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You are at more risk putting the hot bird in the fridge than leaving out to cool at room temperature.
I always leave my cooked chicken out all night and refridgerate it the next day.
BTW, my hubs who has a culinary degree and a biology degree is the one who told me to let it cool to room temp overnight.
^^^ I agree. Left fully cooked food out overnight many, many times in my life. Never had any problems...
Took leftovers for lunch at work, left in my desk till noon (sometimes later) and never got sick.
I guess, people's sensitivity vary, so do whatever you feel is safe for you, but if you never try, at least a very small amount of such food (and increase it, if no problems), you will never know your own sensitivity...
It was covered in its original container. It's a rotisserie boneless turkey breast, so it's very well-cooked and salted. I'm also in Colorado where food tends to dry but not rot.
It was covered in its original container. It's a rotisserie boneless turkey breast, so it's very well-cooked and salted. I'm also in Colorado where food tends to dry but not rot.
I got distracted yesterday afternoon and left a cooked rotisserie turkey breast out overnight. It was a pretty well-cooked turkey - do you think it's still edible?
(So upset about this!)
Depends on the temperature of your house. If it was around 68 degrees F I would still eat it.
When I roast a chicken, I eat half of it the day I make it, half the following day. I don't refrigerate the leftover portion. I don't like the way it smells or tastes when I take it out of the fridge. I make stock when I finish the second half of the chicken. I have never gotten sick from eating either the second-day chicken or the soup I make from the stock. I've been doing it this way for years.
This is just what I do. Not recommending it to anyone else, as it runs counter to food safety law.
We'd eat it. I'm not saying that I recommend that anyone else do that -- so don't blame me if you do happen to somehow get sick -- but we would. And have. My husband purposely leaves things out of the fridge because that's how his parents did it growing up. I don't mean stuff with mayo or anything like that, but stuff like pizza...yes. Or a turkey breast, as long as your kitchen isn't like ridiculously hot.
When I roast a chicken, I eat half of it the day I make it, half the following day. I don't refrigerate the leftover portion. I don't like the way it smells or tastes when I take it out of the fridge. I make stock when I finish the second half of the chicken. I have never gotten sick from eating either the second-day chicken or the soup I make from the stock. I've been doing it this way for years.
This is just what I do. Not recommending it to anyone else, as it runs counter to food safety law.
Yep, that's how my hubs is. He doesn't like the smell or taste or texture are refrigerating certain things. My MIL left a LOT of leftovers out of the fridge -- and still does. My mom always refrigerated everything. Hubby and I have kind of come to an agreement...I insist on certain things going in the fridge, but something like a fully cooked turkey breast I'd be fine with.
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