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Default Oops, I left a pot of tomato sauce out all night

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:38:01 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>> In article .com>,
>> "levelwave" > wrote:
>>
>> > I cooked up a big pot of tomato sauce last night for my dinner
>> > tonight... well, I woke up this morning and realized I had left it on
>> > the stove all night (covered - off the heat). It stayed out about 8
>> > hours and the pot was room temp by the time I woke up this morning...
>> > I placed the pot back in the fridge before heading off to work. If I
>> > boil it when I get home will it still be ok to eat?

>>
>> Probably.

>
>And that probability would be . . . 1 in 1000? 1 in 100,000?
>
>Aye, there's the rub.


christ, do you want to live forever? what do you wear when you leave
the house? there are meteorites everywhere.

your pal,
blake