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The bacteria is best known for causing a type of food poisoning called "Fried Rice Syndrome," since rice is sometimes cooked and left to cool at room temperature for a few hours. During that time, the bacteria can contaminate it and grow. B. cereus is especially dangerous because it produces a toxin in rice and other starchy foods that is heat resistant and may not die when the food it infects is cooked.

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Unfortunately, that was the case for a 20-year-old student, who passed away after eating five-day-old pasta.

His story was described in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology a few years back, but has since resurfaced due to some YouTube videos and Reddit posts. According to article, every Sunday the student would make his meals for the entire week so he wouldn't need to deal with making it on the weekdays. One Sunday, he cooked up some spaghetti, then put it in Tupperware containers so that days later, he could just add some sauce to it, reheat it and enjoy it.

However, he didn't store the pasta in the fridge, rather he left it out on the counter. After five days of the food sitting out at room temperature, he heated some up and ate it. While he noticed an odd taste to the food, he figured it was just due to the new tomato sauce he added to it.

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[–] grasshopper_mouse 21 points 2 months ago (12 children)

5 days??? Yikes. I feel uncomfortable if I leave food out for an hour just to let it cool down. I'll admit I've done some stupid stuff with leaving food out in my younger years (pizza left in the box on the counter for 2-3 days; one time while deployed to Iraq I stupidly thought the floor of our trailer would remain cool enough to keep an open can of chip dip fresh -- Newsflash: It did not), but 5 days??

[–] Brekky -1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Honest question. What do you do with pizza if you still have leftovers on day 3+? I feel odd putting bread in the fridge.

[–] NABDad 10 points 2 months ago

I can't remember the last time leftover pizza was still around in my house after 24 hours, but any pizza not eaten in goes into the fridge as soon as everyone is done eating.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you do with pizza if you still have leftovers on day 3+?

You use it as a Frisbee outside.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

If I had leftover pizza and I knew I wasn't going to get to eating it within 3 days, it's going in the freezer.

[–] grasshopper_mouse 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] grff 4 points 2 months ago

For pizza I feel gross if I don't put it in the fridge at least an hour after receiving it, then reheat in oven or eat cold. It's not just bread it's sauce and dairy and whatever meat or toppings are on it..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

pizza

3 days old

😲

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Pizza never survived the morning of the second day for me.

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