A few months back, I threw out some pasta salad my mom had left in her car for two hours in the FL heat. She wasn't very happy until I told her it was smelling bad. Now today sitting in my room alone I nod my head in approval of myself.
As a kid I never understood why my mom wouldn't just let me have certain snacks/food she'd forgotten in the car and would tell me to throw it out...now I know
Ikr, it should be a known fact if the smell of a food is off even a little bit, you dont eat it. That smell is very distinctive and you will know when food goes bad. However, i do agree, when in doubt, it is safer to throw it out
I always have sensitive nose so I always say "NO! Gotta throw this one..." if I find a food with suspicious texture or smell. My parents always get angry towards me bc I'm wasting food. I don't care about my Dad's scolding or my Mom's yelling bc contamination is such a serious case. Better lost some money (for buying that food) than lost a life.
The worst case of this I heard of was a college student who cooked a month's worth of pasta while visiting his parents, took it back to his dorm in plastic ware containers, and left it out on the counter. He wanted to have something cheap and easy to eat, but since it wasn't properly stored, he got sick after a few days, went to go "sleep it off", and never woke up.
Our bodies have too much mass for photosynthesis to be effective, it can’t produce enough sustenance. What we need to do instead, is give in to technology and become androids, so we don’t need to eat ever.
When I turn the lights on they synthesize photons, does that count as me doing photosynthesis? Lol, whenever someone mentions learning it like that I always remember the episode of spongebob where he's trying to, and is just moving his arms and saying "photosynthesis" repeatedly 😂
My mother was a cook in a restaurant and she learned the rule of thumb with food is, "When in doubt, throw it out." That has probably saved me and my children more times than I care to think about. Better to waste food than to have it waste you.
Always store food in a fridge or cooler below the temperature of 40 degrees. The old saying, "Life begins at 40" can be a reminder that bacteria growth loves temperatures above 40 degrees.
I've felt bad for avoiding leftovers that I didn't know the date on, and that they ultimately got thrown away. This makes me feel a lot better about it.
I know it might seem wasteful but always remember these simple food-safety rules: First in first out. If it went into your fridge first, be prepared to use it more or less first. Once something is frozen and then thawed do not re-freeze. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. 140F 57C for hot, bellow 38F 4C for cold. And most of all: When in doubt, throw it out. If it smells, looks, feels, or for the love of coffee tastes bad don't force yourself to eat it. Pizza is cheaper than funeral costs. Again, this all sounds wasteful, but throwing it all back up and dying are bigger wastes in my book.
Why is it bad to re-freeze something? I've re-frozen raw meat several times (Because we freeze it until we need it to cook, but sometimes we freeze it again because there were change in plans) and everything goes perfectly fine, what are the risks?
@@creepy_artist it’s because of the microorganisms that will start spoiling the food when you take it out of the freezer! I’m not sure but I think it’s only really dangerous when you let it out of the freezer for a longer period of time not just a few minutes and cases like these are very rare. The reason I don’t do it is just because it tastes worse lol
Mine is simpler - if it looks/smells/feels/tastes different from usual, toss it. Everything has a different expiration period, so it has to be on a case-by-case basis.
@@creepy_artist It's perfectly fine aside from a worsening flavor from moisture loss on thawing/cooking. But yes, you can safely refreeze it into jerky if you want.
I love the sentence “Detecting smell is one of our body’s many defense mechanisms, and we should be mindful when our bodies tell us that something isn’t right.”
You right my mom could smell when we left the gas stove on! Before we all blew up. Also when somethings burning! That’s why when I loss my taste and smell I was paranoid the entire time !
This is perfect way to put it, just yesterday my family was on the way home from a trip when suddenly the car (fyi it's a van with the engine inside) started releasing big fumes of smoke from the radiator and we we're still inside it's all foggy but thank goodness we all were able to get out in time.. The thing is I already noticed the smell of something not right kinda like a burning rubber or something but I didn't say a thing because I was kinda tired, also i figured someone will brought it up sooner but no one did not until we saw the smokes coming up and as it turns out some family members who are inside also have smelled it and there's like eight of us but none speak up... (Also fyi the driver is my dad but he's too focus on the road because we went somewhere new for him to be familiar on the roads/streets there and it's also night). So yeah I'll always be mindful next time of this quote.
Not only that but it's also good for helping us keep away from people that are sick so we don't potentially catch whatever they have. Learned this as a kid and basically I got the flu really bad and I remember asking my family doctor why I smelt weird and why no matter how many times I bathed, used perfume, etc that I still had that smell and she told me (in a much smarter way 😂) that it's our bodies way of detecting illnesses in someone else and knowing to keep away from them as a form of protection (same reason why when we get sick it's visually obvious too) basically it was telling everyone else "hey she's sick stay away"- all animals have it but I guess it was just something over time that we all lost/forgot about.
I remember how my mother used to scold me for sniffing food before ingesting it when I was a kid, telling me that such act was rude, with the pass of the years I finally was able to understand that she was unable to make the difference between good milk and spoiled milk and others with her nose, god blessed me with a high smell sense to the point that I can even tell how salty food is just by smell, now a day she always calls me to sniff refrigerated leftovers before we eat them.
My sis and dad have that kind of nose ,if I smell something off for sure it's bad ,if I smell something ok but to confirm I ask them to smell it and this had save me a couple of times ,specially my sis,my dad is in the side to maybe could be save with enough heat ( I always argue with him that if is off don't push it)
My mom was always strict about this even if it smelt "good". We never had pasta salad leftovers ever, it was always thrown out if it wasn't finished same day. Anything that had egg, mayo or milk was a no no to save as leftovers. I now get it.
Thank god my mom is like this as well. As a kid I never understand why she would throw away perfectly good leftover cake after just two days cause I never throught it would be so fatal eating it
I ate a three day old pasta I think it was a chicken Alfredo one. I had nothing else to eat and I was starving. It smelt good still and didn't have any mold or whatever. I reheated it and had a taste. It was okay and I'm turned out okay thankfully... but now after seeing all this I won't do it again😅
same! i'm very glad and thankful that my mom always educate me on proper storage of food and culonary hygiene. and always pay attention to the expiration date, especially with dairy based and wet foods. food wasting is never a good thing, but there's an extent. it's better safe than sorry
Same, my dad has this weird fixation I. Insisting on eating rotten food that’s often moldy, I think it’s a form of self harm tbh since he denies himself good food even when it’s around
as an italian (and therefore the greatest pasta expert) we keep pasta for one day. two days tops and only for certain types. but as grandma says, if u need to smell it its already not worth the risk.
Horrifying. My daughter came down with what was likely norovirus after getting a fish sandwich from a restaurant I hadn't known had a rep for food safety issues, and never before had I taken a child in for "just food poisoning" and been told, "ER now, and carry her, do not let her walk." Food poisoning is No Joke.
@@asherahtree8435 yeah but being vegan removes a good amount of things you could eat specially actually-well-tasting ones and it probably also has some negative effect on your nutrition
@@somewhat_human That's what the meat industry has drilled into this society. No way am I eating a dead descendant animal. You do have to make sure you combine your food well for nutrition that's true. Horses are vegan and they are strong. They don't lack nutrition.
Oh you don't know. I got invited once with food left over for three days at room temperature. I refused to eat...everything ended up in a public bin 😅😮
When I was a little kid I found a yogurt that had been forgotten outside the fridge while I had escaped adult surveillance and ate a bit of it, I remember thinking 'weird, it's warm'. I was deathly sick for a whole week, couldn't do anything, had to go to the hospital, kept vomiting, etc. I learned my lesson. I've been a control freak with food safety ever since.
@@Rubiecat a similar experience I had was that a few weeks ago, I ate some pudding I bought from the store. I remember thinking it smelled strange as well but thought nothing of it because it was store bought. I had diahreah and vomiting bouts for arround 3 days. I’m guessing it wasn’t stored probably idk, yogurt and pudding and be risky, and even store bought food can be risky too I guess.
I didn't wash a bowl out very good and got sick for 24 hrs. It was the sickest I've ever been. Glad it only lasted a day. I always wash my dishes twice now.
I think some people don't realize how serious food poisoning is, it kills thousands of people. Many have the mentality of "It'll be fine, don't want to waste food". Your health and life is more important than wasting a few bites of food.
It’s for this reason I’ll forever stay away from White Castle. First and only time I’ve ever had food poisoning. You genuinely feel like death. Your body gets so fatigued from constant vomiting and diarrhea that you go into a weird spaced out mind frame. Took me nearly a week to get through it.
1. Always keep your leftover in a closed container to avoid crosscontamination 2. Keep it in the fridge or freezer properly 3. Don't defroze in room temp for too long 4. Always reheat them 'til boil or super hot 5. Check your food either it smell funny, taste sour, decoloration or become slimey 6. Remember that medical care cost more than your leftover food
Crazy how strong yet fragile the human body is. I know for a FACT I’ve eaten food that was more questionable than 3 day old food and haven’t had a bad experience with it. But that leftover food bodied 7 people….crazy
I think the biggest issue is that they kept taking/leaving the pasta out of the fridge, still I never eat leftovers apart from meat because i'm so scared of getting sick.
One of my cousins died a couple days after thanksgiving one year. She was 22. Apparently the turkey and dinner was left out for a few hours after the family eating. She was at work and her family left the food out because she would be home in about 2 hours after they ate. The next day she was taken to the hospital and died the day after that. It’s super sad but what’s almost sadder than that is when her parents were called telling them that they’re daughters is in the hospital with food poisoning and they need to be with her because it doesn’t look like she’s going to make it, they thought it was a joke. She passed before they got there. Her grandparents were there and a little while after she passed her grandparents went to the lobby to wait for her parents so they could tell them. Her parents walked in, laughing and when her grandfather told them “she’s gone” they chuckled and said “so she went home? We knew she was over reacting”… Edit: I do feel terrible for her parents, she was an only child that they had to really try for. But if I was called and told that my daughter probably won’t make it I wouldn’t laugh… they bs’d getting to the hospital because they thought she was over reacting. Don’t ever be those parents..
