Can I eat this? Refrozen gelato in a bouncy castle
July 13, 2022 8:14 PM Subscribe
I’m having a party this weekend at my house. I’ve invited all my friend groups and am even renting a bouncy castle! Can I serve this gelato?
Tuesday night I took a pint of Talenti Salted Caramel Truffle gelato out of my freezer and set it on the coffee table. From my spot reclining on the couch I could turn my head to the right and see the frozen delicacy. I anticipated enjoying the Talenti Salted Caramel Truffle gelato after a few minutes of letting it soften.
The next afternoon, probably about 20 hours later, I discovered the container still on the coffee table. I opened the lid and it was basically 11.4 oz of warm milkshake. I had a taste and it was the familiar delicious salty caramel flavor I’d been expecting but the warm thing kind of threw it off and I put it back in the freezer.
Now it’s refrozen, the texture seems mostly the same and it smells fine! Should I eat it?
Also, if kids eat it and then jump around in the bouncy castle what are the chances they’ll vomit?
Tuesday night I took a pint of Talenti Salted Caramel Truffle gelato out of my freezer and set it on the coffee table. From my spot reclining on the couch I could turn my head to the right and see the frozen delicacy. I anticipated enjoying the Talenti Salted Caramel Truffle gelato after a few minutes of letting it soften.
The next afternoon, probably about 20 hours later, I discovered the container still on the coffee table. I opened the lid and it was basically 11.4 oz of warm milkshake. I had a taste and it was the familiar delicious salty caramel flavor I’d been expecting but the warm thing kind of threw it off and I put it back in the freezer.
Now it’s refrozen, the texture seems mostly the same and it smells fine! Should I eat it?
Also, if kids eat it and then jump around in the bouncy castle what are the chances they’ll vomit?
Best answer: It appears to be bouncy castle week here on ask.
Seems like too long for a dairy product. Buy another.
posted by Windopaene at 8:18 PM on July 13, 2022 [13 favorites]
Seems like too long for a dairy product. Buy another.
posted by Windopaene at 8:18 PM on July 13, 2022 [13 favorites]
Best answer: I can’t even imagine forgetting to eat some Talenti (?!) after deciding to indulge, but I probably wouldn’t eat this one at this point
posted by charlemangy at 8:35 PM on July 13, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by charlemangy at 8:35 PM on July 13, 2022 [2 favorites]
Best answer: No way.
And salmonella is less of a barfing thing and more of a diarrhea thing. Listeria will give you even odds for both. Either way, I fear for the damage deposit on your castle should your young guests and their tender immune systems find themselves helplessly a-splatter.
posted by mochapickle at 8:47 PM on July 13, 2022 [4 favorites]
And salmonella is less of a barfing thing and more of a diarrhea thing. Listeria will give you even odds for both. Either way, I fear for the damage deposit on your castle should your young guests and their tender immune systems find themselves helplessly a-splatter.
posted by mochapickle at 8:47 PM on July 13, 2022 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Nope! Don't eat it or serve it. If it makes you sick (which is a gamble I wouldn't take with dairy left out at room temp for 20 hours (!!!!!)), it won't kick in immediately.
So I wouldn't worry about the bouncy castle right away. The kids will have a blissful bouncy castle interval before the GI effects really get going later on, but do you really want to inflict that on your friends and their kids?? Just get some fresh dang ice cream and don't make life worse than it needs to be.
posted by knotty knots at 9:26 PM on July 13, 2022 [3 favorites]
So I wouldn't worry about the bouncy castle right away. The kids will have a blissful bouncy castle interval before the GI effects really get going later on, but do you really want to inflict that on your friends and their kids?? Just get some fresh dang ice cream and don't make life worse than it needs to be.
posted by knotty knots at 9:26 PM on July 13, 2022 [3 favorites]
Best answer: I would eat it myself, but why serve it? Spend the few more dollars and get the fresh stuff.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:41 PM on July 13, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:41 PM on July 13, 2022 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Your GI tract is your own, but this is so far outside of the bounds of safe food handling that you should not even be considering serving it to other people.
If I was a parent and you knowingly served this to my child, I would probably have some words with you and would have serious reservations about allowing my child to eat any food/treats from you in the future. I have deleted my subsequent sentences because I don't want to sound too harsh.
posted by Kutsuwamushi at 11:08 PM on July 13, 2022 [10 favorites]
If I was a parent and you knowingly served this to my child, I would probably have some words with you and would have serious reservations about allowing my child to eat any food/treats from you in the future. I have deleted my subsequent sentences because I don't want to sound too harsh.
posted by Kutsuwamushi at 11:08 PM on July 13, 2022 [10 favorites]
Former dairy plant employee here. I'd eat it. I would not serve it to guests.
posted by easy, lucky, free at 5:16 AM on July 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by easy, lucky, free at 5:16 AM on July 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
If I went to a party and someone offered me ice cream that had been left out of the freezer, melted, for 20 hours, and then refrozen, I would decline.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 7:26 AM on July 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by EndsOfInvention at 7:26 AM on July 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
And if they offered that to my kids without checking with me, I would be pissed off (because my kids would absolutely eat it no questions asked).
posted by EndsOfInvention at 7:27 AM on July 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by EndsOfInvention at 7:27 AM on July 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
I might experiment with baking with it - but probably wouldn't eat it as is - 20hrs is awhile.
posted by coffeecat at 8:22 AM on July 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by coffeecat at 8:22 AM on July 14, 2022 [1 favorite]
God no. They’re not THAT expensive.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:46 AM on July 14, 2022
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:46 AM on July 14, 2022
Closed container of dairy smells okay. I'd probably taste and see how I felt in 12 -24 hours. It's just a pint, even if it seems okay, I wouldn't serve to others.
posted by theora55 at 9:56 AM on July 14, 2022
posted by theora55 at 9:56 AM on July 14, 2022
I would not eat it, both for food safety reasons (this was out of the safe zone for probably 10x the recommended max amount of time) but also because melted and refrozen ice cream is gross gross gross. And I am even more careful about food I am giving to people I care about.
posted by tchemgrrl at 11:00 AM on July 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by tchemgrrl at 11:00 AM on July 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Resolved. I did not eat it and I apologize for not explaining that the only reason there was a party and a bouncy castle in the question was that there were two bouncy castle questions just before it and I thought it would humorous.
I should have kept bouncy castle in the title but not mentioned it at all it in the question.
posted by bendy at 6:13 PM on August 13, 2022
I should have kept bouncy castle in the title but not mentioned it at all it in the question.
posted by bendy at 6:13 PM on August 13, 2022
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