"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> So why is it recommended you not thaw something like this at room
>> temp? Are they referring to smaller pieces of meat that may have
>> parts that get above 40F? I do this all the time. I will of course
>> check them around 4:00am just to be sure they're not thawing too
>> fast.
>
>
> I don't know who "they" are. I thaw stuff at room temperature all the
> time. My mother did, too. None of us got sick from it. We learned to do
> this before the food police became popular.
>
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south-Texas



Whilst I don't make a habit of it, I have sometimes accidentally left
something frozen out overnight, or intended to cook it earlier next day....I
have never had problems with that either.... Janet....

Bigbazza (Barry) Oz