Sounds like my parents. They called me to yell at me for being sick while I was in ICU for a week with diabetic ketoacidosis. Obviously I made it but I the nurses told me later they didn't think I would. Parents never once came to visit 🙄😢 sorry for the loss of your cousin.
I read the linked medical journal of the pasta salad family. It said that the refrigerator temp was 14 degrees C (57 F). You might as well leave food on the counter.
Wow that’s too warm at 57 degrees! after picnic out in the air and 3 extra days in that temperature?! I wouldn’t even taken it back after picnic! Throw them away ! This video gives me extra alert after cooking 😮 a lot of times I take my time before packing the left overs for the fridge thinking I should let the food cool down first!
I keep my refrigerator at 35F. Depending where in the fridge I put the food, it sometimes freezes, but I am okay with that. I am a bachelor, do most of my own cooking, and eat a lot of left overs. I am very aware of proper food handling as far as contamination, cross contamination, no _double dipping,_ temperature control, and using my nose. So far I've lived to be in my seventies and healthy and have never gotten sick from eating _spoiled food._ I had _Covid_ a few years ago and didn't even know it. It was discovered I had _Covid_ when I went to the hospital thinking I had appendicitis. As it turned out I had kidney stones. Not a fun week. Well anyways they ran a bunch of tests on me and told me I did not have appendicitis but I did have kidney stones and that's what was causing the pain, and as an added feature, I also had _Covid._ They asked me: Did you know you had _Covid_ before you came to the hospital? I said, no. Are you vaccinated? I said, no. Do you want to be vaccinated? I said, no. That was the end of it and we then went on to talk about my kidney stones as they wheeled me to an _isolation room._
@@siskatan642 _a lot of times I take my time before packing the left overs for the fridge thinking I should let the food cool down first!_ I do the same thing as you but only under certain circumstances. Example: I have a 5qt. pan I use to make stews, soups, sauces... Once the contents are _cooked,_ I leave the lid on and don't take it off. The food inside has been boiling and is sterile and as long as I don't contaminate it, it will keep. I sometimes even leave it overnight if it's late in the evening when I've cooked it and I want to go to bed. It's fine the next morning but at that point it does need to be portioned out for individual servings and packed away. Some gets frozen, some refrigerated for work lunches later that week. Anything I cook that is not _sterile_ after cooking, does need to be packed and refrigerated within the hour.
I definitely need to show this video to my mom. I was horrified one day to discover she cut off the moldy part of bread and ate the good part. Since then I always keep repeating about how it's a gamble to eat moldy bread like that. I'll need to monitor our food consumption better lol.
@@samarnadra cool thanks for the information. We don't get the Variety of cheese since it isn't a staple here. But I'll keep these information in mind for next time. Also we don't usually keep bread in fridge maybe its time we started doing that haha. I recently moved for work so no fridge atm.
This is a problem with having health care professionals as parents. They thinks everything is fine unless you lost a limb or something because they are so desensitized to everything.
That's a pretty broad sweeping statement - I would say most people should know not to eat food that has been stored for three days, after being non refrigerated for that long, such as in a picnic situation. But a scarier thought - what kind of doctor would treat the pesto & poisoning situation that way? Scary
@@jocelynsmyth6604 i think their point is that, more often than not, having symptom A does not mean diagnosis B, so assuming the worst case scenario is rather silly for doctors. They're trained not to panic or assume the worst based one symptom, after all. Otherwise doctors would ALWAYS freak out in their jobs. There's a reason doctors look for evidence before performing surgery in most cases. Even with their own patients, doctors are trained to go with the more common diagnoses first, if my memory is correct. After all, if someone has a fever, why would you jump to a life-threatening liver surgery just because 'fever' is a symptom of liver failure? Especially when a fever is also a symptom of the simple common cold? (I made the liver symptom thing up btw, idk if true, but the point still stands)
@@jocelynsmyth6604 my friends mom is a doctor and he’s never allowed to stay home no matter how sick he is, the other day he had he knee dislocated and relocated and was forced to go to school the next day
@@Skillfullfilms89 I hear where you're coming from (and I work in healthcare, so for sure, symptom A doesn't equal diagnosis B) But it worries me that any parent would go 'ah yes, this is totally safe - smells off, was out in room temp breeding bacteria, that's totally okay to eat', let alone a parent so well educated as to receive a doctorate.
I had some raw chicken that smelt strange, I cooked it anyway to see if it would be alright. After cooking for an hour I tasted and didn't even swallow the bite because it tasted strange. Your body tells you when food isn't safe, why risk your kids when all signs point to no?
E. coli* I'd take my chances with e. coli over botulism any day😱 if you are dizzy plus vomiting from food poisoning, get your a** to the hospital. Botulism is the only pathogen that makes you dizzy as well as ill and is quite potentially fatal. *PSA over*😄
I’ve experienced the same thing. As soon as it touches my tongue my body is like nope don’t swallow it. Has happened on several occasions. I had made homemade pizza with my bf and I took a bite and said yeah I’m not eating that. I didn’t swallow it but I somehow still had diarrhea. Bf also leaves food sitting out all the time and says it will be okay. He has a complex that nothing affects or could affect him.
Yeah. He NEVER should have gotten sick in the first place! As a doctor, he SHOULD have had sense enough to know that you throw food out when it smells, or if you can't smell properly, after a certain time. And he should have realized that this food poisoning was serious.
@@AlexMint If you're on a budget, it's smarter to cook small amounts of food to not waste it 🤷 I'm not particularly on a budget but I always cook in exact quantities just for this reason. I don't want to throw away food. It's not even a budget issue, anyone respecting food and money wouldn't want to throw it away. Unless you're going to freeze it, don't cook in huge quantities
my parents called me wasteful when I threw out all the food that smelled bad or was in the refrigerator for more than a day. It's better to save money on avoidable medicines than on pasta.
This is why I am okay with my family bitching about having to eat leftovers when they're in the mood for something else, and they just had the food the night before.
@@meeramoves4404 Don't wrongly advice people. It really depends on what food it is. Most foods can remain for 3 days but some should not stay in the fridge that long. Pasta should not be eaten for more than a day or two after. Remember that there is sometimes cheese and or tomato in pasta. Those items go very bad fast. Some people also do not have their fridge on a low enough temperature.
My grandmother tells a story of a church homemade ice cream social, back in the 40’s, where 6 children died because the ice cream was tainted because the ice cream maker had not been cleaned properly during its last use.
This is actually really common and is the reason pregnant folk should never eat ice cream that comes from a machine - like those in ice cream vans because it is physically impossible to keep the machines 100% clean.
yeah no kidding, he'd have had to take biology classes and see how bacteria grows on petri dishes left at room temperature but though repeatedly leaving food out for 2+ hours was fine for consumption...? Maybe he went to med school in the third world?
In my experience doctors are some of the most obtuse people you'll meet. The longer someone spends in university the less actual life skills they acquire, while at the same time having an over estimate of their abilities because of how knowledgeable they are in a very specific line of knowledge. I work in a public waste facility and have no degrees, but have watched doctors driving a Lexus unable to tell the difference between wood and paper.
Yesterday, me and my bf wanted to eat gnocchi. They were a little old, smelled a little off, but we still tried it. Once cooked, it looked worse and the smell was still somewhat present so we throw it out and made fresh pasta. I didn't know it was such a great idea!
Oh god, yeah gnocchi is worse especially if they aren't properly stored. People easily mistake that stuff as regular pasta and will try to store it in their cabinets like spaghetti when it's supposed to be stored in the fridge. Gnocchi ingredients are full of perishables like potato and sometimes cheese so it turns green if you leave it out long enough. Excessive amounts of bad potato can body someone from the fumes alone.
@@bigbungus4466 Yeah, I stored them in the refrigerator, just for too long. At least it's easy to see, some food can turn bad and it's hard to tell. Tho I didn't know some thought gnocchi were like dry pasta and stored it like it! Like... Great to try new thing, but follow instructions... Thanks for the piece of knowledge :)
I can't tell you the guilt that I still feel when wasting food I can't finish because my family would drill it into my head that "I couldn't waste food" but watching this makes me feel better. Ironically.
It’s good advice your family taught you...you will need that wisdom as spiritual and physical nourishment soon when the food supply chain plug is finally pulled By the WEF...you will be hungry and you will be happy.
@@happeeboy9581 Plenty of parents leave things out and then expect it to be eaten later as to not waste food so I think you’re the one who missed the point
Just don't cook too much in the first place. I cook s lot to keep for the week, but, I'm also bad at forgetting food on the countertop. :-( So, keeping the food in the fridge and correct temperature and warming it a high temperature for a good number of minutes is key.
Ultamitely it was the fault of bad luck. Yes the parents should have used better judgement but come on it was an honest mistake that they are going to live eith for the rest of their lives. At the end of the day it was just downright bad luck.
@@sushmitatripathy6844 They could have been poor which can makes people take risks that other people wouldn't take, simply because they can't afford to throw out food and buy new food to replace it.
Food poisoning doesn’t care if you’re a medical practitioner. I ate a couple bites of a chocolate bun I left out overnight that i forgot had cream cheese in it. 30 minutes later i had horrible cramps and diarrhea, told my mom and dad I had food poisoning. My mom says “You can’t have food poisoning in 30 minutes.” She’s licensed nurse and he’s a doctor.
Also she gets so trigged over me using the term “food poisoning”, claiming “food poisoning is very specific and you cant just call anything that gives you the runs food poisoning”
That’s wild because my mum does the same thing (not Asian but a nurse for TWO DECADES) I ate mozzarella once (a small amount as I didn’t like the taste) and felt really weak and shakey, figured it was an allergy as my sister can’t have dairy. Insisted I was allergic and avoided the food at all costs So she convinced my aunt to sneak some (more then I had had before) in a lasagna during a family party. I was already halfway though before I realised. 2 hours later and I’d thrown up 10 times and could barely walk. I was spitting bile and couldn’t see straight. I ended up fainting and my grandma caught me. She still to this day insists I’m not allergic. I don’t eat anything she makes if it looks even slightly cheesy
I grew up in the 60s and it seemed that every summer, the papers were full of stories about people who got sick or died from eating tuna salad that had gone bad at picnics. It scared me so badly that I would not touch tuna and mayo for years.
