I made a vegan dish from Meatless Farm, which was made from soya mince. It's a high protein dish with soya protein 29%. Very late on Monday night (19th Jan) I cooked it with onions, some garlic, tomato purée and tinned tomatoes. I cooked the whole 350g packet , ate a third of it, and then put the rest into airtight "Chinese takeaway" plastic containers. Yesterday evening (the 20th), I asked two ladies and they seemed to say it was fine to reheat completely and use again. I had intended to put the containers outside in my communal hallway (temperature about 12 centigrade) for about one hour to cool quickly, but I fell asleep on the settee, and so it was almost 6 hours before I actually put the containers in my fridge. However, when I looked on Google AI they cited this strict 2 hour rule which says it can only 'sit out' for a max of 2 hours before putting it in the fridge - especially as I said I'm a man of 70, even though I don't feel 'elderly' and, to my knowledge, I'm not immuno-suppressed. AI mode said that it doesn't matter if it's vegan, bacteria can still multiply as rapidly as if it were a meat or fish dish and that even very thorough reheating doesn't remove all the toxins. I'm sorry this question is so long, but are there any food/cookery experts who can advise me on this? Many thanks!