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Related: About this forumI accidentally left two pounds of 80-20 ground beef on the counter overnight.
Wrapped in butcher paper. I simply didn't realize it was still out.
Whaddya think?
Do I need to toss it?
Or cook it off?
It's in the fridge now. Was out for about ten hours. In butcher paper, inside a paper bag.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)elleng
(131,370 posts)Cook it.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)samnsara
(17,658 posts)Beakybird
(3,334 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)it's probably ok, it's not chicken, but I mean, if it's not a big hit to your pocketbook, I'd probably let it go.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)....that takes an hour trip. A real butcher shop. I don't buy supermarket meat.
So there's that factor, too.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)and you've beat it by a factor of four.
So that's a wee bit dicey.
hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)has had hours at room temperature to grow and incubate--and all meat has some bacterial presence. Cooking renders low level contamination fairly safe to eat. Not necessarily that which has incubated overnight.
gademocrat7
(10,682 posts)madaboutharry
(40,245 posts)10 hours is way too long.
brush
(53,971 posts)If it's ok, store it in the fridge and use it when you're ready.
It's probably ok since it was wrapped and sealed...no bacteria was able to form.
enough
(13,270 posts)spaghetti sauce.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)to eating it compared to the cost of replacing it..when it comes to hamburg, or meat of any kind, fish too..PULEEZ don't make me come over there..out overnight ten hours!!!..oh dear..
ALSO, do not put raw hamburg in your garbage disposal..I did and it backed up my drain..had to call plumber..what a mess.. OMG..
Kali
(55,031 posts)smell it - if a little off cook it now and use a lot of chile powder
if it gags you, chuck it
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)So....it was freshly ground yesterday. Good, clean, very careful butcher.
I'm gonna smell it.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Way too risky to even mess with this. Different if it was frozen. Sounds like your bought it out of the fresh meat case,if that is the case,that case temp is usually 38 degrees and the bacteria numbers now off the chart.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Then I cooked immediately and used the meat for something like chili or spaghetti sauce, and it was perfectly fine.
I would do that, esp if it came from a high quality butcher shop, meaning the meat was probably very fresh to begin with.
IMHO people are way too paranoid about germs.
This is all being said under the assumption you are not immuno-compromised. If that's case, don't even f*** around, of course.
MHO, YMMV
Patterson
(1,534 posts)katusha
(809 posts)is recommended 2 hours max, you have beef that exceeds that 5 times over, and while you can kill most of the e. coli by cooking to well done, their are other contaminants that it doesn't matter if you kill them as they produce toxins that remain in the beef(Staphylococcus and Clostridium botulinum bacteria). So you are rolling the dice if you ingest the beef.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/meat-preparation/ground-beef-and-food-safety/ct_index#:~:text=Never%20leave%20ground%20beef%20or,meat%20may%20contain%20harmful%20bacteria.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)I would toss it.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)Wah.
I hate to throw food away, remembering that one in five American children is going hungry without sufficient nutrition right now.
Nay
(12,051 posts)Rule of Claw
(500 posts)don't unwrap it, don't smell it, don't even touch it. Not worth it.
FBaggins
(26,783 posts)... then add any broccoli, asparagus, or brussel sprouts that you have in the house.
Allow to cool and then place (pan and all) in a lined round garbage can (though I've heard that the rectangular ones work as well).
Seal the bag and leave wherever your garbage fairies pick up.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...broccoli, asparagus or brussel sprouts?
cilla4progress
(24,798 posts)Hasn't been a problem so far!
Good luck.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,976 posts)Otherwise it wouldn't have been on the counter overnight.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)But she hibernates when the weather gets cooler, and burrows under blankets and pillows a good part of the time.
And she never jumps on the counter. Not even to lick butter.
Good kitty.
dameatball
(7,405 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,069 posts)Lars39
(26,117 posts)Dont take that chance...toss it.
Squinch
(51,083 posts)pretty cold last night. Maybe yours too.