I'm trying to imagine a DOCTOR eating 4 day old spaghetti that had been sitting out at room temperature multiple times and SMELLED BAD thinking, "Yeah, this is safe for me and my kid to eat."
Just because they’re a doctor does NOT mean they are above average intelligence. Trust me! Just like any other profession- there are plenty of idiots with doctorates. This is coming from someone in the medical field.
It's been more than a few times when a dish doesn't fit in the fridge so we leave it in the oven for the next day. A few times even skipped eating it the second day to eat it later. Surprised I'm still alive considering all of this info. :D
i’ve always found it to be common sense to refrigerate your food, i think the biggest takeaway for me was to not make so much food all at once. for anyone else worried about wasting, literally just make less. if you can’t finish it in two days, downsize. much better for your wallet and your health.
Exactly. I'm not good about eating leftovers quickly and had been wasting a lot of food by cooking too much at once. I make much smaller amounts of food now.
Or put it in an ice bath and freeze it after. That's what you learn in food safety class, at least. Putting hot food into the fridge or freezer right away can make the cold or frozen food go bad by raising the temperature..
I make food for 3-4 days if possible (the cooking day is the first day), it works (I still need to cook every day as there are multiple meals with multiple parts). Practically everything we eat last that long and I notice if something is off. I never need to throw off cooked food. If we happen to eat slowly or lose interest, I put it into the freezer when I notice it won't be eaten quickly enough.
That sponsor was the most jarring thing I've ever heard in my life. Children dead from food poisoning- YOU PROBABLY SMELL FINE. 😅 With all due respect, your content is the kind where you should do it before getting into the video. Ain't no one paying attention to scentbird when we're still getting over a nine year old dead from pasta salad
@@illegal3755 omg Carlos, i didn't know that, I have been watching it for 3 hours on repeat now and I didn't know stopping the video was the option, you're a total life saver, I'm in tears now, thank you from the bottom of my heart
I have Emetophobia (fear of throwing up) and Im always, always careful when it comes to food. When I smell something off on my food, I'll throw it out. My family gets mad at me for it sometimes. That I always waste food that can still be eaten, but better be safe than sorry!
Alright, I always knew eating expired food was dangerous, but I never thought it could turn into a life or death situation. I just thought you would get really sick and thats it. Glad I watched this video.
from first hand experience i had eaten expired food without my knowledge that they expired and had mold!! i had gotten horribly sick but thank God it didnt turn more dangerous!
It's not about the date. It's when the food was handled improperly. In this case, the fridge temperature wasn't cold enough. Expiration dates aren't about safety. The manufacturer establishes when quality will deteriorate. There is no regulating body. Don't say the FDA, the only food they mandate expiration dates on is infant formula. I once ate a can of soup that was ten years old. It was fine.
Here's a tip on pasta. What you do is separate the pasta and sauce, combine them only when you need to eat it so it doesn't spoil easily. If you want to reheat, just reheat the sauce and put it together with the pasta since if you combine the two together it spoils easily. If there are bubbles and it starting to smell, throw it out
@@Rayerie right because that's definitely something I asked??? There are plenty of things you can do to meal prep that don't involve keeping leftovers from the day(s) before and causing potentially fatal toxicity.
yesss this is why I throw away stir fry after a few hours being left out because everything has its own shelf life and some things will secretly be rotten while everything else isn't
@@mydogeatspuke What you said was, "only ever make pasta/rice as you plan to eat immediately". Keeping rice in and pasta for 5 days in the fridge doesn't cause fatal toxicity. This is literally why we have fridges. I don't have the time nor energy to cook my pasta and rice one portion at a time every day. Not to mention the extra cost of electricity/gas to do that. Your base statement was just lame.
This is horrifying, you never think it’ll happen to you or your kids until it does. I can’t imagine the pain of losing a 7 year old to some bad pasta that you could have just thrown out. I’ve always tried to be safe with the food that I feed to my kids but this video has made me more cautious about leaving food out for longer than the allowed time and watching expiration dates.
You just know they went from being the sort of people who said things like "it never harmed me, people are too sensitive about food" to "I lost a child, never take the risk". Which is why I don't tolerate people who are carefree about these things and say stuff like that.
these people are so weak. i've had plenty of food poisoning experiences. also, i never eat something that smells soiled, horrible, etc. these people have no disgust response so hardly a loss in the world
My husband once entertained at a party by serving a big platter of cold 2:02 cuts. The platter sat out for 3 hours then put away. The next day my husband decided to eat some of the cold cuts. He got so sick he couldnt even walk and crawled to the phone to call an ambulance. He was treated for food poisoning at the hospital and survived but he said he never was so sick in his life.
I swear this happened to me from a pub sub...my head was pounding...for some reason something told me to eat raw garlic...I ate 3 raw cloves...chomped up raw..and felt better in 20 minutes
When I took a parasitilogy course back in college they mentioned several times about how food left out at picnics (especially with mayo or eggs in it- like pasta salad) was a big culprit for serious food poisoning
This makes me feel better about throwing food out when it starts to smell slightly different. My family always said I was being wasteful but guess what? I never got sick from food
Good call. Being repulsed by things smelling off is a basic human survival instinct that helps us avoid eating contaminated things. If it doesn't smell good, odds are it's not good for you.
Same here. I don’t know how my mom survives, though. Her view on expired products is scary, which made me very cautious. And i got sick multiple times in my childhood because of that. Take care, kids, and always check your food, parents can be irresponsible or ignorant sometimes :(
I am very glad I saw this video. I didn’t realize that expired food could be this dangerous. I knew food that had expired could make you sick and if smelled bad you should through it out. I had never heard of a story where someone died from it. That you for spread this information so I now know better.
Well, thanks, Brew, for freaking me out. Cook food *very* well, kids. Don’t be afraid to overcook and reheat a little too much. I remember eating pasta at a Disney resort when I was 13 and had really bad nausea and vomiting.
If food has gone bad don't eat it. Reheating won't help because the bacterias aren't the only problem. Their byproducts are much more harmful and can't be removed by reheating
It's videos like these and the ones Chubbyemu does that makes me extremely paranoid about eating leftovers lol. If the leftovers are more than a day old, I won't eat it.
Never been an episode about people who do proper food handling getting sick. It isn't time alone that makes leftovers dangerous, it's leaving it out or letting it incubate after contamination
As a kid, I remember that at big family holidays food could be left out for 2+ hours... Then be divvied up for people to take home. I wonder how many instances of "the stomach bug" were actually mild cases of food poisoning... My aunt (who is currently the host of family events) worked in a school cafeteria and is pretty quick to put away the stuff that can spoil fast. Meats are kept closest to the fridge and dairy is next. I'm so glad that she took over the food-related gatherings because I haven't gotten sick randomly (only if I'm not careful about certain ingredients).
yeah same for me. Got quite a number of stomach bug as a kid. This is usually why I would accept the leftovers they gave me, but then I would put it in the freezer, and later in a week I'd toss it out during fridge cleaning. I dont wanna be mean by turning it away outright (because if the elders found out they would totally get offended)
Huh, my roommate got a stomach bug when she went to visit family over the holidays, but none of the rest of us caught it from her when she came home with it. Granted, this was right after COVID and she was very careful about touching things, but it might have been a non-contagous food poisoning.
I need to show this to my mom but I know she still won’t take it seriously. She will accidentally leave leftovers out for hours, sometimes the whole day while she’s working, only to put it pack in the fridge or eat it for dinner. She’s always proud about her “iron stomach” but I still tell her not to play with fire. I just don’t want her to have this bad habit as her immune system weakens as she ages…
Straight up, my husband and I are the same way, nothing seems to affect our stomachs. That being said when it comes to my son I'm paranoid of everything lol so i won't let him eat food that's been out too long, i just make him something else.
Girl! I am also worried about my mom as well! She does similar things! She acts like food never expires and mold is okay. Super unsafe and not okay! My mom is so stubborn, so just does not listen!
exactly! after watching this I feel more worried about my family's health, they always ignore the funny smell or taste of the food, even if I complain they still eat it and I don't know how to convince them that it's not safe
Same reason why people drink and drive, recklessly speed, swim on high tide... "it's not going to happen to me". Truth is, the cemetery is full of people who thought it wasn't going to happen to them.
If something doesn’t smell good to me I throw it straight in the garbage but I remember one time when I was pregnant I went to a friend’s house she cooked pasta and ground beef I remember a couple of hours later I was at the hospital practically dying thank God I made it thru .. this happened 5 years ago
Whenever people attack me for being "overly" skeptical about food being left out and smelling funky, I'll show them this. Just because there is no visible mold, doesn't mean it's fine 🙄
My grandama just agree with me because I don't stop till she throw it away and one time my aunt butted in and told me I was being paranoid, she didn't get food posion out of it but if she did I guess she may listen.
As a teacher who teaches children and teens homeeconomics, we spend a TON of time educating them on bacteria and proper food hygiene, our motto being “WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT”. And always ALWAYS trust your sense of smell, it has aided humans for centuries in detecting things that would be bad for us. If you smell something even slightly concerning it’s always better to be safe and throw it out.
@@bcaye But a lot of dangerous microorganisms *do* cause a change in appearance and smell. That's the whole point of trusting our senses. Of course there's other microorganisms that don't change the food's appearance or smell, and that's why OP, along with many others, are educated on proper food safety (safely storing food, properly heating it, etc.). Why you had to be so argumentative is beyond me.
@@robinbloxom, I don't consider that warning particularly argumentative. Salmonella and C. Botulinum both can be indetectable and they are two of the worst food borne illnesses. I just don't want people thinking that as long as food smells and tastes fine, it's safe. Of course, I also don't understand why anyone *would* eat something that doesn't smell or taste okay.
I’m so angry that my school completely did away with home economics. I feel denied common education that should be MANDATORY. I am entitled to know about how to not POISON myself
In school I did cooking at least 1 term from years 7 - 9 and the first week was always on bacteria and food poisoning. If something smells strange or has been in the fridge too long, it goes in the bin and I’m always careful to keep raw meat away from everything else.
