I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>

Most likely, it won't hurt her, but you're really teaching her bad
housecleaning habits.

A bowl of *ANYTHING* sitting out on the counter for 12 hours is slovenly.
You have no business raising kids. I hope you never have any more, for
their sake.

Shelly
'-)

"Alden Bugley" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Linda" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>>would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>>
>
> Most likely, it won't hurt her, but you're really teaching her bad
> housecleaning habits.
>
> A bowl of *ANYTHING* sitting out on the counter for 12 hours is slovenly.
> You have no business raising kids. I hope you never have any more, for
> their sake.
>
> Shelly
> '-)
Wow - not sure if you're being serious or not - (is that a wink at the
end??) but I found it amusing anyway. Thanks for the counselling and
parental advice.

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Alden Bugley" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Linda" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>>>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>>>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day.
>>>I would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>>>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>>>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>>>
>>
>> Most likely, it won't hurt her, but you're really teaching her bad
>> housecleaning habits.
>>
>> A bowl of *ANYTHING* sitting out on the counter for 12 hours is slovenly.
>> You have no business raising kids. I hope you never have any more, for
>> their sake.
>>
>> Shelly
>> '-)
> Wow - not sure if you're being serious or not - (is that a wink at the
> end??) but I found it amusing anyway. Thanks for the counselling and
> parental advice.


Try leaving a tuna sandwich with mayo on the table all day long and see how
she fares with that.

So rude!

On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 4:07:40 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> So rude!
>
>
It's an EIGHT YEAR OLD THREAD, dumb-ass.

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:26:45 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 4:07:40 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>
>> So rude!
>>
>>
>It's an EIGHT YEAR OLD THREAD, dumb-ass.

Just another clueless google groups poster.
I'm seeing this more and more frequently on newsgroups in the past 12
months for some reason.

" wrote:
wrote:
>>
>>> So rude!
>>>
>>It's an EIGHT YEAR OLD THREAD, dumb-ass.

But it's only nine days old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEcIGcxwt8

In article >, "Linda" > wrote:
>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?

Depends on the ambient temperature. :-)

I may have mentioned this before, but why not again... ;-)

A Scottish mate of mine often talks of his boyhood in Scotland decades
ago. One of his tales concerns Scottish porridge. It seems there is
a tradition there (in some parts at least) where you make a big batch
of the brew and pour it into a drawer in the sideboard where it
solidifies and can then be eaten over following days by simply slicing
a piece off the congealed mass as the mood takes you. (I must ask him
if they bother to reheat it.)

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

"Phred" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, "Linda" > wrote:
>>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>>would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>
> Depends on the ambient temperature. :-)
>
> I may have mentioned this before, but why not again... ;-)
>
> A Scottish mate of mine often talks of his boyhood in Scotland decades
> ago. One of his tales concerns Scottish porridge. It seems there is
> a tradition there (in some parts at least) where you make a big batch
> of the brew and pour it into a drawer in the sideboard where it
> solidifies and can then be eaten over following days by simply slicing
> a piece off the congealed mass as the mood takes you. (I must ask him
> if they bother to reheat it.)
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
> --
> LID
>
My Great Grandfather talked of the same tradition, in Central Missouri -
they would make a mess of grits, and pour it into a drawer where it would
solidify. The following day, his mum would slice it up and fry it. That,
with a spoonful of "coal oil" - whatever the hell that is - would fill their
bellies.

HH

Oh pshaw, on Sun 16 Dec 2007 08:29:47a, hamburger helper meant to say...

