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

On Feb 28, 5:04 pm, "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?


Should be fine - tomatoes have lots of acid. I hope it wasn't in a
reactive pan, though. ;-)

N.