This is part of the reason I think we should move away from over pressuring children with lines like, "there are starving kids who would he grateful for that food". Gratitude is important and all, but it might encourage kids to force down food that tastes and smells off. Instead, teach your child to take reasonable portions and not overload their plate if their appetite isn't that big. Leftovers can be stored PROMPTLY in the fridge, but the food on your plate has to be eaten or thrown, so try your best not to take more than you can eat, but don't cry over spilled milk.
@@Kriistall7 yeah, I have two friends who have eating issues because of the mentality of never wasting food. One was raised in a family who's parents grew up with extreme food insecurity. So they made their kids eat excessive amounts of food and would shame them. Also randomly wouldn't let them drink anything during meals? Maybe so they wouldn't get full on water instead of food? The other also grew up in a poor household, told to never waste food. Now that they live on their own, it's difficult to make a well proportioned meal for one. So they choose to over eat rather than feel guilty about not finishing food, or letting it go bad in the fridge.
I left a chicken sandwich on the counter overnight once and got really hungry. Thought about eating the sandwich. I was like "the downside of this is i get a little sick" but chose not to eat it bc I have a fear of vomiting. I'll never ever ever even consider doing that ever again after watching this video.
I’m telling y’all, I’ve worked in a kitchen with insanely high food safety standards and the main way we decided if we still used ingredients that looked like they might have gone bad early was to smell them. Trust billions of years worth of evolution! Edit: gone bad *early*. We labeled every part of the food making process with the time and date it was prepped. You chopped some onions and were putting them in the walk in fridge for later use in the day? You would have to label when those onions were chopped, who they were chopped by, etc etc. But if you pulled out some limes or something that only came in a day ago, but they were already starting to brown? You smelt them, asked somebody else for a second opinion smell, and decided whether to use them based on that.
Honesty bro i find it weird AF, he took proper steps to insure he would be fine but not check on his son? Hopefully there wasn't any insurance money or tension between them & it's just me thinking bad.
My brother and his family left out some pork and macaroni salad overnight. I saw it the next morning and immediately threw it out. My brother got mad at me so I sent him this video. Idk why people don't take food poisoning seriously when all it takes is one careless decision to end up horribly sick or worse
This reminds me a few years back I read about a student who died because he ate unrefrigirated pasta that was a few days old. It unlocked a new fear that's been with me for years and now it reignites as I watch this. "Pasta la vista" is very real and ya'll should stay safe
@Leonie Sachse I think because of what was added to it. It was a chicken and/or veggie pasta if I remember right. He left it on the counter and he died from botulism
This reminded me of a food poisoning case in Jixi, China where a family of nine people died after eating homemade cornflour noodles that had been stored in the freezer for a year. The poisoning was caused by a different bacteria (burkholderia gladioli) which produced a toxic byproduct called bongkrekic acid. The bacteria is usually found in water/soil esp with coconut, rice or corn crops. The bacteria and the acid is highly temperature resistant. Only the three kids survived because they refused to eat the noodles. There was a national PSA warning people not to eat any foods that contained fermented grain and to avoid cooking soaked or mouldy corn.
I was born in a Chinese family and for some reason idk why they just like to store things. My parents come from a small village and for what I know I think almost all of them only went to secondary school, so I understand that they have less knowledge about this. You may think this is a normal though and actually it is, but not all people apply this in the same way. Most of the time if the thing doesn't look bad they'll eat it anyways and don't care too much about other things. I have a family doesn't care about expiring dates(idk if they don't that exists or what) but there's sometimes that they buy a lot of one thing because it was cheap and just store it until you eat it. Since I started to know about these things I've been telling them that it's not good to eat expired or long time stored food but they just don't listen to me and sometimes make me eat it too even though I don't want to because they don't want to waste anything. But I avoid that the most I can. My family is not even that poor, I mean we're 4 children and we all go to school or university, we have money to spend in things we like and stuff, but food is just a different thing for them. Lots of times I just need to throw food in secret just un case no one gets poisoned by it when I see that it already passed more than 2 days(depending on what).
Who eats food that smells off? Especially who feeds it to their children? Basic food poisoning is no fun. Just that should be enough to get people to throw out food that seems even slightly off. Also the 17 year old should have gone to the hospital before 2 days! Why did the dad get charcoal but the son didn't? Did the kid have a life insurance policy?
Right? His dad was a doctor and waited 2 days for serious symptoms. Surely he had to take a pathogens test before getting his doctorate of medicine. The first family is suspicious too - all the kids got sick but the parents had no symptoms? Why did they get something different?
The vid says he was throwing up so much he couldn't keep the charcoal down. The idiotic dad probably thought he was good enough because he's a healthcare pro, but let his son suffer for 2 days
@@WolfieDawn I’m sure an adult body is better at handling an infection/food poisoning. The kids were quite young. The older kid, the 14 yo, was the one who recovered the quickest.
I wondered about that too. Insurance policy, maybe. Why else let your own son suffer horribly and WAIT to get him the proper care!! I’ve had food poisoning, after vomiting for 14 hours-- I was crawling to the bathroom.
@@wiggymcgee22oooh milk is a touchy one. If your fridge is extremely cold and it’s mid to high quality milk, you *MAY* be okay with it two days past date at most. I say May because luck is weird, and so are food products. But the best luck is if you get a weird feeling about it or a funny smell, you’re better off not risking it. Just play it safe.
You said argumentative and I got emotional. My mom says that I argue a lot but I’m mostly trying to make a point, make her aware of things that she doesn’t know or show a better idea. I’m struggling on figuring out what’s happening. 🙃
Eating leftovers from several days ago is very weird. If I eat something from yesterday (that I keep in refrigerator), I always reheat it or boil very well before eating. Noone taught me to do so, it's just my natural feeling. It's really weird to eat not fresh food with a bad smell
kudos to brew for successfully resisting the urge to make a "be serious" pun all episode. as a fellow dad joke aficionado i know how hard that is but we gotta be respectful
According to the food safety class I had to take for my school, food starts going bad after being out at room temperature for 4 hours-be aware that this includes time spent prepping the ingredients. Also, do not reheat food more than ONCE. That means don’t take it out of the fridge, reheat all of it, eat some, and place the rest in the fridge to reheat what’s left to eat on another day. Just reheat ONLY the portion of the leftovers you’re going to eat, and leave the rest in the fridge untouched. You might be able to get away with doing it more than once, but it’s NOT worth the gamble.
Well said. In Ayurveda they believe it's 3 hours. Those yogis who practice strict discipline wouldn't eat it after that. It's hard for us to follow that. But I believe we should limit it to 12 hours, and always reheat before eating.
I've never had a problem reheating my food. Sometimes I don't even heat it up, I just eat it cold... I know what u can eat and not eat... if it smells funny, it doesn't go in my tummy
Also a really good tip is to never reheat your food more than once as it makes bacteria multiply much faster . I really recommend reheating in multiple small batches to avoid any poisoning
And to always reheat to a high enough temperature. I cannot stress this enough. A lot of the things growing on your food can be killed by high heat so if it smells, looks and tastes fine, all you have to do is heat it enough (AT LEAST 60 degrees) to stay safe. If you really have to put something back in the fridge, heat it before putting it in to kill of bacteria before it chills. Or freeze it even. But more than anything, just don't eat food that has been around for way too long and don't trust heat to save you every time. The toxic waste products of certain pathogens are not degradable at the temperatures we cook food at so it's just a bad idea over all. Gosh. I wish they taught everyone food safety in classes instead of other dumb shit
@@hyukleberry5567 You really shouldn't warm your food before putting it in the fridge. Even with freshmade food, you should let it cool down before putting it in the fridge. Otherwise it will raise the temperature of the fridge and compromise food safety.
@@hyukleberry5567 If you want to refrigerate food you need to cool down the product as quickly as possible. For example if you make a sauce, you should put it in a container which maximizes surface area and set it in a ice bath. With what you are saying, you are saying cook the sauce and put it in the fridge right after. This is the wrong thing to do because improper cooling. You have your sauce which the outside cools but the inside can stay warm for hours depending how quantity, shape of storage container. You will have your sauce sitting in the temperature danger zone for much longer than needed. At home, you may get away with this but in a professional kitchen you'll be in trouble.
@@MyNameIsJeff-W oh cool. i was thinking more about dinner leftovers (my cuisine favours diced, sliced and chopped food) cuz they cool quickly so I never rlly worried about uneven cooling. but yeah, sauce is a whole different story
Dude that’s what I had when I was 13 from food poisoning from left over Chinese food, I projectile vomited severely all night across my room and was diarrheaing for like 5 times the next day in the morning, I felt so weak and nauseous and since that day my sense of smell and taste changed moldy Edit: changed *mildly*
I've been super paranoid about food poisoning and food safety since I did a project about food poisoning in college. My dad is the type of person to eat older food instead of "wasting" it so I'm definitely going to show him this.
He probably thoroughly checks the food before eating. This video won't change his eating habits and that's a good thing. Trust your senses, they'll tell you if food is eatable or not. If it smells, looks, or tastes funny, throw it out.
@eleicha "A lot of people rely on the sniff test, [but] that means nothing whatsoever," says Lydia Buchtmann from the Food Safety Information Council. Food can look, smell and taste just fine but still contain enough food poisoning bacteria to make you very sick”
Good luck, if he’s anything like my father was he’ll probably lose his temper with you and complain about “the child telling the father what to do”. Just make sure you don’t get roped in to paying his hospital bills 🤣
I really feel sorry for how they went away like that. A tragic loss for everyone involved. I can only say that one shouldn't feel too bad about being wasteful by throwing away sketchy food, for safety should be the top priority. Stay safe, everyone.
Our family only ever re-heats food once (at most). If we can't finish it after that, we throw it out or use it for compost. Our parents used to be pretty stubborn about this, the "cut off the moldy part away and it will be fine"/"kids are starving in other countries so we should finish everything and not throw it out" types. They changed their views after experiencing really bad cases of food poisoning. Health is of utmost priority. Being careful is not "wasteful" at all. It's good to practice portion control when preparing meals so that it doesn't get to the point that there's too much leftovers.