>
> "Phred" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >, "Linda" >
>> wrote:
>>>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water
>>>and oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later
>>>she just went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table
>>>all day. I would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little
>>>rubbery as there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I
>>>can't seem to find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if
>>>porridge goes off?
>>
>> Depends on the ambient temperature. :-)
>>
>> I may have mentioned this before, but why not again... ;-)
>>
>> A Scottish mate of mine often talks of his boyhood in Scotland decades
>> ago. One of his tales concerns Scottish porridge. It seems there is
>> a tradition there (in some parts at least) where you make a big batch
>> of the brew and pour it into a drawer in the sideboard where it
>> solidifies and can then be eaten over following days by simply slicing
>> a piece off the congealed mass as the mood takes you. (I must ask him
>> if they bother to reheat it.)
>>
>> Cheers, Phred.
>>
>> --
>> LID
>>
> My Great Grandfather talked of the same tradition, in Central Missouri -
> they would make a mess of grits, and pour it into a drawer where it
> would solidify. The following day, his mum would slice it up and fry
> it. That, with a spoonful of "coal oil" - whatever the hell that is -
> would fill their bellies.
>
> HH
>
>

"coal oil" is kerosene by many deifinitions. I can't imagine consuming it.

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Date: Dec 13,2007

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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:45:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Sun 16 Dec 2007 08:29:47a, hamburger helper meant to say...
>
>> My Great Grandfather talked of the same tradition, in Central Missouri -
>> they would make a mess of grits, and pour it into a drawer where it
>> would solidify. The following day, his mum would slice it up and fry
>> it. That, with a spoonful of "coal oil" - whatever the hell that is -
>> would fill their bellies.
>>
>> HH
>>
>>
>
>"coal oil" is kerosene by many deifinitions. I can't imagine consuming it.

According to Wiki, it's not. If he came from a family of miners, I'm
not surprised by use of that the terminology. "Grits" is also a
mining term, so "coal oil" probably describes something that resembles
real coal oil... like maple syrup.

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Oh pshaw, on Sun 16 Dec 2007 09:54:10a, meant to say...

> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:45:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Sun 16 Dec 2007 08:29:47a, hamburger helper meant to say...
>>
>>> My Great Grandfather talked of the same tradition, in Central Missouri
-
>>> they would make a mess of grits, and pour it into a drawer where it
>>> would solidify. The following day, his mum would slice it up and fry
>>> it. That, with a spoonful of "coal oil" - whatever the hell that is -
>>> would fill their bellies.
>>>
>>> HH
>>>
>>>
>>
>>"coal oil" is kerosene by many deifinitions. I can't imagine consuming
it.
>
> According to Wiki, it's not. If he came from a family of miners, I'm
> not surprised by use of that the terminology. "Grits" is also a
> mining term, so "coal oil" probably describes something that resembles
> real coal oil... like maple syrup.
>

I guess it's geographic. In the South, grits would be corn or hominy
grits, cooked into a cereal which would solidify when cold. Coal oil, as
in coal oil lamps, would definitely be kerosene, not an edible syrup.

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Date: Dec 13,2007

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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:38:08 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

> Black treacle looks even more like coal , or oil :-)

I bet it does! We have molasses, which is also a sugar by product and
I think they are two words for the same thing... so it doesn't make
sense in this context.

We also have dark corn syrup
http://www.english-shop.de/images/Ka...CornSyrup1.jpg

Grade B maple syrup makes more sense for this usage
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/...9537460665.jpg

Just MO - because the OP hasn't chimed in to give us another clue.

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"Linda" > wrote in message
...
>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?

Cooked food needs to be put in the refrigerator if it has been at room temp.
for 2 hours. I would be worried too. Why was it allowed to sit out all day
like that?

