Can I eat it?

[lxskllr]

The solution for those with kids is to feed them everything starting as soon as possible. Spoiled milk, roadkill, stuff stuck to the bottom of the garbage can... Then they'll be like crows when they they grow up, and can eat anything they want without repercussions.

 

[spidey07]

The solution for those with kids is to feed them everything starting as soon as possible. Spoiled milk, roadkill, stuff stuck to the bottom of the garbage can... Then they'll be like crows when they they grow up, and can eat anything they want without repercussions.

There's a lot of truth in that. A lot of the food allergies and weak immune systems in kids and young adults can be directly traced to growing up in a too clean environment.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Just make sure you chew up the maggots completely and you'll be fine.

 

[gorb]

my answer is no. if food is out for that long it's way past time to throw it away.

 

[destrekor]

wtf

That's like getting E. coli by doing some retarded.

It's technically far easier to get those bugs by intentionally (or like a retard) putting yourself in the most bacterium-rich environment possible... but you are ordinarily far more likely to pick it up by eating improperly handled/prepared food stuffs, or being unlikely and leaving something out too long and allowing something to enter it from the environment.

It's not common to get spore-laden foods, and even then, proper cooking kills the spores. But left-overs aren't always cooked properly, and sometimes leaving something out too long allows bugs to, well, float onto the food. If it's a spore, well... you better be perfect about bringing it to proper temperature otherwise the spore will live and have a field day in your mid gut.

And C. jejuni was always a favorite simply because it's a little more obscure, yet actually one of the most common for true food poisoning.

 

[DrPizza]

The solution for those with kids is to feed them everything starting as soon as possible. Spoiled milk, roadkill, stuff stuck to the bottom of the garbage can... Then they'll be like crows when they they grow up, and can eat anything they want without repercussions.

Not sure why you're putting roadkill in the same category as spoiled milk and the stuff stuck to the bottom of the garbage can. Unless, of course, you mean roadkill that's already been picked over by scavenging animals and is already colonized by tons of flies and beetles. There's little difference between correctly killed meat, and road-killed meat. It's delicious!

All those who have eaten road kill, say "aye!"
Aye! anyone else??

 

[Cyrus9008]

Oh for sure are you kidding me? I've woke up the next morning and ate chicken that was left out all night and half the morning... Granted I got violently ill for 12 hours but I've never let that stop me in the past! mans gotta eat

 

[lxskllr]

Not sure why you're putting roadkill in the same category as spoiled milk and the stuff stuck to the bottom of the garbage can. Unless, of course, you mean roadkill that's already been picked over by scavenging animals and is already colonized by tons of flies and beetles. There's little difference between correctly killed meat, and road-killed meat. It's delicious!

All those who have eaten road kill, say "aye!"
Aye! anyone else??

That's what I had in mind. The kind you need a scraper to get off the road, and is halfway to becoming jerky :^D

 

[ElFenix]

All those who have eaten road kill, say "aye!"
Aye! anyone else??

i've eaten in breaux bridge, LA, so, probably aye!

 

[sourceninja]

I frequently leave large 5 gallon pots of stuff I cook at home sitting my basement for weeks. I drain it off all the nasty crap in the bottom and it's just fine.

I call it beer.

 

[FancyTurtle]

Heat it to above 160 for 10 minutes, and it'll be fine. Truth is, if you ate it at room temp, it'd probably still be fine.

as we are all well aware DrPizza is a Doctor his specialty being pizza. I ask you this DrPizza, why would you think you could give a diagnosis on a subject that is not your specialty? I for one will be reporting this discretion to the board of medicine.