maryannscraps
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 22, 2022 11:11:48 GMT
I wouldn't, mostly because I know I wouldn't want Mexican food again in the next day or so. I can't ever remember taking food home from dinner at someone's house aside from baked goods like cookies. Sepsis wouldn't have occurred to me pjaye, and I didn't realize you could get it from bacterial food poisoning. DH had sepsis (from a medical procedure) and I wouldn't wish that on anybody. He was in the hospital for weeks, and recovered completely.
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Post by peasapie on Mar 22, 2022 11:41:19 GMT
Another 'oh hell no" here. There's a lady here who recently posted about her husband dying from septic shock after after eating leftovers, and this teen had his legs amputated Most people who eat food contaminated by bacteria will just get sick - vomiting and diarrhoea, not everyone develops septic shock, BUT it can happen, and I don't plan to roll the dice and find out. You might be fine, but it's not worth the risk. The worst possible risk if room temperature food, and the situation in the OP is just that. Apparently his serious disease had nothing to do with eating leftovers. www.everydayhealth.com/infectious-diseases/did-eating-leftovers-lead-to-having-legs-and-fingers-amputated/
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Post by hop2 on Mar 22, 2022 11:42:31 GMT
i wouldn't have just because it's a hassle to pack up and take home and i don't love leftovers that much, not so much because they were out for 2.5 hours. i think i am uptight about food vs most everyone else in my life. then i come here... and realize i am more easygoing than i thought. This, but also the amount of people there picking over it would deter me. My leftovers, sure. I might even chance the 2.5 hours. But leftovers that had been served to 16 people? Hard no. I’m not a starving college student willing to chance that anymore.
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 22, 2022 11:46:57 GMT
Not a chance
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iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Mar 22, 2022 11:58:08 GMT
I probably would. Unless I thought they had the food sitting out for a long time before people arrived. Or if I knew they were not good about food safety in general.
We have some friends who are just a tad younger and they will seriously let food sit out all night and eat it the next day. We do not eat food they cook (thankfully not much of an issue as they don't cook much, eat a lot of take out etc and if we have them over we ask them to bring something like chips etc).
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teddyw
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Post by teddyw on Mar 22, 2022 12:00:54 GMT
I would not have taken any leftovers. My parents recently went to a dinner party where they were all served leftovers from an event the hostess had the night before. It was very obvious from the way the platters were presented, and she had posted photos of the food from her event on Facebook. My mom was horrified. Did your mom eat any?
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Post by lily on Mar 22, 2022 12:06:12 GMT
Since Covid I would be leery of taking food that others had breathed over, spooned from etc.
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Mar 22, 2022 12:09:07 GMT
I'm with you: not a chance.
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Post by melanell on Mar 22, 2022 12:42:54 GMT
I just deleted my answer because I got distracted by something else when I meant to edit it, LOL. Long story short---food I made, and I knew exactly how long it was out---the 2 hour mark wouldn't bother me. I don't typically take leftovers home from other people's houses, so I never dealt with this much, however, we used to have regular pizza nights with relatives, and that pizza would sit out in the box for awhile, and we always brought home left-overs from that & it was never an issue. And it was a few households splitting it and it was always fine.
So, like nearly every answer I give in life, I guess this is a "it depends" situation for me.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 22, 2022 13:59:21 GMT
I wouldn’t under the situation described as I think that’s too long for it to have sat out.
I have actually invited people over just to eat leftovers. It seems a sensible thing to do when you have lots more food left from an event than you thought you would. My guests do know exactly what they’re coming for. My experience is that people jump at the chance rather than be offended by it.
I do get being surprised if a hostess tries to pull that off without being transparent about serving leftovers. And I agree it’s a bit tacky.
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Post by librarylady on Mar 22, 2022 14:04:11 GMT
My response would depend upon the temperature in the room--was it a hot day or a cool one?
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 22, 2022 14:32:17 GMT
I would not have taken any leftovers. My parents recently went to a dinner party where they were all served leftovers from an event the hostess had the night before. It was very obvious from the way the platters were presented, and she had posted photos of the food from her event on Facebook. My mom was horrified. Did your mom eat any? She ate the appetizers that were made fresh by other guests and drank the margaritas she brought.
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scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Mar 22, 2022 14:39:35 GMT
I'd take it. It wasn't sitting out in the blazing hot sun for two hours.
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 22, 2022 15:27:37 GMT
I’d say the peas aligned with the folks at the party. About half said yes and the others said no.
FWIW. It was in the high 40’s outside, but probably 70 in the house where the food was.
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Mar 22, 2022 15:39:32 GMT
I would take leftovers from that if it was a family party, but I wouldn't take it from a gathering of people outside my family. Not because of the temperatures but because I don't want food that people have been digging around in. We aren't that big on leftovers anyway. We eat what's left from our own home cooked meals but rarely take anything home from a restaurant and never from a gathering outside of family.
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 22, 2022 15:42:38 GMT
Wouldn't bother me... unless it was like dairy products.. sour cream for example.
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gina
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Post by gina on Mar 22, 2022 16:45:31 GMT
That is not a long time imo. I wouldn't have taken food just b/c I don't like leftovers from people's houses but my own home, I would have no problem leaving something that's been out for 2.5 hours.
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Post by bbkeef on Mar 22, 2022 17:00:57 GMT
This, but also the amount of people there picking over it would deter me. This ^^ I am a bit of a germophobe. Yes I'm sure the guests used spoons, tongs, etc. But they were also likely talking (spittle) while getting food, and everyone accidentally touches a pan here and there. I'm even picky about family members I will take food from.
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hannahruth
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Post by hannahruth on Mar 23, 2022 10:02:28 GMT
A no from me - I’m not a fan of left overs as a general rule. I will occasionally take cake home but even then if it isn’t eaten within a day it is out.
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