How long can sausage sit out Reddit

When I was younger I used to occasionally take leftover (refrigerated) sausage, cut it up and throw it in a sandwich for school. Only recently I heard that you can't really keep cooked sausage/meats out at room temperature for over 2 hours?! I used to have them in a plastic bag tucked in the side of my bag for around 8 hours (Usually taking them out at 7am and eating them at 3ish).

What's the actual truth on this? I never got ill from eating them, is there something specific that I'm missing or is this just your average "internet bullshit" that I'm hearing?

Posted by3 years ago

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I'm a college student without a fridge and I ordered mcdonalds sausages biscuits for breakfast about 14 hours ago and have two extra. My sleep scheduled is messed up and I just woke up so If I eat them now I won't be able to order anything in a few hours when I'm hungry again and everything is closed. So If I order new food to eat now will the sausage biscuits still be good in a few hours once they've totaled like 18-20 hours old?

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Posted by2 years ago

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I cooked a sheet pan meal with cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, and sausage last night. I wanted to let it cool before I put the leftovers in Tupperware and put it in the fridge, so I turned off the oven and proceeded to completely forget about it and it sat in the oven all night. Can I still eat it or am I risking food poisoning?

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Standard advice is 2-4 hours at room temperature max. Sitting in a slowly cooling oven is not ideal. Personally I would chuck it. Food poisoning is not fun.

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I wouldn’t. Your downside risk is very high even if the chance of it is fairly low. At, what, 12 hrs. unrefrigerated the risk is certainly not zero.

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It's probably fine. Food safety is important, but I think the guidelines are skewed pretty conservatively because there's always that 1-in-a-million chance that there's a problem; and when there are millions of people following the guidelines, half of whom have below-average intelligence, problems will happen.

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if you finished cooking it, its fine. i regularly leave cooked food out overnight if I am going to eat it the next day.

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No.

Ask yourself if a restaurant put that in front of you and said we left it sitting out all night, but cool right? Would you eat it or call the damn health dept.

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You're fine. It's fully cooked and left inside a temperature controlled home. If it was left outside in the sun all day it would be different. Or if it had alot of dairy ingredients I'd say to toss it. But it will be safe. I've done that more times than I can count.

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I made chicken scarpariello with sausage last night and accidentally left the closed Tupperware out on the counter all night! Do you all think it’ll be okay still? I live in San Francisco by the beach, so it was pretty cold last night (45 degrees). Though it was probably a little warmer than 45 , I have no heating in the house and the window near where it was sitting on the counter was cracked open, so the kitchen definitely was on the cold side. I made a ton and would hate for it to go to waste. Any insight appreciated!!

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TIL my family poisoned me for years and I should be dead.

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TIL my family poisoned me for years and I should be dead.

According to the OP: better that than throwing away potentially edible food.

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I like the ranges they give for this stuff, too. Some range between 4 to 12 months. Not exactly a narrow confidence band.

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I just ate some 4 month old frozen hot dogs today. Should I go to the hospital? (I did thaw them before eating)

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This chart is useful for people with no sense of smell, sight, taste, or touch. It only exists for one reason, liability. It's the "WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm." of the food world.

PS - Don't get me started on temperature charts or recommended daily value nutrition. (It's also bullshit).

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So you mean even robots can't use this chart

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I guess I should throw out most of the stuff in my fridge

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Same, but I don't know if I should bother. I'm probably already poisoned and will die soon anyway.

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Raw sausage 1-2 days??? News flash, it sits for way more than 1-2 days in the store before you buy it.

Source - I worked in a butcher shop for four years.

Sausage is good for as long as normal raw meat is, about 5 days.

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Yes, also worked in a butcher shop. Depending strongly on the raw sausage, 5 days is about right. Some, like weißwurst, should be eaten within 1-2 days, even refrigerated, because the ingredients go off so quickly. Unrefrigerated, those have like 5 hours.

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Isn't sausage meant to last by design? I know pork shouldn't sit out long obv but I was always under the impression sausage was built to last

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Throwing money away is worse than poisoning yourself? Lol

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Hahahaha nah, but I feel like a majority of people throw money away thinking it’s expired because it’s a day or two after the sell by date then poison themselves though.

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I eat all these way after a few days and I never get sick. Illness can't live in a body that's 70% alcohol.

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