Is it safe to eat pizza that's been sitting out for four hours?

Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 04:30 PM
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Is it safe to eat pizza that's been sitting out for four hours?

Just wondering...it tastes fine. :shrug:

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Dookus

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Tue May-18-04 04:31 PM
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1. yeah

should be fine. If not, it'll build character.

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 04:31 PM
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2. LOL...

I suppose.

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supernova

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Tue May-18-04 04:31 PM
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3. If everything's cooked on it

I don't see a problem other than tasting stale.

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brokensymmetry

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Tue May-18-04 04:31 PM
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4. Oh, heavens no!

Give it to me! I'll...(ahem)...take care of it for you. :)

Actually, it should be fine...

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 04:32 PM
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7. If you like the big New Yorker Pizza from Pizza Hut...

with chicken topping. :)

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rinsd

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Tue May-18-04 04:31 PM
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5. Of course......

It's the slice that's there the next morning, that you have to take a flier on.

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bahrbearian

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Tue May-18-04 04:33 PM
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11. What do you mean ? Thats Breakfast on Saturdays.

With the half full beer that was left next to it.

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rinsd

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Tue May-18-04 04:53 PM
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25. uuuuuggggg the "wounded soldier special" breakfast....

Getting quesy.....

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el_gato

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Tue May-18-04 04:32 PM
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6. sure, I ate a piece I found under my car seat that had been there for days

bon apetit

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 04:32 PM
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10. Hmmm...

I bet you were shitting for days after that too, weren't ya? ;)

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m-jean03

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Tue May-18-04 04:32 PM
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8. Of course.!

Heck, I've eaten pizza that sat out overnight and for half the next day while I was in class. It was meatless though. .. .

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wryter2000

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Tue May-18-04 04:32 PM
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9. I would imagine

Unless the weather's been really hot, the pizza should be fine. It doesn't have any raw egg in it.

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bahrbearian

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Tue May-18-04 04:35 PM
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13. I order mine with Extra Mayo .

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Richardo

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Tue May-18-04 04:35 PM
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12. Try and stop me!

4 hours - no prob!

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Delano

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Tue May-18-04 04:39 PM
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14. Yes. Pizza keeps pretty well.

Starts to get a bit dried and icky at 12 hours. If you're worried, why not nuke it?

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 04:48 PM
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17. Yes, nuke it I did.

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Lin

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Tue May-18-04 04:44 PM
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15. Sure thing, if not, I'm LONG dead ;) <thud>

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Snoggera

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Tue May-18-04 04:47 PM
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16. The pizza will be fine

but you may have just taken the laxative to end all laxatives.

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Donkeyboy75

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Tue May-18-04 04:48 PM
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18. I've eaten chicken pizza that has been left out overnight.

No problems here except the usual gassy belly.

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Lindacooks

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Tue May-18-04 04:55 PM
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26. You're just asking for trouble.

Read this:

http://www.edtn.com/story/tech/OEG20001017S0011-T

If you or anyone in your family has a compromised immune system, a chronic illness, or is pregnant, elderly, or under 5, food poisoning is very real and kills.

All it takes is a few too many bacteria and you can be in real trouble.

75,000,000 cases of food poisoning in the U.S. each year

325,000 hospitalized because it's so severe

5,000 people DIE in the U.S. every year because of usually preventable food poisoning

http://busycooks.about.com/library/lessons/blfoodsafety.htm

I know what I'm talking about - I have degrees in Food Science and Biology and run the website above.

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bahrbearian

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Tue May-18-04 05:06 PM
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33. What dosen't kill ya, makes you stonger , No?

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kmla

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Tue May-18-04 05:08 PM
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34. Well, actually, the guy who said that is now dead.

:shrug:

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Lindacooks

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Tue May-18-04 07:38 PM
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44. No.

Sometimes it weakens your immune system enough so the NEXT time you get food poisoning you'll have to be hospitalized. Plus, bacteria create toxins that do damage to your internal organs. If you want to take the chance, go ahead, but you're rolling loaded dice.

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Donkeyboy75

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Tue May-18-04 05:45 PM
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37. Of course I'd never feed it to someone who was a child or sick,

but cooked food spoils more slowly than uncooked foods, and right now I'm pretty damned healthy.

I'm paranoid about dairy products and raw meat and seafood, but I've found I can stomach cooked food very well.

Plus, I work with E. coli everyday, so I ain't scared. :)

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Lin

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Tue May-18-04 06:57 PM
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42. I've found my soul mate!

>keep one in the trunk of the car in
>case I get the munchies on the road>

WILL YOU MARRY ME?

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trof

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Tue May-18-04 04:48 PM
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19. oh hell yeah

I keep one in the trunk of the car in case I get the munchies on the road.
;-)

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Speck Tater

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Tue May-18-04 04:50 PM
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20. You know the old saying...

What doesn't kill you...
will make you wish you were dead.

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LeftPeopleFinishFirst

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Tue May-18-04 05:03 PM
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31. This isn't the real Name removed automated thing...

FYI everyone :)

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Lindacooks

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Tue May-18-04 04:50 PM
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21. NO!!!