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
news:wCg9j.1706$1R1.1673@trndny02...
>
> "Linda" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>>oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>>went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>>would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>>there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>>find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>
> Cooked food needs to be put in the refrigerator if it has been at room
> temp. for 2 hours. I would be worried too. Why was it allowed to sit out
> all day like that?
We have a special bench where she is allowed to put snacks etc to help
herself to all day, such as fruit, sultantas, rice cakes and so on. If she
is hungry and there is nothing there she'll come and bring me a bowl from
"her cupboard" and ask for something, which consequently gets put aside for
later - which is fine. Obviously lunch and dinner she eats at the table
with us, so it would never happen then, but breakfast is a more casual
affair for us with everyone eating at different times, so she obviously
grabbed a handful from her morning porridge bowl and wanted to put it aside
for later.
I go through and clean out all the snacks every evening after she has gone
to bed, but don't fuss too much throughout the day as it's "normally" stuff
which is quite fine to be left around.
As I said to another reply, we were quite surprised to see her with the
porridge, but I wasn't too fussed as there was nothing but water in it,
although I certainly wouldn't want her to make a habit of it.

"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
...

> "nothing but water in it" would make no difference to the rapid growth
> of bacteria in warm conditions.


That only matters to people who finished high school. Linda obviously
didn't.

Heh. :-)

>
>> We have a special bench where she is allowed to put snacks etc to help
>> herself to all day, such as fruit, sultantas, rice cakes and so on.
>
> Not wanting to offend, personally I would not encourage the habit of
> all-day grazing. It's an eating pattern which could lead to obesity in
> later life.

No offense taken - there are so many various schools of thought and methods
around. I've read many books, and chatted with many people, and I don't
know that there is any one right way to do things, but the advice I am
following is that toddlers burn off energy very quickly and need lots of
healthy snacks at easy access for them to get whenever they want.
Apparantley if their blood sugars get too low that can be a cause of bad
behaviour.


>
>> As I said to another reply, we were quite surprised to see her with the
>> porridge, but I wasn't too fussed as there was nothing but water in it,
>> although I certainly wouldn't want her to make a habit of it.
>
> "nothing but water in it" would make no difference to the rapid growth
> of bacteria in warm conditions.
>

Hmm well thats another matter - thanks for your thoughts.

"Linda" > wrote in message
...
> >
>>> We have a special bench where she is allowed to put snacks etc to help
>>> herself to all day, such as fruit, sultantas, rice cakes and so on.
>>
>> Not wanting to offend, personally I would not encourage the habit of
>> all-day grazing. It's an eating pattern which could lead to obesity in
>> later life.
>
> No offense taken - there are so many various schools of thought and
> methods around. I've read many books, and chatted with many people, and I
> don't know that there is any one right way to do things, but the advice I
> am following is that toddlers burn off energy very quickly and need lots
> of healthy snacks at easy access for them to get whenever they want.
> Apparantley if their blood sugars get too low that can be a cause of bad
> behaviour.



That may all be true, but it doesn't mean you can make a practice of leaving
food laying around all day for your kid. You want to debate this, though, so
maybe you need to prove it with an experiment. Cook some fish for your kid
in the morning, and leave it out of the refrigerator all day, or even
better, in a sunny spot. Cold cuts would be another item to try. Let us know
how that goes.

Janet Baraclough wrote:
>
> � �Are you aware of any historical/cultural precedents of human infants
> being able to forage their own food all day long, like baby deer?

Um, trick question, eh?

I know this one... baby deer don't forage... baby deer (fawns) suckle
just like human infants and other mammals. Actually relative to life
span baby deer nurse about twice as long as human babies. Baby deer
are incapable of foraging, that's why many of those born late in the
season don't make it through winters.

SHELDON

"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
...

> "Bad behaviour" in toddlers is an essential part of their normal
> healthy psychological development, not some ghastly deviant trait that
> has to be eliminated.
>
> Constantly boosting blood sugar with day=long snacking, affecting the
> body's insulin production, might be a whole lot more damaging than
> having a temper tantrum when she's tired and crabby.

Day long snacking IS the method most pediatricians recommend. Little bodies
just can not process enough food at a meal to keep them going. However,
blood sugar is not necessarily boosted with a snack. Once can eat meat,
cheese, nuts, eggs, or low carb vegetables between meals. And really one
need not be concerned with blood sugar if one isn't diabetic. Or if
diabetes does not run in the family.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
news:MjE9j.5237$qv1.4513@trndny01...
>
> "Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> "Bad behaviour" in toddlers is an essential part of their normal
>> healthy psychological development, not some ghastly deviant trait that
>> has to be eliminated.
>>
>> Constantly boosting blood sugar with day=long snacking, affecting the
>> body's insulin production, might be a whole lot more damaging than
>> having a temper tantrum when she's tired and crabby.
>
> Day long snacking IS the method most pediatricians recommend. Little
> bodies just can not process enough food at a meal to keep them going.
> However, blood sugar is not necessarily boosted with a snack. Once can
> eat meat, cheese, nuts, eggs, or low carb vegetables between meals. And
> really one need not be concerned with blood sugar if one isn't diabetic.
> Or if diabetes does not run in the family.
>


Let's not get distracted and give Linda, a food safety amateur, any ideas
about leaving food laying around at room temperature for her kid.

OK? That's the issue here. Food safety. There is no other issue. Linda grew
up in a cave. She's devoid of information and she's trying to kill her
child.

"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
...
> The message >
> from "Linda" > contains these words:
>
>> We have a special bench where she is allowed to put snacks etc to help
>> herself to all day, such as fruit, sultantas, rice cakes and so on.
>
> Not wanting to offend, personally I would not encourage the habit of
> all-day grazing. It's an eating pattern which could lead to obesity in
> later life.
>
>> As I said to another reply, we were quite surprised to see her with the
>> porridge, but I wasn't too fussed as there was nothing but water in it,
>> although I certainly wouldn't want her to make a habit of it.
>
> "nothing but water in it" would make no difference to the rapid growth
> of bacteria in warm conditions.

That's true.

On Dec 16, 3:15 am, "Linda" > wrote:
> I makeporridgefor my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
> oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
> went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
> would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
> there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
> find anything helpful online about it - anyone know ifporridgegoes off?

Linda,

You probably don't want to make it standard practice, but I wouldn't
worry about it. When I make steel cut oats, I make a big pot with
milk at night, and let it sit out to cool. It's a big pot, so cooling
takes a while. So the oats might sit out for three hours, and then it
goes in the fridge. That's breakfast for the next several days. I
haven't died yet. If cooling with milk for a few hours, and then in
the fridge for a couple of days doesn't kill me, water and oats
sitting out probably won't do any harm.

I know I'll probably get flamed, and it definitely won't pass muster
with the health department at a restaurant, but it seems to work. I
guess it's like the Peking ducks that contradict all health standards,
but there's still plenty of Chinese on this planet. Obviously what's
true for oats isn't true for mayo.

Ken

On Dec 17, 12:33�pm, Ken > wrote:
> On Dec 16, 3:15 am, "Linda" > wrote:
>
> > I makeporridgefor my toddler every morning �- (just straight water and
> > oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
> > went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. �I
> > would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
> > there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. �I can't seem to
> > find anything helpful online about it - anyone know ifporridgegoes off?
>
> Linda,
>
> You probably don't want to make it standard practice, but I wouldn't
> worry about it. �When I make steel cut oats, I make a big pot with
> milk at night, and let it sit out to cool. �It's a big pot, so cooling
> takes a while. �So the oats might sit out for three hours, and then it
> goes in the fridge. �That's breakfast for the next several days. �I
> haven't died yet. �If cooling with milk for a few hours, and then in
> the fridge for a couple of days doesn't kill me, water and oats
> sitting out probably won't do any harm.
>
> I know I'll probably get flamed, and it definitely won't pass muster
> with the health department at a restaurant, but it seems to work. �I
> guess it's like the Peking ducks that contradict all health standards,
> but there's still plenty of Chinese on this planet. �Obviously what's
> true for oats isn't true for mayo.
>
> Ken

I do pretty much the same with steel cut oats, I make enough for a
week. The slow cooker is perfect for this, it cooks all night so it's
pretty much sterile... might sit out four hours to cool, then it goes
in fridge... I make mine without milk, I use water, but I add about a
1/2 a stick of butter (prevents sticking). I've never had a problem
with it spoiling.

