Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "dollarsandsense" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I made an omelette sandwich which consisted of toast, butter,
>> mustard, bacon and scrambled egg and kept it at room temperature for
>> about 20 minutes but I had another sandwich which I planned on
>> eating later in the day and somebody said it was too dangerous to
>> eat.
>>
> Stop listening to the fear mongers and eat it. Twenty minutes is not
> going to cause any problems.

Reminds me of a discussion with a former co-worker. She came from a family
of farmers. Her grandmother would start preparing lunch around 10:00 AM
(they ate breakfast at sunrise). Fried chicken, or a stew; biscuits,
cornbread, gravy, mashed potatoes, beans. She'd cover the table with a
cloth and just let the food sit there while she did other stuff. An hour or
so later the men would come in from the fields and eat lunch. None of them
ever died from it.

While this doesn't address the omelet question directly, biscuits and
cornbread are made with eggs. I've never had a fear of eating them after
they've sat on the counter for a day. 20 minutes is nothing. Just long
enough for the sandwich to cool, I'd say.

Jill