The Glade 4.0

I will sometimes attack left overs first thing in the morning but only if they were covered.

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Raell Kromwell

I recommend just saying 'screw it' and eating it. If you do get sick.. Amputation is always an option.

honestly:

I recommend discarding the pork with extreme prejudice. Better to be safe than sorry. The only meat that I personally can abide leaving on a counter all night is Jerky. (not something left out so long it resembles jerky)

As for the cheese... I can offer no comment; as I like blue cheese

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

There's a website for everything:

Still Tasty.com: Link

"How long will your favorite food ... stay safe and tasty."

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

According to that link, I should be dead by now.

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Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

I've often wondered why food has a 'Best When Used By' date, but not a "Will Kill You After" date.

I mean what exactly do they mean by 'Best' ?

"You best eat it soon."

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

This is the kind of problems you people who *eat* encounter! Look, Bac-O's and Splenda never go bad. Yeah, yeah, someone out there is gonna say they never are good in the first place =P

Eat it. Unless it's slimy. Never eat anything slimy. ><

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Sometimes it's the tiger or the tiger

"But Amdee, darling, you're a homicidal maniac..."-Mickell

Yummydeeeee

Hmm.. it may stay safe for a few days in the fridge, but most food is no longer tasty the second you put it in a container and throw it in the fridge. There's a few exceptions, but not many.

Some can be resurrected to some semblance of tastiness if you heat them up on the stove or in the oven instead of the microwave though.

Throw it all out. Yeah, food costs money, but missing a day or three of work because you're 'leaking' is really expensive. The biggest worry with deli stuff left out has nothing to do with what the item is and everything to do with the sanitation of the environment in which it was cut. Remember the deli clerk who cut it? Any bacteria on his hands has now had a little day-spa of growth. Was the slicer sanitized immediately before your order? You've got a few hours bacterial buildup there, too. Any flies that might have landed on your food had poo on their feet, and that's had time to ripen, too...

It's not likely to kill you. It may not even make you sick (you can play russian roulette with a six shooter and survive it 5 times. That doesn't make it a safe game)... but is it worth the chance to save a few bucks on deli meat that doesn't taste as good anymore?

Now, I'm curious if Screeling meant real "deli" meat, or just a package of lunchmeat. I was kinda going with just a package of lunchmeat from the grocery store, really.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge