I accidently left my fridge door open today 
the display temp was up to 15 degrees...should I throw the meat I have in there away or do you think it will be fine?..It's cooked Pork ,ham, chicken and salmon fillets...uncooked sausages and bacon...I'm really P'd off, and may well soon be hungry AND P'd off!!!
PS...the wine is fine..
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How long was the fridge door open for, lal?
Not sure...could have been 3 or 4 hours!!!.....
I wouldn't be throwing anything out.
Not sure...could have been 3 or 4 hours!!!.....
My in-house food safety experts say you should bin it.
The bacon might still be okay - they say "smell it, if it still smells fresh, it should be okay".
I wouldn't be throwing anything out.
Do you like to live dangerously?
How long was the door open?
If it wasn't too long you'll probably get away with it, as long as the stuff wasn't too elderly to start with. If it was several hours I'd be looking at using as much as possible today and tomorrow. Some (like the cooked stuff) might last a bit longer, but approach with caution, sometimes it might look ok, but taste a bit funny. Ultimately it depends on its age when the fridge was left open.
I would maybe throw the salmon (under duress), but not the rest. I'm really bad for leaving cooked stuff out at night and heating it up the next day. 
You are all living dangerously - or have lead-lined stomachs!
Seriously lal, the food should be binned.
Yogi I have taken your food safety experts advice it's all in the bin..
Fish finger salad for dinner.....and a trip to the shops tomorrow...
Too late, but I wouldn't bin any of it. 
I wouldn't have binned it either 
I'd have smelt it and if it smelt ok then I would just eat it over the next day or two.
I do have a stomach like a wheel barrow though, not much can make me sick 
I would sling out the fish and fowl. The others should be OK if they smell OK.
You are all living dangerously - or have lead-lined stomachs!
Seriously lal, the food should be binned.
How did people survive then before such things as fridges and freezers became the norm....and our nanny state pre-packed our food and gave us a date by which to use it?
They had cold cupboards in the pantry. Pre-cooked food lasted about 3 days and uncooked food was cooked and eaten today or tomorrow.
With the exception of winter, the temperature wasn't likely to be much less than 10 degrees.
The majority must have survived, cos we're all here talking to one another.
I would cook everything and eat.
My kids eat packed lunches that have been out longer than that and still manage to get home, every day.
Your biggest worry should be the leccy bill.
*wonders whether to retrieve food from bin*..
Blizz, hubby insisted on Peanut butter sandwiches for lunch tomorrow
*wonders whether to retrieve food from bin*..
Blizz, hubby insisted on Peanut butter sandwiches for lunch tomorrow
Wimp!
My kids eat packed lunches that have been out longer than that and still manage to get home, every day.
Your biggest worry should be the leccy bill.
Well that's a good point. Most people make up lunches around 7:30am and throw them into a schoolbag and they aren't taken out til around 12:30pm and they're fine to eat!
I'd eat it. But then again I'd eat you if you stood there long enough and I was hungry, so.....
* makes note to make sure theres always someone between me and Ells*
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
Yogi, I'd eat it myself....without doubt. I wouldn't feed it to my kids though so I suppose I know in my head that it's probably not the safest thing to do
Fluffs, you'll be ok as long as I've eaten recently
Edited to add...there must be *some* things that would be ok to still eat, as was mentioned about the kids lunches.....ham sandwiches in a bag for hours are still ok to eat so I think the smell test is a good way to go on cooked meat in particular.
I have absolutely no idea wot you should do
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
We are all different I suppose. I wouldn't eat fish full stop unless it was heavily fried in batter. Neither would I eat any fowl other than heavily marinated chicken.
However Mrs Jer becomes very annoyed when I eat raw pork mince in Germany or very rare beef here.
Yogi, I'd eat it myself....without doubt. I wouldn't feed it to my kids though so I suppose I know in my head that it's probably not the safest thing to do
Fluffs, you'll be ok as long as I've eaten recently
Edited to add...there must be *some* things that would be ok to still eat, as was mentioned about the kids lunches.....ham sandwiches in a bag for hours are still ok to eat so I think the smell test is a good way to go on cooked meat in particular.
