Food left outside of fridge

[cistanche_enjoyer]

According to google, most foods (e.g. cooked meals, milk, yogurt, juices, etc.) can be left outside of the fridge for maximum 2 hours. After which they say it becomes unsafe to eat.

Is this true? I find it hard to believe because then how the heck did people survive until a few decades ago when there was no fridge?

[Hojo]

They way over exaggerate. Science goes too far and too many people standing around so they come up with stupid truths.

Edited April 27 by Hojo

[Princess Arabia]

If that was the case, the whole world would be suffering from food poisoning everyday, it would be an epidemic and food trucks would be out of business; not to mention buffets.

[PsychedelicEagle]

Every day I take my food container full of cooked lentils, broccoli, cauliflower, and other veggies. I take it with me, leaving it off the fridge for about 6 hours until I eat it later in the day.

In my case I package these containers right after cooking, so they should be mostly void of microbes. The case would be different for the type of food. E.g., yogurt would probably be quite bad by then.

PS: If you are unsure whether something is rotten, your senses can give you a hint. Does it smell bad? Does it taste bad? Does it look bad? Nature has made us with most tools required to filter out non-nutritive or poisonous food.

Edited April 30 by PsychedelicEagle

[Yimpa]

I just got Purple Carrot delivered to me in very questionable condition. Ice packs were completely melted and the packaging felt kinda warm.

I'll eat it anyway... if you don't hear from me after a weak you'll know why!

This food is fuckin delicious.

Edited April 30 by Yimpa

[Yimpa]

AGENT (Jessica): Oh I see! I'm happy to hear that, Joy. Our general guidance with these meals would be to discard any that arrive warm to the touch at all. If they were still cool, then you should be all set! 😊   
 
With that, we're currently already transitioning over to our Summer packaging that will include additional gel packs and a thicker interior liner which will help keep things protected as we head into the warmer months here.

YIMPA: YAY!!!

AGENT (Jessica): That said, if you notice anything odd with the packaging such as bloating later on, do be sure to circle back and let us know. We're here to help and would definitely want to make sure this is documented for our Teams if needed.
AGENT (Jessica): Thanks for checking in with us here, Joy! 😊

YIMPA: I will feel bloated after this delicious meal

AGENT (Jessica): Haha I hope you enjoy! 😋
AGENT (Jessica): Anything else I could help with today at all?

YIMPA: That is all. I have just finished my meal as soon as we ended the chat, how cool!

AGENT (Jessica): Amazing! Serendipity 😁

[Norbert Somogyi]

People used to salt, smoke, dry, pickle or ferment to preserve their foods back in the day. They also created cool rooms mostly underground as preparations for potential periods of famine.

Back in the day the global population was 1-1,5 billion (latter if you count the first home-use fridge circa 1913), seasonal eating was most common. People ate what was available from the fields, mostly meat during winter. International food delivery was but a pipe dream in the heads of some dreamers/thinkers, lack of sufficient transportation infrastructure and technology, and/or lack of mobile cooling/freezing made it impossible at the time.

For some reason people back in the day could live to 80 and sometimes beyond (granted they don't catch a disease or die from some other weird cause), just like we do today. Makes you question if the lifestyles we are leading today are truly healthy or not.