Janet Puistonen wrote:
>
> > Have done this myself (more than once) and we are all still alive and
> > kicking
>
> I agree. The food safety police have everyone crazed these days. Bring it to
> a good long simmer and don't worry about it. And I wouldn't worry about
> meat, either, unless the meat was not fully cooked in the sauce, which
> sounds unlikely.
>
> If you were a restaurant, it would be a different story, but you're not.

My wife has a cast iron stomach. She will eat things that have been left
out or left in the fridge past the point where I think they were still
safe. I had one good dose of food poisoning and I don't ever want a repeat
of that experience.