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Peter A

In article .com>,
says...
> 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?
>
> ~john
>
>

Perfectly fine. When you cooked it, any bacteria in it were killed.
Being covered all night, no nasties that may have been floating around
could have gotten in.

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Peter Aitken