I made a huge pot of Minestrone Soup yesterday

[dis2cruise]

told dh please put it into the fridge but he forgot it has been sitting out since
last night...its probably not good anymore is it?? There is no meat in it just chicken broth, veggies and lots of beans.

 

[jenrose66]

Probably not good, bacteria could grow in the broth within 2 hours.

Just wanted to say I feel your pain...my dh did the same thing not too long ago with a pot of my soup. I was sooo mad!

 

[MIGrandma]

I would throw it out. If it's been out overnight, I wouldn't want to take the chance on eating it and getting sick.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Put it in the fridge. When your dh wakes up heat him up some for lunch. After he is done eating it, tell him he forgot to put it in the fridge and you are waiting to see if he gets sick.....

Just kidding, but sometimes you just want to do stuff like that.

 

[FayeW]

It's fine. I do stuff like that all the time.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

I would not eat it. Say goodbye.

If it is any consolation, my husband does things like that, too.

 

[barrett7890]

i wouldn't think twice about eating it, i'd just make sure it was heating through completely

i do this all the time

cami
x

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

I would bring it to boiling when you heat it up, and then feed it to DH as mentioned above! Seriously, I think it's probably fine.

Most of us survived past college when we would eat leftover pizza left out all night and not even heated up...We are ok!

 

[Saturn23]

Put it in the fridge. When your dh wakes up heat him up some for lunch. After he is done eating it, tell him he forgot to put it in the fridge and you are waiting to see if he gets sick.....

that would be my suggestion!

 

[jsmith]

it should be fine-just be sure you reheat it til boiling

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

I googled the safety of chicken broth.

It is not safe to eat after 2 hours unrefrigerated.

You can make another minestrone a lot faster than you can recover from food poisoning.

Believe me, I feel your pain having made a minestrone a couple of weeks ago.

Throw it out and Let it go....

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Tell us what you decided to do, dis2cruise.

 

[Tinijocaro]

If you heat to boiling for a few minutes, that would kill any bacteria. Oh, your post title got me thinking, so I stopped at the store and made a huge pot of minestrone myself! Yum!

 

[antmaril]

When in doubt, throw it out!

 

[minniebeth]

I totally know your experience, dis2cruise! I made a big crock pot of pulled pork last week and asked DH to put it in the frig as soon as it was cool enough to touch. I woke up the next morning and it was still sitting there! Of course it had to get thrown out! DH came home with all the ingredients for a new batch, he felt so bad.

Definately throw it out and start over. It happens to all of us some time or other!

 

[I loveStitchnippyjon]

If you heat to boiling for a few minutes, that would kill any bacteria. Oh, your post title got me thinking, so I stopped at the store and made a huge pot of minestrone myself! Yum!

Boiling will kill any bacteria in the soup, but the problem is that some bacteria product toxins that will not necessarily be destroyed by high heat. It's a risk.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Excellent point, I loveStitchnippyjon. I did not realize that.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I would be heartbroken, but I would throw it out. It may be delicious, but not worth the risk. I have left things out overnight and wanted to kick myself in the rear for it. Make some new, or better yet, make DH take you out to dinner for his goof.

I think leaving pizza out, which is bread, tomatoes and cheese, is a lot different that soup, which stays warm for a long time and can breed bacteria during that time.

 

[MariDisney]

There is no way I would attempt it. The consequence of food poisoning isn't worth it. I know you worked hard on it and it was probably awesome.

 

[luvsJack]

You will have to do what you feel safe with, but I have left my crock pot out with a multitude of things in it. Sometimes we eat late for some reason or other and the crock is still very hot when we are going to bed or I clean up the kitchen and just forget or dh forgets that I asked him to put it away. I would refrigerate it the next morning and then heat it to boiling and let boil a minute or two when we decided to eat it again. Never had a problem.