On Dec 17, 11:15Â*am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Dec 17, 12:33�pm, Ken > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Dec 16, 3:15 am, "Linda" > wrote:
>
> > > I makeporridgefor my toddler every morning �- (just straight water and
> > > oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
> > > went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day.. �I
> > > would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
> > > there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. �I can't seem to
> > > find anything helpful online about it - anyone know ifporridgegoes off?
>
> > Linda,
>
> > You probably don't want to make it standard practice, but I wouldn't
> > worry about it. �When I make steel cut oats, I make a big pot with
> > milk at night, and let it sit out to cool. �It's a big pot, so cooling
> > takes a while. �So the oats might sit out for three hours, and then it
> > goes in the fridge. �That's breakfast for the next several days. �I
> > haven't died yet. �If cooling with milk for a few hours, and then in
> > the fridge for a couple of days doesn't kill me, water and oats
> > sitting out probably won't do any harm.
>
> > I know I'll probably get flamed, and it definitely won't pass muster
> > with the health department at a restaurant, but it seems to work. �I
> > guess it's like the Peking ducks that contradict all health standards,
> > but there's still plenty of Chinese on this planet. �Obviously what's
> > true for oats isn't true for mayo.
>
> > Ken
>
> I do pretty much the same with steel cut oats, I make enough for a
> week. Â*The slow cooker is perfect for this, it cooks all night so it's
> pretty much sterile... might sit out four hours to cool, then it goes
> in fridge... I make mine without milk, I use water, but I add about a
> 1/2 a stick of butter (prevents sticking). Â*I've never had a problem
> with it spoiling.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sheldon,

Damn, I must be doing something wrong. The last bunch o' times I've
posted, you've agreed with me. If I can't get flamed by Sheldon, who
can I get flamed by? Is the sun not going to rise in the east
tomorrow?

Happy Holidays,

Ken

"Ken" > wrote in message
...
On Dec 17, 11:15 am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Dec 17, 12:33?pm, Ken > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Dec 16, 3:15 am, "Linda" > wrote:
>
> > > I makeporridgefor my toddler every morning ?- (just straight water and
> > > oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she
> > > just
> > > went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all
> > > day. ?I
> > > would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
> > > there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. ?I can't seem
> > > to
> > > find anything helpful online about it - anyone know ifporridgegoes
> > > off?
>
> > Linda,
>
> > You probably don't want to make it standard practice, but I wouldn't
> > worry about it. ?When I make steel cut oats, I make a big pot with
> > milk at night, and let it sit out to cool. ?It's a big pot, so cooling
> > takes a while. ?So the oats might sit out for three hours, and then it
> > goes in the fridge. ?That's breakfast for the next several days. ?I
> > haven't died yet. ?If cooling with milk for a few hours, and then in
> > the fridge for a couple of days doesn't kill me, water and oats
> > sitting out probably won't do any harm.
>
> > I know I'll probably get flamed, and it definitely won't pass muster
> > with the health department at a restaurant, but it seems to work. ?I
> > guess it's like the Peking ducks that contradict all health standards,
> > but there's still plenty of Chinese on this planet. ?Obviously what's
> > true for oats isn't true for mayo.
>
> > Ken
>
> I do pretty much the same with steel cut oats, I make enough for a
> week. The slow cooker is perfect for this, it cooks all night so it's
> pretty much sterile... might sit out four hours to cool, then it goes
> in fridge... I make mine without milk, I use water, but I add about a
> 1/2 a stick of butter (prevents sticking). I've never had a problem
> with it spoiling.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sheldon,

Damn, I must be doing something wrong. The last bunch o' times I've
posted, you've agreed with me. If I can't get flamed by Sheldon, who
can I get flamed by? Is the sun not going to rise in the east
tomorrow?

