# Safe to eat - cold lasagna left out all day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811 "2013-02-19T17:24:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811/41 "2013-02-20T13:49:28Z")

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I wouldn’t recommend eating it. But I’d totally eat it myself. In fact I brought lasagna in for lunch yesterday, and it sat on my desk until lunch time. So not as long as yours sat out, but about five hours at room temperature before I stuck it in the microwave (and only for a minute). I feel fine so far…

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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811/42 "2013-02-20T14:07:04Z")

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I’d eat it. But then, I’ve eaten unidentified cheese given to me by a random Afghan merchant in an open air bazaar, and baleadas made on a hot plate in the middle of a Honduran operating room. My comfort level with these sorts of things is different than other people’s.

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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811/43 "2013-02-20T14:15:18Z")

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Next time if you decide not to eat it, just feed it to your cat (it’s orange with stripes, right?)

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811/44 "2013-02-20T14:19:09Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> We haven’t heard from DC in a while. :eek:
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> DC?
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> DC?

Still here. Feel fine. Spoilered for TMI:I had a normal, solid, and quite satisfying BM this morning.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat-cold-lasagna-left-out-all-day/650811/45 "2013-02-20T14:46:57Z")

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I’ve eaten stuff left out that long, with a higher room temperature, and never had a problem.

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