i verge on ocd where this is concerned, since i can't see and dh can't smell
we cross check each other all the time, once you have had food posioning and
a food sanatatin course you tend to be very dilligent, Lee
"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>>
>>
>> "RodS" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 15/09/2010 10:54 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now the bell is dinging for the eggs. Gotta go cool them. So what is
>>>> the
>>>> yuckiest thing in your fridge?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That would have to be that purple sprouting stuff I found right at the
>>> back the other day, I really have no idea what it used to be in its
>>> former life :-)
>>
>> Ok, my current "find" not necessarily yucky... My daughter keeps buying
>> stuff for her babies and just shoving the goods in the fridge willy nilly
>> Yesterday I found a small container of some kind of leftover takeaway
>> Chinese food... We haven't had Chinese for a good few weeks. I did find
>> an over-soft tomato - that's about as disgusting as it got this time
>> around. No milk that had become yoghurt, no mouldy cheese, no
>> unrecognisable veggies, pretty good I reckon
>
> Since growing up with seven kids, the fridge at our house always had
> something that was moldy, or hard as a rock that someone had stashed in it
> somewhere. After I got married and moved away, I can't remember having
> anything in my fridge that wasn't edible. I'm pretty much of a fanatic
> about that. LOL
>
> Cheri
>
>
>

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>i verge on ocd where this is concerned, since i can't see and dh can't
>smell we cross check each other all the time, once you have had food
>posioning and a food sanatatin course you tend to be very dilligent, Lee

That's very true. My mom thinks I go overboard in terms of getting rid of
things that might be old. She thinks pull dates mean nothing. I've found
stuff in her fridge that is ancient. Thankfully she doesn't cook very
often. At least not for us.

I have one SIL who scares me. She had this huge tub of sour cream that was
way more than a year expired. She said, "What could go wrong with it? It's
already sour!" Her son helped with our move to Cape Cod and somehow after
we went to the grocery store, we left the carton of milk in the trunk of the
car overnight in the summer heat. He told me (got this from his mom) that I
should smell it and if it still smelled fine, we could use it. He couldn't
understand why I threw it out and bought another one.

Another time I pitched a fit at one of my in-law's houses. They had a party
that involved a catered lunch. The food was kept warm over those little
candle type thingies. But there was also cold food like salad, fruit and
deviled eggs that was not actually kept cold. This was on a very hot summer
day.

Dinner time rolled around and we were told to eat more of the food that had
been catered. I strongly believe that food should be tossed if left out for
over two hours. They don't. They don't think it matters and I have seen
some of them eat things that have sat out at room temp. all night. My
husband has eaten pizza that he ordered in a motel room and left out
unrefrigerated all night. The thought of it makes my skin crawl.

Anyway... I pitched a fit and demanded that we go out to eat. We had my
niece with us and Angela was probably about 4 or 5 years old. I wasn't
going to eat that stuff nor would I let them eat it.

That day is forever a black mark against me as far as the family is
concerned. They couldn't seem to understand why the food was not good
enough for me! Had they refrigerated the leftovers, then brought them back
out at dinner time and offered the use of the microwave, I would have had no
problem. But that isn't what happened.

