# Was this food out of the fridge too long?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-out-of-the-fridge-too-long/490317
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 22, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-out-of-the-fridge-too-long/490317 "2009-03-22T04:16:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-out-of-the-fridge-too-long/490317/21 "2009-03-24T03:16:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> (psst… Re-read what I wrote. I was saying that “genuine” hot dogs aren’t really meat)
Aha, now I read it properly. Yeah, you’re right there. 😉
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### Author:  [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-out-of-the-fridge-too-long/490317/22 "2009-03-24T03:22:08Z")
> [@griffin1977](#):
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> Seriously ? A non-meat product, tha’ts going to be cooked, has been left out for only eight hours. Of course it will be fine, unless you live in the tropics or have a weak immune system
Okay–I consider my ignorance fought. It’s just that I DO live in a near tropical area and I’m a nurse. I also don’t get food poisoning on a regular basis. You kids are living on borrowed time!!😛
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-out-of-the-fridge-too-long/490317/23 "2009-03-24T06:43:52Z")
> [@even\_sven](#):
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> Well, yogurt needs to hang out for at least 8 hours at room temperature to even become yogurt, so it’s not like you are doing anything to crazy. For a healthy adult it is usually okay to take some risks, as long as you realize you could spend a day throwing up now and then.
No prob, I had it penciled in for tomorrow anyway! 😉
Joe
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-food-out-of-the-fridge-too-long/490317/24 "2009-03-24T11:17:14Z")
> [@even\_sven](#):
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> Well, yogurt needs to hang out for at least 8 hours at room temperature to even become yogurt, so it’s not like you are doing anything to crazy.
Warmer than room temp is better, though YMMV on what “room temp” is depending on area of the world, season, and if you’re using a yogurt maker/putting it in a closed, barely-warm oven/whatever. I also heat the milk to sub-boiling first, which kills anything present in the milk at the time. This lets your yogurt “culture” get a head start on anything unpleasant.
And true on what **AFG** said, tofu isn’t usually a fermented product. 😃
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