If you’re throwing out half a tub of uneaten pasta then I’d argue that’s definitely still wasteful, even if it’s the logical thing to do. What isn’t wasteful is not making so much pasta in the first place.
@@Ryan-op7yd exactly, plus reheating it twice isn't as dangerous as people are making it out to be if it was refrigerated and properly stored after reheated. my family makes pasta, eats it fresh and it's our lunch for the next 2 days and no one EVER had food poisoning because we reheated it twice since it was properly refrigerated. just how much food are these people wasting?? if they know they're not gonna reheat it then just make less???? it's infuriating how much food people like to waste for no justifiable reason
brew taught us: dont eat food dont walk dont hike dont ride airplane dont go outside dont breathe dont get diseases dont live in 90’s dont run dont live
It baffles me how many people eat food that "smells weird" or "tastes a bit funny" and then continue to eat it due to fear if food waste. Your health is more important, maybe don't make so much food next time, or eat it sooner, or at least NUKE it to Kingdom come in the microwave if you're that concerned about how much food you're throwing out. It's better to go hungry, than to risk your life.
In the first case, did the parents feed the children or did they make their own dinner that day? I was just wondering how parents fed kids food that didn't smell good. It's a good rule to follow because it might not look bad. I can't imagine it tasted all that great. I'm hard core wondering about the father in the 2nd story. He treated himself but the boy couldn't even keep down the charcoal. He should have known that this was an emergency situation and took him in well before 2 days. It was hard to keep from laughing when the pathogen was named, it almost seemed like a joke that it was called b cerius.
Exactly I agree with you. If it doesn't look good nor smells good throw it right in the bin, keep it away from you. Even if you bought food and the expiration day says older, if it doesn't smell good or looks good in the bin. The expiration date is not even 100% accurate I remember my aunt feeding her children just expired yogurt (the date being the same day, for example 14 April 2022 in this case) and they had nothing. There are a lot of thing to consider about food.
In referencing the second story, what struck me as strange was the fact that the son's dad was a doctor. If his dad was a doctor, wouldn't he have known to take his son to the hospital much sooner than he took him to the hospital? The dad treated himself, but the son was treated last...and consequently, he died. 😥😢
Check the sources to get the full context. In the case of the 7 year old dying, the fridge temp was way higher than normal. Per the report: “In this case, the temperature of the fridge where the pasta salad was stored was 14°C. This allowed B. cereus to grow to a count of more than 108 CFU/g in 3 days with a probably very high toxin production that may explain the fatal outcome.” 14 degrees C is like 57 degrees F! Ideal temps are 40 or below, around 37 degrees F to inhibit microbial growth. This is terrible all around, but important to consider all variables of the tragedy.
@@siliconhawk Refrigerators can fail too. I have a fridge where the compressor went bad and the main compartment is currently hanging out around 15 degrees. It's not used for food. I'm surprised we didn't get food poisoning because it seems to be intermittent. First clue was when the freezer part was defrosting.
as an Italian let me tell you: NEVER MAKE PASTA DAYS PRIOR TO EATING IT. the sauce may be fine if continuously stored properly in the fridge separated from the pasta, but the pasta has to be FRESHLY MADE. if you make homemade pasta, eat it immediately or freeze it, but it is better to cook dried pasta
My 80 year old grandmother had a jar of pickles from the year 2000 in her pantry in 2020. Literally had pickles older than my kids 🤦🏻♀️ - she saved everything and I guess it was a result of growing up poor. However we found out the food stuff after we moved her to assisted living due to dementia. That sealed jar still managed to end up with some kind of bugs in it.
@@BlackSerannaI was gonna say we pickle things for a reason. So they never spoil. Same idea for jerky. Salt it and let it dry out and nothing can do much to it bc theres no moisture for things to grow on it. Different idea, same result
The "doctor" father who gave acetaminophen to the son must have been a quack. This is a liver toxin and the last thing you want to give to anyone with food poisoning. The common theme is severe liver stress from bacterial toxins. Giving NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine), a glutathione precursor that does not break down in the digestive tract, would have been the proper thing to do early on when the son could still keep it down. He should also have sent his son to the hospital instead of trying hack treatment at home.
Exactly! I was baffled like first of all, your home is not a hospital and second, he wasn't of help but instead made the condition worse... If he was just sent to the hospital instead, he would've been saved...
its not surprising to me, sadly many children experience medical malpractice when their parents are doctors and nurses (and abuse is common when the parent is a nurse especially)
I used to think my mom was exaggerating and being wasteful when she stops me from eating food that "smells funny" now I'm thinking she may have saved my life a couple of times.
I'm glad that my dad (who is a professional chef) has taught me to ALWAYS check food ever since I was little. Our house rule is to throw something away if it smells wrong, even if it's only a day old
This reminds me of a story in a “poisonous animals” book. A family decided to have a day out. While the kids caught frogs, the mother readied the picnic. The tin of tuna was a little dented, a bit rusty, but it was fine. “You don’t eat the can.” Was mother’s excuse. It was less than an hour before the girl complained about stomach pain... ... The sun set upon the scene, everyone laying peacefully on or around the blanket... but no one moved. No one breathed. They were all dead. And that... it’s always stayed with me since then.
Grew up extremely poor so throwing out food was a big no no for us (I mean super poor that sometimes we would only eat rice and seaweed that my family dove for, and if days are good we get chocolate powder instead). I get the not wasting food... But now that I'm older I see an expired food (which happens so often) I throw it out without letting my parents know same as food Ive seen sitting for so long in the fridgs... I get scared by things like this.
It's not good to increase your waste out of fear though. Learn food safety and apply the principles and you'll be fine. No reason to start throwing out all expired foods or leftovers now. There are some foods that can be eaten after the expiration date and some leftovers, if stored properly, can be eaten even after 3-4 days. Really depends on the type of food and its composition.
@Kevyn thank you for sharing your story about growing up in poverty and growing out of it hopefully, it's seldom ppl share or are aware there still exist poor people around, because most ppl think everyone lives in middle class/above average working class, it's good for ppl to not take things for granted :) I too grew up poor, seeing friends throwing food and happily normally so angers me a lot & complaiming over their perfect lives lol
@@divx1001 Food items with expiry date should NOT be treated like best before dates. Items with best before date can still be safe to eat even if smells or tastes weird. Just not good idea either way since it's not going to taste good and might make your stomach upset even if it doesn't cause food poisoning. Expiry date, however... Even if it doesn't smell bad it could still be dangerous to eat. Not all harmful things smell bad. If it's past that date there is non 0 chance that it's already bad and that date is based on extensive testing, something must have gone bad in that 1 extra day when testing. Or maybe they list a date before there is a chance of spoiling... either way wasting food out of fear is every single time better option than taking unnecessary gamble with your life. Even if I were starving I would still stay clear from sketchy food, since if it's bad, emptying your stomach isn't going to make it any fuller.
Another food tip: when storing leftovers from a warm meal, put in smaller separate containers, especially soup. This prevents listeria from growing if there isn’t a large temperate difference between the center and the rest. Also, if storing a lot of food that you likely won’t eat soon but don’t want to waste, store in meal size containers and freeze. Most microwaves have a thaw option, so if you forget to thaw overnight you can weigh the frozen meal on a scale, press thaw for however much it weighs (or guesstimate) and then heat as normal. When reheating, especially soup, cook a few minutes at a time, stirring in between. Keep a magnetic food thermometer, especially for meat. There’s ones you can buy that have recommended meat temps on them. Make sure foods that call for a boil get the full rolling boil. If you’re the type to forget when you cook something, keep a pack of sharpies and painters tape. Date and label.
What do you mean get them to a full rolling boil? Referring to like pasta when you initially cook it lol? If so, curious as to why? Lol and great tips btw thank you!
something i would like to emphasize from this video is from the second story about the son and dad. if u are a doctor u cannot treat ur children as a doctor. i spent the majority of my childhood with my dad as my doctor and now that i'm an adult i have so many medical issues from build up that im in constant pain and constantly going to the hospital. do not treat your children. just don't.
@@sophiasdreamquinnblue8977 If the person who's ur doctor is related to u they can never really have a clear mind when treating u. They were so convinced that I had to be perfect and fine that they refused to get me treatment. I just saw a doctor for the first time in years and was told of multiple medical issues that I have. Not only that, but usually when parents try to act as their child's doctor they don't actually do their "job" they just don't want to take u to the doctors. You also have to bare in mind that there are many kinds of doctors and being an emergency room doctor does not mean u can treat someone for their mental health. I've been untreated for things for so long that it's ruined a lot of parts of my life and my physical health is deteriorating
That ain't the point actually though. treating your kids on your own is fine for most part, & most parents, should they be doctors, wouldn't act like the ones you see in the video. the emphasis is actually how LITTLE SENSE that father had in the first place, doctor or not. the way he handled that pasta in the first place was downright abhorrent to anyone with any sense at all already.
@@FalconWindblader treating your kids for things that could be actual medical emergencies is not okay ever because parents can't have clear common sense when it comes to a family member, that's why it's literally not allowed. he simply assumed that his son was fine because he was fine himself. i'm literally a walking textbook reason of why you shouldn't treat your kids yourself. i get that that wasn't the point of the video, but it is something important i want people to understand because i'm still dealing with the consequences and i don't want anyone else to have to go through this.
Getting your "safe food handling" certificate, they drill these times and temperatures in to you. It also made me weary of eating anything left out too long.
Where can I find information on things that you know? Is there a website you use? I have been trying to find myself but I can't find in depth information. I would like to know things such as how do you cool down your food ment to store as fast as possible and why can you eat leftover food the next day cold like pasta, hummus, couscous etc. I know it has to do with temperature and growth yet any other side just mentions to reheat your food while at the same time saying you can eat it cold. I'm so confused.
i've taken serv safe serveral time and a med microbiology college course. I'm super cautious about keeping the Kitchen clean and storing food properly to the point im a menace to my roommate. He likes to store raw meat/fish in the fridge or freezer uncovered so I just throw it out due to a contamination risk. You'd think someone who has worked in a kitchen would know better.
As someone who has worked in restaurants most of his life, you get an intuition for this kind of stuff when it comes to cooking at home, and leftovers.
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A few months back, I threw out some pasta salad my mom had left in her car for two hours in the FL heat. She wasn't very happy until I told her it was smelling bad. Now today sitting in my room alone I nod my head in approval of myself.
As a kid I never understood why my mom wouldn't just let me have certain snacks/food she'd forgotten in the car and would tell me to throw it out...now I know
Ikr, it should be a known fact if the smell of a food is off even a little bit, you dont eat it. That smell is very distinctive and you will know when food goes bad. However, i do agree, when in doubt, it is safer to throw it out
Good job j hub you did a great justice
Send her this video! Lol
I always have sensitive nose so I always say "NO! Gotta throw this one..." if I find a food with suspicious texture or smell. My parents always get angry towards me bc I'm wasting food. I don't care about my Dad's scolding or my Mom's yelling bc contamination is such a serious case. Better lost some money (for buying that food) than lost a life.
The worst case of this I heard of was a college student who cooked a month's worth of pasta while visiting his parents, took it back to his dorm in plastic ware containers, and left it out on the counter. He wanted to have something cheap and easy to eat, but since it wasn't properly stored, he got sick after a few days, went to go "sleep it off", and never woke up.
aw man :(
Jesus
Aaand... That's a Darwin Award !
That’s terrible :((
This is why you eat ramen, not pasta
That settles it, eating food is way too risky. I’ll just learn how to do photosynthesis.
Our bodies have too much mass for photosynthesis to be effective, it can’t produce enough sustenance.
What we need to do instead, is give in to technology and become androids, so we don’t need to eat ever.
Photosynthesis is actually pretty energy efficient. Get your energy directly from the source (giant sky fireball)
Lol just imagine if that was possible
@@Hevvvyyy It would be so awesome if that was possible. 😎
When I turn the lights on they synthesize photons, does that count as me doing photosynthesis?
Lol, whenever someone mentions learning it like that I always remember the episode of spongebob where he's trying to, and is just moving his arms and saying "photosynthesis" repeatedly 😂
My mother was a cook in a restaurant and she learned the rule of thumb with food is, "When in doubt, throw it out." That has probably saved me and my children more times than I care to think about. Better to waste food than to have it waste you.
Always store food in a fridge or cooler below the temperature of 40 degrees. The old saying, "Life begins at 40" can be a reminder that bacteria growth loves temperatures above 40 degrees.
I used the same motto! Its just not worth the risk.
I once at 4 day old spaghetti (refrigerated the whole time)even after seeing this video, I took a risk and I lived. I'm a gambling man
When I think of the dodgy food practices of my mother: it’s amazing none of us ever got food poisoning 🙀😹
@@snowfleas5426 degrees Fahrenheit*
I've felt bad for avoiding leftovers that I didn't know the date on, and that they ultimately got thrown away. This makes me feel a lot better about it.
just remember that if it smells funny, dont eat it
I have a thought if I'm no sure about food,"the hospital bill will be more expensive than the cost saving of don't thrown this food"
@@piloncillo09 Spoken like a true american...
I dont get that... if it's trash... throw it out.
Same
I know it might seem wasteful but always remember these simple food-safety rules:
First in first out. If it went into your fridge first, be prepared to use it more or less first.
Once something is frozen and then thawed do not re-freeze.
Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. 140F 57C for hot, bellow 38F 4C for cold.
And most of all: When in doubt, throw it out. If it smells, looks, feels, or for the love of coffee tastes bad don't force yourself to eat it. Pizza is cheaper than funeral costs.
Again, this all sounds wasteful, but throwing it all back up and dying are bigger wastes in my book.
Why is it bad to re-freeze something? I've re-frozen raw meat several times (Because we freeze it until we need it to cook, but sometimes we freeze it again because there were change in plans) and everything goes perfectly fine, what are the risks?
@@creepy_artist
Just google it, sufficed to say that you are creating a situation where you are growing the most dangerous infectious agents.
@@creepy_artist it’s because of the microorganisms that will start spoiling the food when you take it out of the freezer! I’m not sure but I think it’s only really dangerous when you let it out of the freezer for a longer period of time not just a few minutes and cases like these are very rare. The reason I don’t do it is just because it tastes worse lol
Mine is simpler - if it looks/smells/feels/tastes different from usual, toss it. Everything has a different expiration period, so it has to be on a case-by-case basis.
@@creepy_artist It's perfectly fine aside from a worsening flavor from moisture loss on thawing/cooking. But yes, you can safely refreeze it into jerky if you want.
I love the sentence “Detecting smell is one of our body’s many defense mechanisms, and we should be mindful when our bodies tell us that something isn’t right.”
You right my mom could smell when we left the gas stove on! Before we all blew up. Also when somethings burning! That’s why when I loss my taste and smell I was paranoid the entire time !
This is perfect way to put it, just yesterday my family was on the way home from a trip when suddenly the car (fyi it's a van with the engine inside) started releasing big fumes of smoke from the radiator and we we're still inside it's all foggy but thank goodness we all were able to get out in time.. The thing is I already noticed the smell of something not right kinda like a burning rubber or something but I didn't say a thing because I was kinda tired, also i figured someone will brought it up sooner but no one did not until we saw the smokes coming up and as it turns out some family members who are inside also have smelled it and there's like eight of us but none speak up... (Also fyi the driver is my dad but he's too focus on the road because we went somewhere new for him to be familiar on the roads/streets there and it's also night). So yeah I'll always be mindful next time of this quote.
@@kmoney9112 they put a smelly chemical in the gas for easy detection, otherwise you’d smell nothing
Not only that but it's also good for helping us keep away from people that are sick so we don't potentially catch whatever they have. Learned this as a kid and basically I got the flu really bad and I remember asking my family doctor why I smelt weird and why no matter how many times I bathed, used perfume, etc that I still had that smell and she told me (in a much smarter way 😂) that it's our bodies way of detecting illnesses in someone else and knowing to keep away from them as a form of protection (same reason why when we get sick it's visually obvious too) basically it was telling everyone else "hey she's sick stay away"- all animals have it but I guess it was just something over time that we all lost/forgot about.
Yeah but there a food smell awfull but taste good and good to eat them (i forgot the food name is though)
That was the most graceless transition to a sponsor ever
yes bruh that was so unsensitive omg
I was so confused when that happened. Like, dude, now is not a right time for you to try and get some money
I remember how my mother used to scold me for sniffing food before ingesting it when I was a kid, telling me that such act was rude, with the pass of the years I finally was able to understand that she was unable to make the difference between good milk and spoiled milk and others with her nose, god blessed me with a high smell sense to the point that I can even tell how salty food is just by smell, now a day she always calls me to sniff refrigerated leftovers before we eat them.
My sis and dad have that kind of nose ,if I smell something off for sure it's bad ,if I smell something ok but to confirm I ask them to smell it and this had save me a couple of times ,specially my sis,my dad is in the side to maybe could be save with enough heat ( I always argue with him that if is off don't push it)
Amen!
In my culture, smelling food is part of the eating process. Smell and taste go hand in hand. Makes the eating experience more complete.
This reminded me of remy from ratatouille
@@Kenny-ky3hy bro same lol
You know what's more wasteful than throwing spoiled pasta? Losing children to it.
WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT.
Idk i feel like long term, deciding not to have children anymore is far less wasteful than keeping them
@@williamtomlinson4322 wth?
Btw will means having kids is bad
@@meffytiger7718 is it wrong to not want to have kids?
@@grantmrozek4756 bro what 💀
My mom was always strict about this even if it smelt "good". We never had pasta salad leftovers ever, it was always thrown out if it wasn't finished same day. Anything that had egg, mayo or milk was a no no to save as leftovers. I now get it.
Thank god my mom is like this as well. As a kid I never understand why she would throw away perfectly good leftover cake after just two days cause I never throught it would be so fatal eating it
@@mobiledatano1787 Thank God for real, better safe than sorry
@@mobiledatano1787 Eating leftover cake mixes never hurt me. It never smelt weird, or tasted weird
I ate a three day old pasta I think it was a chicken Alfredo one. I had nothing else to eat and I was starving. It smelt good still and didn't have any mold or whatever. I reheated it and had a taste. It was okay and I'm turned out okay thankfully... but now after seeing all this I won't do it again😅
same! i'm very glad and thankful that my mom always educate me on proper storage of food and culonary hygiene. and always pay attention to the expiration date, especially with dairy based and wet foods. food wasting is never a good thing, but there's an extent. it's better safe than sorry
The upbeat commercial in between describing the death of children was callous and unsettling.
Ok
Yeah, it wasn’t the best time to mention the sponsor
So inapropreate i just started laughing ,,i think it was a monty python edit..
Yeah pretty annoying
Yeah ppl should do their sponsors at the beginning
I have a "nothing bad will happen" type of a family and sometimes I feel like I'm the only one keeping us from getting food poisoning.
Same
Me too. W my in laws
Maybe fear isn't bad after all
The nose always knows
Same, my dad has this weird fixation I. Insisting on eating rotten food that’s often moldy, I think it’s a form of self harm tbh since he denies himself good food even when it’s around
as an italian (and therefore the greatest pasta expert) we keep pasta for one day. two days tops and only for certain types. but as grandma says, if u need to smell it its already not worth the risk.
ed è per questo che a casa mia la pasta non vede mai l'alba del giorno dopo
esattoooo
even just plain pasta no sauce
I’m Italian and cooked pasta without sauce or Anything on it, we keep for about 4 days. It def stays good about that long
Sigh.
Horrifying. My daughter came down with what was likely norovirus after getting a fish sandwich from a restaurant I hadn't known had a rep for food safety issues, and never before had I taken a child in for "just food poisoning" and been told, "ER now, and carry her, do not let her walk." Food poisoning is No Joke.
I am so, so glad to hear you took it seriously. Too many people think "just food poisoning" is not "ER Worthy" and don't seek help. 🥲
Is it a well known fish sandwich/ restaurant ? Let us knooo😭
Best advice I can recommend is to go vegan and eat at home.
@@asherahtree8435 yeah but being vegan removes a good amount of things you could eat specially actually-well-tasting ones and it probably also has some negative effect on your nutrition
@@somewhat_human That's what the meat industry has drilled into this society. No way am I eating a dead descendant animal. You do have to make sure you combine your food well for nutrition that's true. Horses are vegan and they are strong. They don't lack nutrition.
