I bought some goat, gruyere, fontina, blue, and fancy cheddar cheeses from a gourmet cheese shop last night and left it in my car overnight (it only gets down to about 70 degrees -- if that -- at night where I live). Can I still eat it?
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posted by _Mona_
on Apr 27, 2013 -
15 answers
I was pickling smelts. First step: brine overnight, rinse. Second step, immerse in vinegar, put in fridge and wait a week to eat.
I did step one, but then got interrupted. The brined, rinsed smelts sat out for about ninety minutes - maybe as long as two hours - in a room that was about seventy degrees. I finished step two, but now I am afraid to eat them.
I thought due to the brining it might be OK. Can I eat it?
posted by Surprised By Bees
on Apr 10, 2013 -
7 answers
Am I gonna die if I eat my beef stew? I ran out of tomato paste and used an old can of tomato sauce. Just added a tablespoon or so and poured the rest out in the sink. It's then that I noticed that the expiration on the tomato sauce was two years ago.
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posted by WickedPissah
on Apr 2, 2013 -
11 answers
Is spikenard inherently unsafe for human consumption? If not, where can I get some food-grade spikenard oil? If so, what is the closest equivalent spice?
posted by jedicus
on Jan 18, 2013 -
5 answers
Can I eat it filter: Started some polenta with chicken stock in the rice cooker this morning at 8am. It's timer feature will have it ready at 6:30pm.
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posted by fontophilic
on Nov 15, 2012 -
7 answers
Can I eat this filter > Unopened, refrigerated package of yoghurt. Expiration date was a week ago. Safe or not?
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posted by Trexsock
on Nov 2, 2012 -
23 answers
Sour Milk, Soured Milk, and Spoiled Milk. Is there an effective chemical difference? To what extents are any and all unsafe to cook and eat?
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posted by Ambrosia Voyeur
on May 30, 2012 -
9 answers
What to do with all of these not quite ripe small peaches?
A branch fell. I now have 25% of the fruit from it, but they're pretty small and not quite sweet enough to eat straight. They seem too lovely to waste. Will they ripen much? Recipes for using them as is?
posted by mandymanwasregistered
on May 24, 2012 -
14 answers
I moved a frozen whole chicken from the freezer to the fridge on Saturday morning. It's Tuesday -- can I cook it for dinner, or do I need to chuck it?
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posted by Bebo
on Apr 24, 2012 -
17 answers
Can I eat it, oyster edition: I left a jar of fresh yearling oysters at room temperature while I went snowboarding.
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posted by halogen
on Apr 3, 2011 -
32 answers
Can I Eat It: Part 7,934 in an ongoing series. In a fit of industriousness, I made
Cannellini Minestrone this morning! I put part of it in a container for my lunch, and part of it in a container to store in the fridge. I realized once I got to work, however, that the container to store never made it to the fridge, and is still sitting on the counter in my apartment. The soup was made at 8am, and I won't be getting home until 8pm. Can anything be done to salvage the soup into something edible, or at least usable?
posted by ocherdraco
on Feb 16, 2011 -
27 answers
Can I Eat It Halloween Edition: We bought two giant bags of
Willy Wonka assorted candy for Halloween (mostly so I could steal all the BottleCaps). We only went through one, the other is unopened. Can I save it until next year? There's no expiration date that I can find, and the stuff is nothing but sugar and artificial colors and flavors.
posted by JoanArkham
on Nov 2, 2010 -
16 answers
Three christmasses gone, my wife and I bought some fudge. I've just found it in the back of the cupboard -- can I eat it? It's basically just sugar, that never goes off, right?
posted by coriolisdave
on Jun 6, 2010 -
29 answers
I left my lunch (palak paneer with rice) at home. I want to eat it after I get off work. Good idea or bad idea?
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posted by Jenesta
on Jan 27, 2009 -
15 answers
I left a mixture of boiled quinoa, canned tuna and canned salmon out over night. Can I still eat it?
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posted by syzygy
on Jan 20, 2009 -
25 answers