You can get little cool boxes which could be used as packed lunch boxes for kids, Ells. I always worried about the sandwiches and yoghurts going off, particularly in the summer.
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
We are all different I suppose. I wouldn't eat fish full stop unless it was heavily fried in batter. Neither would I eat any fowl other than heavily marinated chicken.
However Mrs Jer becomes very annoyed when I eat raw pork mince in Germany or very rare beef here.
I used to eat raw mince, sausages and eggs when I was a kid
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
That's part of the sanitisation by the 'nanny state'
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
I'm with you Yogi. I'd chuck everything non long life and just sit back, order a pizza for my kids and have a glass of the wine that survived (Praise be!).
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
I'm with you Yogi. I'd chuck everything non long life and just sit back, order a pizza for my kids and have a glass of the wine that survived (Praise be!).
Sensible choice, Suzy.
Lal asked if the food was safe to eat - all the available food safety advice says that the food in lal's fridge, which had been left open for 3-4 hours, was no longer safe to eat.
I'm surprised that so many of you would have been prepared to eat it. *shrugs*
That's part of the sanitisation by the 'nanny state'
So how do you decide which safety advice to accept, and which to ignore?
"We used to do it and survived to tell the tale" doesn't cut it for me. 
You are all living dangerously - or have lead-lined stomachs!
Seriously lal, the food should be binned.
How did people survive then before such things as fridges and freezers became the norm....and our nanny state pre-packed our food and gave us a date by which to use it?
They had cold cupboards in the pantry. Pre-cooked food lasted about 3 days and uncooked food was cooked and eaten today or tomorrow.
With the exception of winter, the temperature wasn't likely to be much less than 10 degrees.
The majority must have survived, cos we're all here talking to one another.
Everything was salted to within an inch of it's dead life! And people went shopping everyday to those old fangled high street type places (or markets) and cooked from fresh. Everyone else got dysentery and died.
You are all living dangerously - or have lead-lined stomachs!
Seriously lal, the food should be binned.
How did people survive then before such things as fridges and freezers became the norm....and our nanny state pre-packed our food and gave us a date by which to use it?
They had cold cupboards in the pantry. Pre-cooked food lasted about 3 days and uncooked food was cooked and eaten today or tomorrow.
With the exception of winter, the temperature wasn't likely to be much less than 10 degrees.
The majority must have survived, cos we're all here talking to one another.
Everything was salted to within an inch of it's dead life! And people went shopping everyday to those old fangled high street type places (or markets) and cooked from fresh. Everyone else got dysentery and died.
Spot on.
you'll be reet..
youve probably eaten more dodgy food at a restaurant/cafe
Look, smell, cautious taste if need be AND A BIG DOLLOP OF COMMON SENSE! 
I wouldn't eat it . . . cos i'm a veggie
also
if the food starts taking over your house ie the remote control, the washing machine etc..
it probably has a life of its own..and i wouldnt eat it
Look, smell, cautious taste if need be AND A BIG DOLLOP OF COMMON SENSE!
Yeah, risk it for a biscuit (biscuits good, luke warm double cooked sausages BAD!)
You are all living dangerously - or have lead-lined stomachs!
Seriously lal, the food should be binned.
How did people survive then before such things as fridges and freezers became the norm....and our nanny state pre-packed our food and gave us a date by which to use it?
They had cold cupboards in the pantry. Pre-cooked food lasted about 3 days and uncooked food was cooked and eaten today or tomorrow.
With the exception of winter, the temperature wasn't likely to be much less than 10 degrees.
The majority must have survived, cos we're all here talking to one another.
Everything was salted to within an inch of it's dead life! And people went shopping everyday to those old fangled high street type places (or markets) and cooked from fresh. Everyone else got dysentery and died.
Spot on.
If it was salted that was to preserve it for the longer term.
