# Is my ziti still good ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017 "2002-12-26T20:08:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017/1 "2002-12-26T20:08:38Z")

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On Monday I made baked ziti. I made two pans of it, I cooked one and had it for dinner, I put the other one in the fridge. The pasta, cheese and meat were all cooked.

Can I have it for dinner tonight ?

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017/2 "2002-12-26T20:10:06Z")

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I think it would be safe…

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017/3 "2002-12-26T20:25:56Z")

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What time do we eat?

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017/4 "2002-12-26T20:52:16Z")

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Another vote to eat it!

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**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017/5 "2002-12-26T20:54:38Z")

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dear lord no… I hear that 4 day old pasta kills people… oh wait… did you say monday?? oh ok… you should be fine… 😃

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-ziti-still-good/145017/6 "2002-12-26T21:46:10Z")

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It should be fine if you did not allow it to sit at room temperature for any length of time before putting it in the fridge. If it sat at room temperature for over 2 hours you might be OK but if you were a restaurant you wouldn’t be allowed to serve it.