this is very situational for me, but i feel you must follow your instincts
on it, the cold things might have been ok if stored over a bed of ice and
covered, depending on the hot things having been covered and the heat of the
day maybe maybe not, but i have had food posioning that made me want to die,
and i don't intend to invite that ever again, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>>i verge on ocd where this is concerned, since i can't see and dh can't
>>smell we cross check each other all the time, once you have had food
>>posioning and a food sanatatin course you tend to be very dilligent, Lee
>
> That's very true. My mom thinks I go overboard in terms of getting rid of
> things that might be old. She thinks pull dates mean nothing. I've found
> stuff in her fridge that is ancient. Thankfully she doesn't cook very
> often. At least not for us.
>
> I have one SIL who scares me. She had this huge tub of sour cream that
> was way more than a year expired. She said, "What could go wrong with it?
> It's already sour!" Her son helped with our move to Cape Cod and somehow
> after we went to the grocery store, we left the carton of milk in the
> trunk of the car overnight in the summer heat. He told me (got this from
> his mom) that I should smell it and if it still smelled fine, we could use
> it. He couldn't understand why I threw it out and bought another one.
>
> Another time I pitched a fit at one of my in-law's houses. They had a
> party that involved a catered lunch. The food was kept warm over those
> little candle type thingies. But there was also cold food like salad,
> fruit and deviled eggs that was not actually kept cold. This was on a
> very hot summer day.
>
> Dinner time rolled around and we were told to eat more of the food that
> had been catered. I strongly believe that food should be tossed if left
> out for over two hours. They don't. They don't think it matters and I
> have seen some of them eat things that have sat out at room temp. all
> night. My husband has eaten pizza that he ordered in a motel room and
> left out unrefrigerated all night. The thought of it makes my skin crawl.
>
> Anyway... I pitched a fit and demanded that we go out to eat. We had my
> niece with us and Angela was probably about 4 or 5 years old. I wasn't
> going to eat that stuff nor would I let them eat it.
>
> That day is forever a black mark against me as far as the family is
> concerned. They couldn't seem to understand why the food was not good
> enough for me! Had they refrigerated the leftovers, then brought them
> back out at dinner time and offered the use of the microwave, I would have
> had no problem. But that isn't what happened.
>

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> this is very situational for me, but i feel you must follow your instincts
> on it, the cold things might have been ok if stored over a bed of ice and
> covered, depending on the hot things having been covered and the heat of
> the day maybe maybe not, but i have had food posioning that made me want
> to die, and i don't intend to invite that ever again, Lee

I had food poisoning as a teen. My parents got sick as well. My brother
did not. We all dined out and all had a salad but my brother. So we figured
it was from the salad.

On 9/25/2010 1:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> this is very situational for me, but i feel you must follow your instincts
>> on it, the cold things might have been ok if stored over a bed of ice and
>> covered, depending on the hot things having been covered and the heat of
>> the day maybe maybe not, but i have had food posioning that made me want
>> to die, and i don't intend to invite that ever again, Lee
>
> I had food poisoning as a teen. My parents got sick as well. My brother
> did not. We all dined out and all had a salad but my brother. So we figured
> it was from the salad.
>
>
the WORST case of food poisoning i ever had came from an 'upscale' (read
top rated restaurant at the time)......... the cherry tomatoes were NOT
washed by the prep staff!

no further comment
k
(yes, the health inspector was called in over this as 85 of us at the
banquet arrived in ER in 72 hours)

"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/25/2010 1:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> this is very situational for me, but i feel you must follow your
>>> instincts
>>> on it, the cold things might have been ok if stored over a bed of ice
>>> and
>>> covered, depending on the hot things having been covered and the heat of
>>> the day maybe maybe not, but i have had food posioning that made me want
>>> to die, and i don't intend to invite that ever again, Lee
>>
>> I had food poisoning as a teen. My parents got sick as well. My brother
>> did not. We all dined out and all had a salad but my brother. So we
>> figured
>> it was from the salad.
>>
>>
> the WORST case of food poisoning i ever had came from an 'upscale' (read
> top rated restaurant at the time)......... the cherry tomatoes were NOT
> washed by the prep staff!
>
> no further comment
> k
> (yes, the health inspector was called in over this as 85 of us at the
> banquet arrived in ER in 72 hours)

Wow! My dad once got a call after eating at a restaurant here. I think the
threat was e-coli. How they knew that he ate there, I'm not sure. But it
was a big party from work. He didn't actually get sick but a lot did.

I ate at that restaurant once and saw what appeared to be something floating
in my soda. Turns out it was shredded cheese, frozen into an ice cube.

That place is not there any more.