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20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta (www.iheart.com)

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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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[–] LustyArgonianMana 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] buddascrayon 4 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Chee_Koala 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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

Thanks for that. My mom grew up dirt poor and a very rural area. I want to believe her issues with cooking were just ignorance combined with pride. If you try to talk to her about it she gets defensive and doubles down.

I don't have much of a relationship with here these days, but it what it is. At least I'm not getting sick constantly now lol

[–] RebekahWSD 17 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Maggoty 7 points 2 months ago

Our ancestors took storage measures right away, salting meat, putting root vegetables in the root cellar...