IF IT SMELLS TURNED, IT'S TURNED! WHAT CENTURY IS THIS!?
Oh you don't know. I got invited once with food left over for three days at room temperature. I refused to eat...everything ended up in a public bin 😅😮
Exactly 😅anything that smells off im throwing away food lotion makeup ect
@@missophelie3781 Sorry but, who invites people to eat leftovers?
@@bolshevikapologist9957 It depends on how long you're staying.
@@missophelie3781 ah, fair enough
I grew up from a poor family, but my parents knew when to throw food away. Food poisoning is not a joke
It ends up costing more to get food poisoning (not necessarily money) than to be hungry for a bit longer.
When I was a little kid I found a yogurt that had been forgotten outside the fridge while I had escaped adult surveillance and ate a bit of it, I remember thinking 'weird, it's warm'. I was deathly sick for a whole week, couldn't do anything, had to go to the hospital, kept vomiting, etc. I learned my lesson. I've been a control freak with food safety ever since.
@@Rubiecat a similar experience I had was that a few weeks ago, I ate some pudding I bought from the store. I remember thinking it smelled strange as well but thought nothing of it because it was store bought. I had diahreah and vomiting bouts for arround 3 days. I’m guessing it wasn’t stored probably idk, yogurt and pudding and be risky, and even store bought food can be risky too I guess.
I didn't wash a bowl out very good and got sick for 24 hrs. It was the sickest I've ever been. Glad it only lasted a day. I always wash my dishes twice now.
Good for you guys
I think some people don't realize how serious food poisoning is, it kills thousands of people. Many have the mentality of "It'll be fine, don't want to waste food". Your health and life is more important than wasting a few bites of food.
A casket costs more than a meal
@@weirddd469 thats exactly what theyre saying tho
It’s for this reason I’ll forever stay away from White Castle. First and only time I’ve ever had food poisoning.
You genuinely feel like death. Your body gets so fatigued from constant vomiting and diarrhea that you go into a weird spaced out mind frame. Took me nearly a week to get through it.
Well said 👏
@@basilcook4280 exactly, wouldnt want to have to buy 7 caskets
1. Always keep your leftover in a closed container to avoid crosscontamination
2. Keep it in the fridge or freezer properly
3. Don't defroze in room temp for too long
4. Always reheat them 'til boil or super hot
5. Check your food either it smell funny, taste sour, decoloration or become slimey
6. Remember that medical care cost more than your leftover food
This should be pinned to the top!
that last one is honestly so disappointing and sad to even have to think about 😭😭
Actually medical care doesn't cost anything in my country so I can eat all the slimy and weird tasting food I want
@@cavaliers4ever must be nice😭
7. Don't keep food at a warm temperature for people coming later. Let it go cold and reheat to very hot, as you say.
"This entire family died suddenly. Anyway, you can smell nice with today's sponsor..."
Right.....what in the world?????
Not the best lead in?
Lol
we live in a dystopia lol
LOL
Crazy how strong yet fragile the human body is. I know for a FACT I’ve eaten food that was more questionable than 3 day old food and haven’t had a bad experience with it. But that leftover food bodied 7 people….crazy
Same bro istg ive eaten 3 day old pizza that sat out the whole time, lid of the box open, didnt get sick at all
I've eaten food from trash and never died. Just luck, I guess.
ha, we can all relate.
I think the biggest issue is that they kept taking/leaving the pasta out of the fridge, still I never eat leftovers apart from meat because i'm so scared of getting sick.
@@Loshitty pizza is pretty safe tbh worst youll get is food poisoning even tho it has both dairy and flour in it
I just had Pasta leftovers from two days ago. Peace everyone✌️
rip
Username is valid
fr praying for you ❤️
LOL
horrible timing
One of my cousins died a couple days after thanksgiving one year. She was 22. Apparently the turkey and dinner was left out for a few hours after the family eating. She was at work and her family left the food out because she would be home in about 2 hours after they ate. The next day she was taken to the hospital and died the day after that. It’s super sad but what’s almost sadder than that is when her parents were called telling them that they’re daughters is in the hospital with food poisoning and they need to be with her because it doesn’t look like she’s going to make it, they thought it was a joke. She passed before they got there. Her grandparents were there and a little while after she passed her grandparents went to the lobby to wait for her parents so they could tell them. Her parents walked in, laughing and when her grandfather told them “she’s gone” they chuckled and said “so she went home? We knew she was over reacting”…
Edit: I do feel terrible for her parents, she was an only child that they had to really try for. But if I was called and told that my daughter probably won’t make it I wouldn’t laugh… they bs’d getting to the hospital because they thought she was over reacting. Don’t ever be those parents..
Sounds like my parents. They called me to yell at me for being sick while I was in ICU for a week with diabetic ketoacidosis. Obviously I made it but I the nurses told me later they didn't think I would. Parents never once came to visit 🙄😢 sorry for the loss of your cousin.
Food spoiled in two hours?
Not doubting your story but how did the turkey go that bad in just 2 hours?
@@AllAmericanLies maybe it was cooked much earlier?
@@AllAmericanLies Didnt you watch the entire video? It literally explains how it can happen
I read the linked medical journal of the pasta salad family. It said that the refrigerator temp was 14 degrees C (57 F). You might as well leave food on the counter.
Refrigerator thermometers are cheap on Amazon. I keep one each in the fridge, freezer and mini fridge
Wow that’s too warm at 57 degrees! after picnic out in the air and 3 extra days in that temperature?! I wouldn’t even taken it back after picnic! Throw them away !
This video gives me extra alert after cooking 😮 a lot of times I take my time before packing the left overs for the fridge thinking I should let the food cool down first!
I keep my refrigerator at 35F.
Depending where in the fridge I put the food, it sometimes freezes, but I am okay with that.
I am a bachelor, do most of my own cooking, and eat a lot of left overs. I am very aware of proper food handling as far as contamination, cross contamination, no _double dipping,_ temperature control, and using my nose.
So far I've lived to be in my seventies and healthy and have never gotten sick from eating _spoiled food._
I had _Covid_ a few years ago and didn't even know it.
It was discovered I had _Covid_ when I went to the hospital thinking I had appendicitis.
As it turned out I had kidney stones. Not a fun week.
Well anyways they ran a bunch of tests on me and told me I did not have appendicitis but I did have kidney stones and that's what was causing the pain, and as an added feature, I also had _Covid._
They asked me:
Did you know you had _Covid_ before you came to the hospital?
I said, no.
Are you vaccinated?
I said, no.
Do you want to be vaccinated?
I said, no.
That was the end of it and we then went on to talk about my kidney stones as they wheeled me to an _isolation room._
@@siskatan642 _a lot of times I take my time before packing the left overs for the fridge thinking I should let the food cool down first!_
I do the same thing as you but only under certain circumstances.
Example:
I have a 5qt. pan I use to make stews, soups, sauces...
Once the contents are _cooked,_ I leave the lid on and don't take it off.
The food inside has been boiling and is sterile and as long as I don't contaminate it, it will keep.
I sometimes even leave it overnight if it's late in the evening when I've cooked it and I want to go to bed.
It's fine the next morning but at that point it does need to be portioned out for individual servings and packed away.
Some gets frozen, some refrigerated for work lunches later that week.
Anything I cook that is not _sterile_ after cooking, does need to be packed and refrigerated within the hour.
They shouldn’t even make refrigerators that cool above 38 degrees
I definitely need to show this video to my mom. I was horrified one day to discover she cut off the moldy part of bread and ate the good part. Since then I always keep repeating about how it's a gamble to eat moldy bread like that. I'll need to monitor our food consumption better lol.
@@samarnadra cool thanks for the information. We don't get the Variety of cheese since it isn't a staple here. But I'll keep these information in mind for next time. Also we don't usually keep bread in fridge maybe its time we started doing that haha. I recently moved for work so no fridge atm.
my dad does this too !!! i keep on telling him off but he's stubborn as a rock.
@@softsvthours_6204 Parents! 😭💀 They never listen! 😂
It is actually gross though, because bread is so porous that means if a bit of mold is visible, it’s likely the roots have spread through the rest
Please tell your mom that mold has pores and mold comes out of them spitting to other parts of the bread/food. You can’t really cut it off
This is a problem with having health care professionals as parents. They thinks everything is fine unless you lost a limb or something because they are so desensitized to everything.
That's a pretty broad sweeping statement - I would say most people should know not to eat food that has been stored for three days, after being non refrigerated for that long, such as in a picnic situation.
But a scarier thought - what kind of doctor would treat the pesto & poisoning situation that way? Scary
@@jocelynsmyth6604 What kind of doctor you say?
Shinobi ones /s
@@jocelynsmyth6604 i think their point is that, more often than not, having symptom A does not mean diagnosis B, so assuming the worst case scenario is rather silly for doctors. They're trained not to panic or assume the worst based one symptom, after all. Otherwise doctors would ALWAYS freak out in their jobs. There's a reason doctors look for evidence before performing surgery in most cases. Even with their own patients, doctors are trained to go with the more common diagnoses first, if my memory is correct. After all, if someone has a fever, why would you jump to a life-threatening liver surgery just because 'fever' is a symptom of liver failure? Especially when a fever is also a symptom of the simple common cold? (I made the liver symptom thing up btw, idk if true, but the point still stands)
@@jocelynsmyth6604 my friends mom is a doctor and he’s never allowed to stay home no matter how sick he is, the other day he had he knee dislocated and relocated and was forced to go to school the next day
@@Skillfullfilms89 I hear where you're coming from (and I work in healthcare, so for sure, symptom A doesn't equal diagnosis B)
But it worries me that any parent would go 'ah yes, this is totally safe - smells off, was out in room temp breeding bacteria, that's totally okay to eat', let alone a parent so well educated as to receive a doctorate.
I had some raw chicken that smelt strange, I cooked it anyway to see if it would be alright. After cooking for an hour I tasted and didn't even swallow the bite because it tasted strange. Your body tells you when food isn't safe, why risk your kids when all signs point to no?