Happy Holidays,

Ken

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Wait until later in the day when his thorazine wears off and the nurses
haven't gotten to him yet.

Fried cornmeal mush is a very good thing.

On 4/2/2015 8:51 PM, wrote:
> Fried cornmeal mush is a very good thing.
>

As is fried congealed oatmeal.

On Sunday, 16 December 2007 22:15:58 UTC+11, Linda wrote:
> I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
> oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
> went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
> would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
> there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
> find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?

i was wondering how long it would take for milk porridge to be not safe to eat anymore?

On 2018-06-05 8:40 PM, wrote:
> On Sunday, 16 December 2007 22:15:58 UTC+11, Linda wrote:
>> I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>> oats - quite bland but she likes it that way) and 12 hours later she just
>> went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day. I
>> would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>> there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>> find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>
> i was wondering how long it would take for milk porridge to be not safe to eat anymore?
>
11.5 years!

"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
...
> The message >
> from "Linda" > contains these words:
>
>> I make porridge for my toddler every morning - (just straight water and
>> oats - quite bland but she likes it that way)
>
> Good for you.My kids grew up on porridge too.

>
>
> and 12 hours later she just
>> went and had some more of it after it sitting out on the table all day.
>> I
>> would imagine it would still be fine healthwise if a little rubbery as
>> there's no milk or anything in it, but DH is concerned. I can't seem to
>> find anything helpful online about it - anyone know if porridge goes off?
>
> Traditionally, in ye olde days Scotland, a big potful was made
> overnight or early morning, served up for breakfast and the leftovers
> eaten that night... by which time it had solidified enough so it could
> be cut in slices. But houses were cold back then, and the pot would have
> had a lid.
>
> In a centrally heated house, I wouldn't leave warm, half eaten food
> out on the table all day, slowly cooling and uncovered. Those are ideal
> conditions for rapid bacterial growth (especially, if she has already
> been dabbling fingers in the dish as toddlers sometimes do). Better to
> cover it and keep it somewhere cool .
>
> Janet. (Scotland)

Thanks Janet - yeah it's not a habit I would want to encourage but she
obviously grabbed a chunk of it this morning and put it in a bowl on the
bench where she's allowed to put her snacks so they are accessible to her
all day in case she's hungry and we were most surprised to see her with it
tonight!
At any rate, it's got to be a lot better than other stuff she's put in her
mouth at various other times.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:37 +1000, "Linda" > wrote:


>At any rate, it's got to be a lot better than other stuff she's put in her
>mouth at various other times.

And you know what will be in her mouth in about 15 years.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:37 +1000, "Linda" > wrote:
>
>
>> At any rate, it's got to be a lot better than other stuff she's put in her
>> mouth at various other times.
>
> And you know what will be in her mouth in about 15 years.
>
> Lou
>
?????????

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:10:52 -0500, flitterbit >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:37 +1000, "Linda" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> At any rate, it's got to be a lot better than other stuff she's put in her
>>> mouth at various other times.
>>
>> And you know what will be in her mouth in about 15 years.
>>
>> Lou
>>
>?????????

You'll have to fill in the blank yourself.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:10:52 -0500, flitterbit >
> wrote:
>
> >Lou Decruss wrote:
> >> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:37 +1000, "Linda" > wrote:
>
> >>> At any rate, it's got to be a lot better than other stuff she's put in her
> >>> mouth at various other times.
>
> >> And you know what will be in her mouth in about 15 years.
>
> >> Lou
>
> >?????????
>
> You'll have to fill in the blank yourself.



They prolly think that the term "fellatio" is a pasta shape...


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Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:33:37 +1000, "Linda" > wrote:
> >At any rate, it's got to be a lot better than other stuff she's put in her
> >mouth at various other times.
>
> And you know what will be in her mouth in about 15 years.
>


ROFLMAO...


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