After two hours at room temperature, meats, cheeses, dairy products, eggs, sauces, will be full of bacteria. DO NOT EAT any of these foods out of refrigeration after two hours.

There are 75,000,000 cases of food poisoning in the U.S. each year, causing 5,000 deaths:

http://www.culinary.net/articlesfeatures/safeside/foodsafety.html

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 05:00 PM
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29. Whoops....looks like I'll be a statistic...

I finished it off. Oh well. If I get sick, then I get to stay home. :)

See...there's an upside to all the bad stuff!

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toddzilla

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Tue May-18-04 07:51 PM
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46. please...

i knew a guy from high school, his mom would cook all sorts of stuff like pork chops, biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, you name it. She would leave it out on the table for HOURS and the rest of the family would just help themselves to it. i'm talkint 6-8 hours here. I never really ate any of it except maybe the biscuits, but they never really got sick from it.

My dad won't even stuff the turkey at thanksgiving anymore because of this overly alarmist bullshit that everything will kill you.

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Bush_Eats_Beef

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Tue May-18-04 04:51 PM
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24. My ex-girlfriend's friend ate a Subway crab salad sandwich that had been..

...under the front seat of her car for two days. That's right, that fake crab shit, all the veggies, and a big' heapin' helpin' of mayo.

Folks, you can't make this kinda stuff up. She ate it, nothing happened, and I...on the other hand...am cautious about drinking PROPERLY refrigerated milk on the day on its expiration date.

Subways...eat fresh!

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rinsd

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Tue May-18-04 04:57 PM
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27. Oh that takes me back to an ill fated friend....

Who exclaimed while fishing for a bag of chips in the back on my buddy's pickup that he had found an Egg McMuffin. Carbon testing wasn't yet available but he ate it anyway.

Folks, food poisoning causes the body to implement the dreaded two chute evacuation procedure. Nothing says "I will learn not to do that again" like clutching a bucket in front while planted to the bowl.

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 05:03 PM
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30. ROFL!

Been there, done that!

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Angelus

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Tue May-18-04 04:59 PM
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28. EWWWWWWWWW!!

She didn't get sick at all???? Man...she must have a powerful immune system.

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Bush_Eats_Beef

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Tue May-18-04 05:31 PM
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36. Yes, and horrible, terrifying brown teeth...

...she was a chain smoker. Her teeth looked like the pictures you see in the dentist's office...you know, the "before" ones.

She did not get sick. We worked together...she'd go out to the break truck ("roach coach") and get a big, greasy burrito and squirt an entire ketchup packet over the "biting surface"...take a big bite, grab another packet, etc. etc. etc...

She always had Burger King and Taco Bell bags and stuff in her car, and she was always reaching into these bags, foraging around for some treat she hadn't finished...

But she was a very cool person and when it's a friend you just kinda shine those things on, ya know?

:evilgrin:

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Canuckistanian

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Tue May-18-04 06:40 PM
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41. Expiration dates are just legal CYA

I mostly ignore them and trust my ofactories

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kmla

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Tue May-18-04 05:06 PM
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32. Um. No. Not really.

kmla is verrry cautious when it comes to food at room temperature for extended lengths.

No likee food poisoning. Nope, not at all.

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Blue-Jay

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Tue May-18-04 05:12 PM
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35. Go ahead and eat it.

What's the worst that could happen?

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Whitacre D_WI

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Tue May-18-04 05:52 PM
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38. All depends on what's on it.

I mean, if you're not an infant, elderly, or someone with a compromised immune system, you can eat most things and be fine.

BUT...

You might make some nasty poopy if you get food poisoning.

There are 2 things to consider:

Italian sausage?
Ground beef topping?

These are raw-cooked meats, and as such, they can be nasty breeding grounds for bacteria when they come up to room temp.

Pepperoni, ham, and bacon are cured meats. They are fine. You can eat them "raw" and have no problems. They come up to room temperature? Big deal, they're cured.

Curing was invented as a preservative measure. It still works that way. No worries.

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Donkeyboy75

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Tue May-18-04 07:44 PM
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45. Coward.

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hlthe2b

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Tue May-18-04 06:05 PM
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39. probably... but nuking it to a nice hot temp would improve the odds....

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Padraig18

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Tue May-18-04 06:38 PM
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40. Not a good idea.

Edited on Tue May-18-04 06:39 PM by Padraig18

Hot food should be cooled to <40 degrees F. within 2 hours of taking it off the heat. Hope you don't get food poisoning.

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Nikia

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Tue May-18-04 07:08 PM
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43. Nuke it and you'll be alright

One thing that pizza has going for it that some other foods don't is that it is a high acid food because of the tomato sauce. That inhibits bacterial growth, especially those that are not killed as easily by heating. As for the cheese, I work in the industry and will eat room temperature cheese up to about ten hours. Most pizza meats are fairly safe. To be on the safe side, microwave it so that it is hot, not luke warm. This should kill any bacteria. You should be fine.

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Tue May-18-04 09:22 PM
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47. hell yeah

It gets better with age.

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