBH.

No way! 2 hours is the time window in which you want to get get food cold enough to then go in the fridge. And something high risk like chicken left at room temperature? You knock yourself out but there’s no way I’d eat it.

And to the pp who commented about picnics - I’d have any high risk items in a cool bag and things like fruit or salad or bread unchilled in a basket. And as for Packed lunches that can’t be kept chilled? It’s going to be cheddar cheese and pickle sandwiches then!

All the advice I have read is that.freshly cooked.chicken should be refrigerated within 2 hours as the bacteria.grow much quicker between 40 and 140F. i cant link but the NHS website has a storage of foods page

Been there, done that (many times), still here!

Yes