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Original poster

Mistakenly left quiche out out overnight, can I eat it?

47 replies

BumperliciousIsOneHotMother · 07/01/2008 12:16

Bought home some yummy homemade quiche from SILs yesterday and guttingly left it out of the fridge over night. If I heat it can I still eat it?

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calzone · 07/01/2008 12:17

NO! NO! NO!

Dior · 07/01/2008 12:17

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Wisteria · 07/01/2008 12:18

I would - but I have the constitution of an ox thanks to parents who didn't believe in sell by dates etc.

I wouldn't reheat it though that's more likely to make it bad, just eat it cold.

calzone · 07/01/2008 12:19

Really really dont.

I have just done a course on food hygiene and it was enlightening to say the least. so much so that I will never eat from a buffet table again!!

Wisteria · 07/01/2008 12:26

I know calzone - I have done certs in food hygiene too - but look at it like this. Have you actually ever been ill from eating at a buffet....? It's a bit like contracting listeria from a prepacked ham sandwich - highly unlikely.

Food hygiene regs are renowned for being very OTT.......especially amongst chefs and caterers etc

If you have a particularly delicate constitution then avoid but if not, you'll be fine. I doubt if the OPs kitchen is really hot at night and I assume the quiche was covered. Fridges have only been around since the 50's anyway!

NAB3wishesfor2008 · 07/01/2008 12:27

I wouldn't. I wouldn't risk anything with egg in it.

I once made a whole load of rice pudding for the kids to go in the freezer and left it out all night. Hated binning it but better than making the kids ill.

calzone · 07/01/2008 12:27

I do agree Wisteria....the courses can be OTT but the thought of the egg at lukewarm temperature etc and the bacteria is enough to put me off.

and DH is a chef so maybe he has made me hysterical!

moondog · 07/01/2008 12:28

Good God,of course you can!
No wonder it is claimed that the British throw 1/4 of all food purchased away. You lot are mad.

Wisteria · 07/01/2008 12:29

thank god for moondog

I hate waste. You should all be ashamed of yourselves throwing perfectly good food away.

FlorenceFarkingNightingale · 07/01/2008 12:29

Shouldn't really, but I'd prob be tempted to have a bit regardless .

FriedGreenTomatoes · 07/01/2008 12:38

Put in the fridge now. Have a little bit to eat. If no ill effects, eat the rest .

mrspnut · 07/01/2008 12:39

I'd eat it but then I'm like Wisteria and have the constitution of an ox.

The only time I've had food poisoning it was from a prawn noodle ready meal from Asda that I bought, took home, cooked and ate straight away. I've never been ill from stuff that I've cooked and stored or left hanging around.

quichebegone · 07/01/2008 12:46

I wouldn't have it. But if I had to have it, I'd reheat it to death. Piping hot and then an extra 10 mins at 200 in a fan oven. Then 2 mins in the microwave. I'd heat it so hot it couldn't be approached without a full nuclear protection suit for the first 20 minutes. But that would be only if someone was pointing a gun at me to make it eat it - otherwise I'd bin it.

Prob should mention I'm a bit emetophobic .

Original poster
BumperliciousIsOneHotMother · 07/01/2008 12:56

Argh what to do? I hate waste, and it is yummy! I can't believe I left it out!

Hmmm...I'll think about it. Is it different that cake has egg in it but can be left out?

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Wisteria · 07/01/2008 12:59

Oh just bloody eat it woman!

You will be fine, reheating it would make it worse though.

Wisteria · 07/01/2008 13:02

I've only ever had food poisoning once and that was from the staff restaurant in Eurodisney where I got salmonella poisoning.

I have regularly left things like that overnight with no qualms about eating and none of my family/ friends have ever been poorly from anything I have cooked!

You are far more likely to contract something from a shop bought product or a takeaway.

For the person that said she'd never eat from a buffet again - my exdh works as an engineer in food production and he told me that if you saw what went on in most factories you would never buy any prepacked food ever again - believe me it's far worse than anything on a buffet.....incidentally he still eats pork pies!

jangly · 07/01/2008 13:04

Eat it cold.

Tommy · 07/01/2008 13:05

your kitchen is probably pretty cold anyway isn't it?

I would eat it

jangly · 07/01/2008 13:06

I suppose the egg in cake gets cooked sort of harder. More thoroughly. But the quiche will be fine.

Bridie3 · 07/01/2008 13:14

I'd eat it.

FlorenceFarkingNightingale · 07/01/2008 14:11

Have you eaten it and died already bumperlicious?

MascaraOHara · 07/01/2008 14:13

blimey I'd deffo eat it! it'll be fine.

I never fuss to much about what you shouldn't eat/re-heat and I swear I've never had food posioning.

Rantmum · 07/01/2008 14:16

Your tongue is covered in bacteria and you are not about to chop it out of your mouth are you? .
I would eat it. My house is never that warm at night though anyway (probably is close to refrigeration temp most of the time in winter!)

discoverlife · 07/01/2008 14:18

I would go for it.
I wouldn't at home as we don't have a cold kitchen (Aga) and cats that like to eat or lick anything left out. I also wouldn't do it in the warmer months. But if you think your kitchen gets cold overnight (not had central heating on overnight) -go for it.
I also have Hygiene certificates because of work and son is a Chef so have experience of this. Not just the certs.

Wisteria · 07/01/2008 14:19

Does seem to be a general pattern here - I would urge those of you who are ultra safety conscious and hygienic that your children need to build up some resistance and immunity to things, otherwise when they leave home and are coping for themselves their bodies will have a terrible shock.

I know with friends I have who are very sell by date conscious and throw rather than eat if in doubt that their children are often off school with tummy bugs etc whereas mine never seem to get anything....

My cousin developed Crohns disease when she went to Uni and her consultant put it down to having been raised in a over sterile environment, her digestive system just couldn't cope with the bacteria and germs she was exposed to in a uni residence!