Questions about the viability of 5 day old lunch meat

[Skywatcher]

@solost

Hey, gives me an idea for a branching thread-- ‘What’s the absolute grossest thing you found in the back of your fridge?’ I really need to get back to work though. Someone else feel free to run with it though (heh), if you wish.

Such threads exist but I don’t recall any recent ones. This one, for example, is almost old enough to vote:

Forgotten items that give you an unpleasant surprise later...

One day last week while at home, I noticed a barely detectable odor of something going bad in the living room. I sniffed all around and finally tracked it down to the area where my backpack and purse was. It had rained the day before, so I figured my backpack had gotten wet on the inside and was a little mildewy. So I resolved to throw it in the wash soon and left it at that. The next day, the odor was worse, so I went digging through my backpack. Nothing. So I searched my purse. I see someting…