Is it safe to eat leftover Chinese food?

[Steve]

So last night I finally tried out the little corner Chinese place down the street from me. Their small portions are pretty big, so I have quite a bit of chicken fried rice left over. I don't have any sort of container or wrap, so I just closed the cardboard lid and put it in the fridge. Am I tempting illness if I heat it up and munch away? I don't want to wait 90 minutes for a pizza (blizzard here in Chicago).

 

[BigJ]

It's fine.

 

[potato28]

It's ok.

 

[KLin]

Nuking it will be fine. It should kill the salmonella, e-coli, strep, staph and any other stuff that might be floating in the leftovers.

 

[Steve]

Thanks, time for a nice hot dinner!

 

[DaWhim]

i do that all the time.

 

[Strk]

I do that every time I get Chinese food.

 

[0roo0roo]

only temperature matters, saran only holds in moisture.

 

[George P Burdell]

It's fine man. You could always gulp a coke afterwards to kill off the germs.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: sm8000
So last night I finally tried out the little corner Chinese place down the street from me. Their small portions are pretty big, so I have quite a bit of chicken fried rice left over. I don't have any sort of container or wrap, so I just closed the cardboard lid and put it in the fridge. Am I tempting illness if I heat it up and munch away? I don't want to wait 90 minutes for a pizza (blizzard here in Chicago).

???
It's from last night.

It'll be good tomorrow, the next day, a week from now it'll still be good IMO (yes, in those cheap things they give you)

You not get Chinese food often or something?
Is it the area or something? I get Chinese food at least once a month. If I get enough of it it'll be good for a few nights (a week after I got it)

 

[compman25]

You don't even have to heat it if it's been in the fridge.

 

[Caesar]

I do it all the time. If there were no chinese takeout and pizza places I would probably die of starvation.

 

[compnovice]

Last night....Seriously! do you even need to ask...

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
i do that all the time.

ditto

 

[habib89]

i've eaten food i've left out on the table overnight in one of those boxes and i was fine...

 

[jadinolf]

It wouldn't hurt to invest in a few storage containers in the future.

 

[RallyMaster]

Nothing wrong with eating leftovers. I left a slice of pizza on a plate in the dining room the whole night and I still ended up eating it for lunch.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Nothing wrong with eating leftovers. I left a slice of pizza on a plate in the dining room the whole night and I still ended up eating it for lunch.

I know. I have a bento box from a Japanese restaurant last night that I forgot to put in the fridge (I fell asleep before brushing my teeth), and so I stuffed it in today. Chicken and salmon teriyaki are too good to waste. It's going into my lunch tomorrow.

 

[FoBoT]

of course it is ok

eat it

just eat it