I accidentally left my pizza out overnight...

[IceBergSLiM]

humans actually survived for thousands of years with out refrigeration.

 

[moshquerade]

humans actually survived for thousands of years with out refrigeration.

no way... the corpses would decompose ^_^

 

[Brainonska511]

Me too, man. I don't mess around with expired meat, cheese, or food that has been left out.

Never had food poisoning, but I wasn't planning on finding out what an experience it could be. There is no point messing around with your health when you have some questionable food lying around.

 

[spidey07]

humans actually survived for thousands of years with out refrigeration.

Let's see...

bread - in old times it was simply left out, like it is today
sauage/ham/pepperoni - these are cured and preserved meats, just like they were in days of old and are actually meant to be stored at room temperature
Cheese - pasteurized
Tomato Sauce - too much acid for much of anything to grow

there's really noting on a pizza for any baddies to grow

 

[Brainonska511]

humans actually survived for thousands of years with out refrigeration.

They also used to die off in droves due to now readily prevented illness.

 

[Terabyte]

When I want to reheat pizza, I use a toaster oven. Microwaving pizza makes it soggy and crap. No good I usually won't reheat pizza though.

Cold pizza is amazing.

 

[OCGuy]

Well by that argument spidey, milk is pasteurized, so why even refrigerate it?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

They also used to die off in droves due to now readily prevented illness.

They obviously weren't dying off that fast. we are all here.

 

[blackdogdeek]

it's an american rite of passage to forget to refridgerate your pizza and then eat it out of the same box the next day.

eat with reckless abandon and celebrate your hard-won freedoms.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

you will be fine, I've never gotten sick from eating left out pizza, and I've done it probably 60 times. The only way I'd say no is if you're one of those pussies who gets sick every time you eat fast food. People with weak stomaches tend to get sick over any little thing food wise.

hello mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestine cancer.

 

[spidey07]

Well by that argument spidey, milk is pasteurized, so why even refrigerate it?

You do know that cheese is stored and aged at room temperature, right?

 

[Terabyte]

Well by that argument spidey, milk is pasteurized, so why even refrigerate it?

Pasteurization does not kill all bacteria. When we pasteurize milk, we're aiming to kill specific bacteria (forgot the name, sorry) that cause illnesses. So, there are still bacteria after pasteurization, and this is why milk should be refrigerated.

 

[destrekor]

Let's see...

bread - in old times it was simply left out, like it is today
sauage/ham/pepperoni - these are cured and preserved meats, just like they were in days of old and are actually meant to be stored at room temperature
Cheese - pasteurized
Tomato Sauce - too much acid for much of anything to grow

there's really noting on a pizza for any baddies to grow

To be fair, after baking as a final product those items tend to lose some of those qualities. And the cheese layer is too thin to slice off the mold anyhow - a thin sheet of cheese will develop mold in at room temperature, and not enough volume to safely cut out the mold.

 

[QueBert]

hello mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestine cancer.

Never heard of anyone getting any form of cancer from eating left out Pizza, the things you learn on ATOT! I'll be sure not to repeat this to anyone as I'm sure most would kick my ass for saying something so idiotic.

 

[destrekor]

hello mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestine cancer.

Cancer from expired food? lol

Got anything to show how you reached this conclusion?

 

[Terabyte]

To be fair, after baking as a final product those items tend to lose some of those qualities. And the cheese layer is too thin to slice off the mold anyhow - a thin sheet of cheese will develop mold in at room temperature, and not enough volume to safely cut out the mold.

If your cheese is moldy, throw it out. Just because you can't see the mold, does not mean it's not there. When there's mold in food, it's everywhere. What you can see is just a high concentration of mold.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Let's see...

bread - in old times it was simply left out, like it is today
sauage/ham/pepperoni - these are cured and preserved meats, just like they were in days of old and are actually meant to be stored at room temperature
Cheese - pasteurized
Tomato Sauce - too much acid for much of anything to grow

there's really noting on a pizza for any baddies to grow

Consider immune systems these days. We're medicated, vaccinated, and treated for every problem there is. Our fragile bodies can't take it like they used to.

 

[waggy]

If your cheese is moldy, throw it out. Just because you can't see the mold, does not mean it's not there. When there's mold in food, it's everywhere. What you can see is just a high concentration of mold.

not 100% right. some cheese is ok to cut the mold off and eat it. soft cheese though should be thrown out.

i had mold on my blu cheese so i threw it out....

 

[KeithTalent]

not 100% right. some cheese is ok to cut the mold off and eat it. soft cheese though should be thrown out.

Yep, this.

Your pizza was only out one night? Wake me when it's been out for two or three.

KT

 

[Glitchny]

Considering I did this yesterday and countless times before I'm going to say go for it. I usually toss a slice into the toaster oven instead of eating it cold, but that's mostly because I like it better warm.

 

[DrPizza]

I'm in my early 40's and would bet money that I've eaten more pizza in my lifetime than any other person in these forums. Hell, probably more than any two of you put together. That said, I rarely, if ever, refrigerate leftover pizza. I constantly eat leftover pizza & have found that room temperature pizza is a lot tastier than refrigerated pizza. Ever since we had cats, I also realized that the oven is a great place to stick the pizza box - keeps the cats out of it. Unfortunately, it's pretty easy to forget that the pizza is there. No problem... 2, 3, 4 days later it still tastes just fine. And oddly, more often than not, I turn my nose up at leftovers in the fridge.

 

[OCGuy]

Before I take your advice, I need to clear something up.

Are you a Pizza MD, or a phony who has a Doctorate in Pizza and just likes to be called Dr?

 

[geno]

I've eaten 3-night old pizza before on numerous occasions (college, go figure) no worries.

 

[Brainonska511]

Consider immune systems these days. We're medicated, vaccinated, and treated for every problem there is. Our fragile bodies can't take it like they used to.

Retard. Vaccines don't weaken the immune system.

 

[kalrith]

For whatever reason my in-laws don't think that pizza (or bbq sauce or ketchup, for that matter) needs to be refrigerated. So, they'll eat pizza after it's been sitting out for 3-4 days, and they've managed to make it past 50 doing this. I doubt anything bad will happen for leaving the pizza out just one night.