Dave Smith wrote:

> Goomba38 wrote:
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>
>>A case where a little knowledge will get a person
>>in trouble.
>>Don't you reheat leftovers at home and live to
>>tell about it? Most everyone does. What your
>>sister does, I can't imagine? She sounds like a
>>fruit loop to me.
>>
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>
> The concern was not about reheating the dish. It was about reheating it,
> transporting it approx, 20 minutes and then heating it again. This is a
> situation where the food would spend longer in the temperature range where
> bacteria thrives. I think there is some valid concern there. It really
> doesn't take much of that stuff to make a person really sick, and if you have
> ever hd a good case of food poisoning it's an experience that you don't ever
> want to repeat.

People bring casseroles and dishes to potlucks all
the time. Transporting them directly from oven to
car to event. Perhaps additional heating on
arrival. A 20 min drive isn't terribly excessive
where I'd start to worry?
Goomba