Was this food out of the fridge too long?

[Amazon_Floozy_Goddess]

@Chronos

(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.

[hellpaso]

@griffin1977

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!!

[Yorikke]

@even_sven

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

[Ferret_Herder]

@even_sven

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.