"Barbtail" > wrote in message
...
> I think it's safe to eat today, but it's overall shelflife has diminished
> considerably.
>
> Somewhere I picked up that 1 hour unrefrigerated is equal to 24 hours in
the
> frig or there abouts. In other words, for every hour something is
> unrefrigerated that's one less day it will last refrigerated- or there
> abouts. I'm sure there are lots of variables and exponential factors
involved
> *laughs*. Basically, I figure if it's been out of the frig for 6 hours
that's
> like a week in the frig and should probably be tossed or used immediately.
>

Sounds interesting. At some amount of unrefrigerated time you will
reach the point that the bacon should have been tossed before you
actually buy it.

pavane