# Is my salmon a goner?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 5, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791 "2005-08-05T21:43:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791/1 "2005-08-05T21:43:13Z")

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Oops. My husband got some pieces of frozen salmon out of the freezer this morning about 9AM. I meant to let them defrost for a bit, then put them in the fridge, but I forgot. They have spent the day on the kitchen counter. The pieces are about 5 inches long, 2.5 inches wide, and vary from 2 inches to about 1/2 inch high. I assume by the time I get home (about 6PM) they will be cold, but not frozen.

What say you, cooking dopers? Ok to eat, or surefire trip to the ER?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791/2 "2005-08-05T22:05:22Z")

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Still wrapped? Cook them and eat them. Unless your counter is a breeding ground for toxic bugs, there shouldn’t be a problem. Just don’t re-freeze it.

(The usual disclaimers apply.)

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791/3 "2005-08-05T22:06:20Z")

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I wouldn’t eat this salmon raw, but if you cook it well, it will probably be fine.

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791/4 "2005-08-05T22:36:28Z")

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I am home. The salmon is chilled, but not as cold as if it came from the fridge. It was wrapped (in a freezer bag), my kitchen is not a haven for microbes, I don’t intend to re-freeze it, nor do I intend to eat it raw.

Looks like I am in the clear.

If I don’t post for a few days, will someone please come look for my body? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-salmon-a-goner/315791/5 "2005-08-05T23:46:25Z")

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The salmon mooooouuuuusssssse!