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How long can you leave rice in the fridge.

And balls swelling to the size of melons iirc.

I've done it loads of times and never been poisoned.
 
sojourner said:
Oh it's MUCH worse than just that! We're talking lengthy hospitalisation here, and potential organ failure!
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Thing is he's NOT BSing. He really was seriously ill and still has problems to this day.

I wouldn't risk it with rice, and I eat yoghurt that's a month past its date.
 
my ex was once eating taramasalata 2 months out of date , come to think of it i dont think i ever found food in her fridge that was within sell by date she had cast iron stomach
i eat curry cold next day everytime for breakfast though nectar of the gods next day
 
I've grown up eating rice which has been recooked tons, i've eaten it so many times and never had so much as a stomach ache I don't think! I'm sure there is a risk, but personally I couldn't care less, it's not like people drop like flies from it exactly!

I'd feel weird eating rice that had been kept in the fridge for more than a few days though, maybe 4 days at most? As has been said, it's still fairly cheap. I just don't like wasting stuff though, I can't really imagine myself just chucking away the rice left over with a take away or something; do people honestly do that? :confused:

Oh well, rock on organ failure... :o
 
Global_Stoner said:
Before it gives me food poisoning? I've heard it can be dodgy so you don't want to leave it to long. Two days safe?
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Less than 24hrs in some cases/depending on toxin. It all depends on how long the rice has sat between cooking & chilling. Less than an hour is best.

Also, as you clearly can't use search, how do we know you can master a fridge to begin with? There are enough threads here already.

Rice is so cheap & easy, why the fuck do you bother risking it?
 
I make a rice salad at Xmas. Chill it imediately and I'm still munching my way through it (cold) 4 days later.

Never had any problems.
 
ringo said:
Rice becomes dangerous if not chilled within an hour, otherwise the bacteria can start to form. Once it's in the fridge it'll keep as long as the other leftovers you have in there.
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Nope. If it is Bacillus Cerus, the spores have survived cooking & being in the fridge only slows things down a bit. For other forms of toxin, chilling is at best a limited form of protection & if they produce secondary toxins, none at all.
 
I have to say pogo (and I know moose has had problems too) that it's all very weird. I don't doubt for a moment what you're saying is true but apart from you 2 I've never heard of anything ever having a problem :hmm:

not that I save rice mind :D
 
FridgeMagnet said:
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lol :D scaryrice is scary
 
pogofish said:
How many folk have you heard of having the shits after a takeaway? There are degrees to this.
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in all honesty? of the people I know well none of us :confused:

as I say I really don't doubt it in the slightest, just that until these here boards I'd never heard of it
 
I had heard elsewhere about it. Heard it was worse than salmonella. I don't like reheated rice anyway.
 
I wonder what the actual level of risk is? I know pogofish has had a hellish experience with this, but is it a 1 in a 100 occurrence? 1 in a 1000, 1 in 1000000? Was pogofish horribly unlucky?

Personally if it's just a bit of plain boiled rice, I'd usually make fresh - it's nicer and safer.

However, I've just made a yummy vegetable pilau and have loads of leftovers, so that is tomorrow's lunch.
 
beeboo said:
I wonder what the actual level of risk is? I know pogofish has had a hellish experience with this, but is it a 1 in a 100 occurrence? 1 in a 1000, 1 in 1000000? Was pogofish horribly unlucky?
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Fourth behind e-coli, norovirus & salmonella IIRC, so it is considered one of the major risks.

Especially where pre-cooked food is involved.
 
the first i ever heard of it was from here but for something as relatively cheap as rice i don't think it's worth taking the risk, tbh :hmm:
 
do you with poultry? cant say i have ever noticed it

*goes to inspect frozen chicky bird*

chicky bird just says about handling raw chicky bird eg wash hand, don't mixed with stuff you eat uncooked - different issue to rice ??
 
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