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I one time argued with literally hundreds of people on Reddit about basic food safety regarding food left out on the counter. I'm still floored by it. Numerous government agencies around the world agree about this, and yet...
Btw food safety was MORE critical before modern science because you could easily die from it back then. That was a common excuse people gave me in the previously mentioned subreddit, for eating food left out/bad - "our ancestors did it". No.
Dude, I grew up with nonstop food poisoning because my mom did this. My family always said it was a "stomach flu" when the whole family was puking and shitting every other week.
It was horrible and I think it did some damage to my digestive system long term. I didn't figure it out until I was in my 20's and stopped eating anything she cooked.
I'm weird about left overs now, even though my husband is very clean when he cooks and doesn't leave food out, or if he does it goes in the trash.
Don't leave your food out people. It will fuck you up one day.
This is why I am highly circumspect about any food that people offer me. Cause you never know what their understanding of food safety is.
Wow, that sounds so frocking horrible.. I grew up with a mom that involved me in the kitchen every chance she got, and I am really thankful for that, it taught me so much about food, cooking, baking. your story is basically the evil twin of mine! 'Being weird' about leftovers now seems like the minimal damage you could have taken, I would have a very hard time of trusting other folks' food after growing up like that. Wow.
Food safety is so important! After taking the food manager safety test I hate eating at some peoples houses. It scares me. My step brothers use to leave meat to thaw on the countertop overnight. Miserable.
Our ancestors took storage measures right away, salting meat, putting root vegetables in the root cellar...