# Why didn't our lunches make us sick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 26, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061 "2012-02-26T17:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061/61 "2012-02-27T15:57:04Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > When you think about it, when you make a sandwich, the ingredients will be out for a while A while? Two minutes maybe? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061/62 "2012-02-27T16:08:52Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > A while? Two minutes maybe? I think the point of the handout was that leaving the sandwich in the refrigerator overnight means that it’ll warm up gradually over a few hours, as opposed to making the sandwich in the morning when the ingredients warm up as the sandwich is prepared. I dunno, it made sense at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061/63 "2012-02-27T17:01:45Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I think the point of the handout was that leaving the sandwich in the refrigerator overnight means that it’ll warm up gradually over a few hours, as opposed to making the sandwich in the morning when the ingredients warm up as the sandwich is prepared. I dunno, it made sense at the time. Some people\* don’t refrigerate bread at all, so chilling the sandwich after making it would definitely have an impact. \*(normal ones) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061/64 "2012-02-27T18:07:47Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Well, it’s tuna and celery and soy sauce. I guess maybe not technically tuna salad. The kids like it, though. Hmm, I may have to give that a try. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061/65 "2012-02-27T19:05:28Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Some people\* don’t refrigerate bread at all, so chilling the sandwich after making it would definitely have an impact. > > \*(normal ones) I don’t keep the loaf in the fridge, but I will put a sandwich in there. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061/66 "2012-02-27T19:19:47Z")
[ASIDE]I started 1st grade in California in 1954. Nothing evokes elementary school to me like the lunchtime aroma of baloney and bananas as all those room-temp lunch boxes are opened… [/ASIDE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-our-lunches-make-us-sick/614061.md?page=3)