https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:53:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me/page/2#post-1310490 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:59:57 +0000 daniellemybelle 1310490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, no. Though my in laws leave their Thanksgiving turkey out for hours &amp; hours... I guess when LO is older we'll have to remember to put her leftovers in the fridge! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me/page/2#post-1310471 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:55:32 +0000 PawPrints 1310471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I'm the opposite of a germaphobe - I will typically eat things way longer than most people I know - but I would throw that chicken out after 2 hours. Four hours no way. Twelve hours, gaahhh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310460 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:50:22 +0000 BananaPancakes 1310460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What?! This just made my jaw drop. I wouldn't touch meat after 2 hours sitting out. Ewww, no! People do this?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310447 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:46:07 +0000 Corduroy 1310447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in food safety (which I think actually makes me more willing to take risks) and I wouldn't do it. Definitely don't do it pregnant. Poultry is contaminated with lots of bacteria - that's just a given, look at the recent Foster Farms stuff - it's hard to kill everything in a roasted bird and a leaving it out overnight provides a terrific breeding ground for growth of any little thing that didn't die in cooking. Sorry for the waste but it's not worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310359 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:18:47 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1310359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she's nuking it for reals, then I'd eat it, but I wouldn't touch it if I was pregnant nor will I give it to LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310263 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:55:15 +0000 Grace 1310263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ewwwww! This is one of the reasons people get food posioning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310250 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:50:29 +0000 ALV91711 1310250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely wouldn't eat it. As soon as it cooled to room temp it would be covered and in the fridge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310247 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:49:42 +0000 Ree723 1310247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: Right there with you!!</p> <p>I get worried when food is at room temp for more than the time it takes to eat a meal, no way in the world would I eat something left out overnight (referring to meat/dairy products of course)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310244 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:48:27 +0000 Purpledaisy 1310244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't even consider eating that! I would say 4 hours TOPS. More like 2 hours though. Definitely not all night ewwww </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1310233 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:44:21 +0000 regberadaisy 1310233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: haha maybe this is why I have a steel stomach and never get a stomach bug etc?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309998 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:03:10 +0000 Running Elley 1309998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ewwwww. I definitely wouldn't eat it. A couple of hours max for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309992 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:00:50 +0000 Ash 1309992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309986 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:59:09 +0000 Cherrybee 1309986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ack! That's horrific! Chicken?? Left out overnight?? No way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309985 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:58:50 +0000 Greentea 1309985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: DH works in food safety and he just said 4 hours is the limit. I was so disturbed I had to tell him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309980 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:56:47 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 1309980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't even let it sit out for four hours LOL an hour tops for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309977 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:55:44 +0000 doodlepoodle 1309977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahhhh!!!! Nooooo!!! I didn't vote bc 4hrs is longer than I'd let it go! :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309962 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:47:01 +0000 Mae 1309962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't even eat it after 4 hours. Chicken goes in the fridge after an hour, maybe 2 max. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309951 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:41:16 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1309951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: me too, my parents didn't care. Now I wrap things up within 3-4 hours at most. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309941 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:37:45 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1309941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I throw it out after 2. That's the max limit recommended by the FDA.</p> <p>But my mom always leaves food out overnight! And I've never gotten sick.... but I'd never leave out food longer than 2 hours for the kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309930 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:32:43 +0000 Dandelion 1309930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a germaphobe but I wouldn't eat that...especially while pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309908 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:26:58 +0000 brownie 1309908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom was a food health inspector. 2 hours max for any food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309898 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:24:31 +0000 mrswin 1309898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG please throw it away! </p> <p>You should never eat anything (even if it is cooked) that has been at room temperature for more than 4 hours. Both my SO and I have jobs which require us to have food safety certifications. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309880 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:16:48 +0000 LovelyPlum 1309880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I probably would eat it, but I grew up that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309862 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:10:33 +0000 autumnlove 1309862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would eat it if I wasn't pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309846 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:04:29 +0000 Smurfette 1309846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't eat it. I don't trust anything out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309843 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:03:26 +0000 HabesBabe 1309843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: Ditto, my mom left (and continues to leave) food overnight all the time. I'd eat it, but probably wouldn't give it to LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309822 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:55:47 +0000 luckypenny 1309822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's what I thought!!! I'm pregnant so there's no way I'm eating it and she has specific instructions not to give any to DD! GROSS </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309811 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:50:52 +0000 MapleMoose 1309811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ew! Prime habitat for bacteria to thrive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309809 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:50:35 +0000 MsMamaBear 1309809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, that's too long. Only thing I eat that's sat out is baked goods that were covered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/solve-this-debate-for-me#post-1309807 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:49:54 +0000 HolisticMama 1309807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah- I don't like eating food that has been sitting out too long. ESPECIALLY poultry. EEEEK!</p> <p>The Food Standards Agency in the UK recommends no more then 4 hours. </p>