Quiche left in oven (off) overnight, is it safe to eat?

[MiddleAgedWomanUSA]

Ok, so I found this site because I googled "Can I eat a quiche that was left out overnight?" The query was posited in 2008, and there were mixed answers. I have a fairly strong constitution, and in this household we do not take exp. / use by dates seriously. I use the smell test for most things, and I have loads of food handler training and experience working in restaurants. My partner is much more skittish about these things than I am but he came into the kitchen, warmed himself up some quiche (out on the table in front of me), and quickly ate it. I thought he'd overheard the preceding conversation; when I asked my roommate if she thought it was ok, and she said "Of course it is!" and proceeded to warm herself a piece and eat it. So I did the same. When I let him know my predicament he was visibly disturbed and said there's no way he'd have eaten that if he knew. I figure the best way to settle this 15-year-old debate is to check back in tomorrow and let y'all know if all three of us got explosive diarrhea, or not. My prediction is that we will be fine, and I will forget all about this post - so, no news is good news.😛

Details on an experiment: I handmade this vegetarian crustless quiche with mushroom, mizithra, spinach, and camembert for Thanksgiving brunch. We only ate half, as my mother and brother despise mushrooms. It was baked on Tuesday night, refrigerated, and reheated in the oven on Thursday morning. Then microwaved today (Friday) for 45 seconds. I know that reheating food increases the likelihood of foodborne illness, so we may be in for it. Stay tuned! 😅

It will all go wrong! I have food poisoning for days after eating a half warmed quiche

Hahaha, oh dear braces self
😳I blame the roommate!

...Why is it that we can bake OTHER things, like pie, and leave it out for weeks, and never think twice about it?

I have JUST eaten bacon quiche that has sat in the oven for the last 24 hours. I always do this and have always been fine!

I didn't reheat it though. Is it the reheating that causes problems? Or have I just been lucky in the past?

Good luck!

Oh no, just reread properly.

Is this the 3rd time you've heated / cooked the same slice?

I wouldn't do that

I didn't know there could be voting options!

You will be fine if anything like me (and you sound it) but DH, not so much (mainly because they will convince themselves otherwise (much like my DH))

Happy Thanks Giving

Too funny, I feel better reading that even though I realize I was pushing my luck with multiple reheatings.. In the 2008 responses, I read that microwaving somehow makes it more dangerous - but I don't understand that because you'd think that the microwave would KILL the germs! Maybe it's like antibiotics and the bacteria come back stronger? 🙃

Ps. I had to look up the meaning of DH. I got "designated hitter". Is this like saying significant other (S.O.) in GB? Learning so much already!

Yes, I do agree; psychology plays a big role in these situations. 🤐

I'd eat it. No meat and this time of year it would have been cold overnight.

DH = Dear Husband

MN Acronyms

And dd is dear daughter and ds is dear son etc. It's not a British thing, only a Mumsnet thing 🙂

I think you have been brave eating that quiche and hope the worst doesn't happen!

Another explanation (sorry I am didactic by nature!):

"brave" is sometimes used as a euphemism for "extremely unwise" as per the much-loved British TV show Yes Minister.

Ohhh jeez, thank you! I was off on a very unproductive search for abbreviation meanings - I see them all over here (including DC and DD, DS) so I very much appreciate the clarification. Thanks for graciously allowing me to wedge myself into the club. 😘

You're welcome and wedge away ! 😊

I will look up the show - love me some British comedy. 😋I sometimes tell someone jokingly that I think they are "very brave" for doing/wearing something - not quite sarcastically, but in a lighthearted, softly tongue-in-cheek fashion.
I recently learnt that "Oh bless your heart" is actually considered an insult in the American South (thought to be condescending) whereas I use it constantly in the most sincere way possible (Utah).

Good luck I hope you're going to be ok. I gave myself food poisoning from not fully reheating a roast potato when I was eating leftovers one Christmas evening. You have to cook things to high enough temperature to kill the germs. I knew it but still did it.

Something must have cross contaminated the potato surely?

One of my son's is currently living in Utah, I am hoping to visit (we have a farm, holidays are tricky)

I’ve eaten pizza that has sat out overnight, but only during colder months of the year. Sometimes I’ve warmed it and sometimes not, have er gotten ill from it.

Er, just a sec.

We now have options for aibu answers??

This changes everything

Anyone with food handling experience would know in grim detail what bacteria grow at what temps and what it can do to you. Simple as that. The bacteria would need to be present for anything to happen, so that's why sometimes it's fine and then sometimes people get sick or die. Luck of the draw.

Looks like the community knows best... ALL WAS WELL. Not even so much as a toot. Take that, DP! 😂

@MiddleAgedWomanUSA Very glad to hear that all's well that ends well - with not even a toot! 😊