Not enough money; "it would be wasteful"; " not the good food"
@Periwinkle Raw chicken can be filled with eccoli, be glad you weren't sick.
E. coli*
I'd take my chances with e. coli over botulism any day😱 if you are dizzy plus vomiting from food poisoning, get your a** to the hospital. Botulism is the only pathogen that makes you dizzy as well as ill and is quite potentially fatal.
*PSA over*😄
I’ve experienced the same thing. As soon as it touches my tongue my body is like nope don’t swallow it. Has happened on several occasions.
I had made homemade pizza with my bf and I took a bite and said yeah I’m not eating that. I didn’t swallow it but I somehow still had diarrhea.
Bf also leaves food sitting out all the time and says it will be okay. He has a complex that nothing affects or could affect him.
I had raw chicken that smelled strange, I covered it with salt, adobo and sazón and cooked it and I ate all 20 pieces and I’m good.
I knew never to trust the 3-day old pasta that smelled weirdly sour.
I make pasta salad doused with vinegar, so I would not even know the difference ! 🥺
@@droopypie then dont eat it after 3 days
@@decanamebut 3 Days ain't even much, it's close to too much but usually fine
@@artos9406they must of left it out before refrigerateration
I'm so mad at that doctor father who waited 2 days before bringing his son to the hospital. He definitely thought his knowledge is enough
Not uncommon in doctor's families. Just saying.
Yah that defiantly could’ve saved his boy.
Yeah. He NEVER should have gotten sick in the first place! As a doctor, he SHOULD have had sense enough to know that you throw food out when it smells, or if you can't smell properly, after a certain time. And he should have realized that this food poisoning was serious.
And giving aspirin to someone with stomach troubles?? I've had that and you avoid aspirin at that time, per my doctor
Medical families are like that, they think highly of their skills so refuse to seek help
My dad has a rule that if anything smells off, no matter how much is left, throw it away immediately.
It's a good rule, though a frustrating one to have when grocery budgets are tight.
@@AlexMint yeah, I'm really grateful both my parents have stable internet jobs cuz if not idk what we would be doing with the war rn
Better to be safe than sorry 😎
Your dad is wise
@@AlexMint If you're on a budget, it's smarter to cook small amounts of food to not waste it 🤷
I'm not particularly on a budget but I always cook in exact quantities just for this reason. I don't want to throw away food. It's not even a budget issue, anyone respecting food and money wouldn't want to throw it away. Unless you're going to freeze it, don't cook in huge quantities
my parents called me wasteful when I threw out all the food that smelled bad or was in the refrigerator for more than a day. It's better to save money on avoidable medicines than on pasta.
More than a day is too soon you are wasting it.
This is why I am okay with my family bitching about having to eat leftovers when they're in the mood for something else, and they just had the food the night before.
Wait is it not okay to eat leftovers that are refrigerated more than a day.
@@taeminsgf4275 It is fine to eat refrigerated food for up to 3 days I guess, just always check the smell.
@@meeramoves4404 Don't wrongly advice people. It really depends on what food it is. Most foods can remain for 3 days but some should not stay in the fridge that long. Pasta should not be eaten for more than a day or two after. Remember that there is sometimes cheese and or tomato in pasta. Those items go very bad fast. Some people also do not have their fridge on a low enough temperature.
You know its bad when the bacteria is literally called b. cerius
cereus
Be serious bro..
@@4oresk1nnerB cerius bro
I just realized 💀
Be serious
My grandmother tells a story of a church homemade ice cream social, back in the 40’s, where 6 children died because the ice cream was tainted because the ice cream maker had not been cleaned properly during its last use.
jesus
This is actually really common and is the reason pregnant folk should never eat ice cream that comes from a machine - like those in ice cream vans because it is physically impossible to keep the machines 100% clean.
THE FATHER IS A DOCTOR. 😆😆 western medicine
@@cinnamonstar808 what u implying
So sad
What kind of doctor feeds his son 4-day-old partially unrefrigerated pasta, whilst ignoring its smell?
The same kind that eats it himself, at least?
yeah no kidding, he'd have had to take biology classes and see how bacteria grows on petri dishes left at room temperature but though repeatedly leaving food out for 2+ hours was fine for consumption...? Maybe he went to med school in the third world?
In my experience doctors are some of the most obtuse people you'll meet. The longer someone spends in university the less actual life skills they acquire, while at the same time having an over estimate of their abilities because of how knowledgeable they are in a very specific line of knowledge.
I work in a public waste facility and have no degrees, but have watched doctors driving a Lexus unable to tell the difference between wood and paper.
@@cottoncandykawaii2673 wow thats seriously offensive to insult third world countries like that….
@@cottoncandykawaii2673 oh really? do you really think third world med school bad? you seriously need more traveling.
Yesterday, me and my bf wanted to eat gnocchi. They were a little old, smelled a little off, but we still tried it. Once cooked, it looked worse and the smell was still somewhat present so we throw it out and made fresh pasta. I didn't know it was such a great idea!
You did the right thing, not worth taking a chance.
Bad potatoes is one of the worst smells! Glad you changed your mind about eating it!
Oh god, yeah gnocchi is worse especially if they aren't properly stored. People easily mistake that stuff as regular pasta and will try to store it in their cabinets like spaghetti when it's supposed to be stored in the fridge. Gnocchi ingredients are full of perishables like potato and sometimes cheese so it turns green if you leave it out long enough. Excessive amounts of bad potato can body someone from the fumes alone.
@@bigbungus4466 Yeah, I stored them in the refrigerator, just for too long. At least it's easy to see, some food can turn bad and it's hard to tell. Tho I didn't know some thought gnocchi were like dry pasta and stored it like it! Like... Great to try new thing, but follow instructions... Thanks for the piece of knowledge :)
Bad potatoes are one thing bad pasta made with potatoes, you dodged a bullet Kimmy
"Honey, I think I may have a foodborne pathogen."
"Be serious."
POV: You are 8 year old me
I can't tell you the guilt that I still feel when wasting food I can't finish because my family would drill it into my head that "I couldn't waste food" but watching this makes me feel better. Ironically.
You missed the point. The problem wasn't leftovers the problems was food LEFT OUT
It’s good advice your family taught you...you will need that wisdom as spiritual and physical nourishment soon when the food supply chain plug is finally pulled
By the WEF...you will be hungry and you will be happy.
@@happeeboy9581 Plenty of parents leave things out and then expect it to be eaten later as to not waste food so I think you’re the one who missed the point
Food waste is extremely bad for the environment. These are extreme examples. Good food management is all you need.
Just don't cook too much in the first place. I cook s lot to keep for the week, but, I'm also bad at forgetting food on the countertop. :-(
So, keeping the food in the fridge and correct temperature and warming it a high temperature for a good number of minutes is key.
I feel so sad for these kids. Ultimately it was the parents fault for not being safer about to but goodness what a horrible way to lose a child.
Ultamitely it was the fault of bad luck. Yes the parents should have used better judgement but come on it was an honest mistake that they are going to live eith for the rest of their lives. At the end of the day it was just downright bad luck.
@@subswithnovideos-oz4zo wdym honest mistake? I've not seen parents give children something which smelt "funny".
@@sushmitatripathy6844 They could have been poor which can makes people take risks that other people wouldn't take, simply because they can't afford to throw out food and buy new food to replace it.
Yeah they basically accidentally poisoned their children. What an awful experience.
@@Freya778 I grew up poor, and it's also not a wise idea to have 5 children if you truly are struggling to even put food on the table.
Food poisoning doesn’t care if you’re a medical practitioner. I ate a couple bites of a chocolate bun I left out overnight that i forgot had cream cheese in it. 30 minutes later i had horrible cramps and diarrhea, told my mom and dad I had food poisoning. My mom says “You can’t have food poisoning in 30 minutes.” She’s licensed nurse and he’s a doctor.
Also she gets so trigged over me using the term “food poisoning”, claiming “food poisoning is very specific and you cant just call anything that gives you the runs food poisoning”
That’s wild because my mum does the same thing (not Asian but a nurse for TWO DECADES)
I ate mozzarella once (a small amount as I didn’t like the taste) and felt really weak and shakey, figured it was an allergy as my sister can’t have dairy. Insisted I was allergic and avoided the food at all costs
So she convinced my aunt to sneak some (more then I had had before) in a lasagna during a family party. I was already halfway though before I realised. 2 hours later and I’d thrown up 10 times and could barely walk. I was spitting bile and couldn’t see straight. I ended up fainting and my grandma caught me. She still to this day insists I’m not allergic. I don’t eat anything she makes if it looks even slightly cheesy
fr I ate an undercooked chicken curry and was sick like an hour later I'm in so much pain rn 😭😭😭
@@dabdabthethird2410 are those symptoms of an allergic reaction?
@@dabdabthethird2410 that's terrible. If my mom did that (basically tried to poison you) I wouldn't eat anything she made ever again fr 💔
I grew up in the 60s and it seemed that every summer, the papers were full of stories about people who got sick or died from eating tuna salad that had gone bad at picnics. It scared me so badly that I would not touch tuna and mayo for years.
Mayo is tricky because even if refrigerated, it’s only a good a month after opening.
I'm trying to imagine a DOCTOR eating 4 day old spaghetti that had been sitting out at room temperature multiple times and SMELLED BAD thinking, "Yeah, this is safe for me and my kid to eat."
Just because they’re a doctor does NOT mean they are above average intelligence. Trust me! Just like any other profession- there are plenty of idiots with doctorates.
This is coming from someone in the medical field.
Ikrrr I thought about that too
Literally
@@sup0nj191 well he knew about medicine for vomiting and diarrhea, so you would expect him to not leave food out at room temperature
It's been more than a few times when a dish doesn't fit in the fridge so we leave it in the oven for the next day. A few times even skipped eating it the second day to eat it later. Surprised I'm still alive considering all of this info. :D
i’ve always found it to be common sense to refrigerate your food, i think the biggest takeaway for me was to not make so much food all at once. for anyone else worried about wasting, literally just make less. if you can’t finish it in two days, downsize. much better for your wallet and your health.
Exactly. I'm not good about eating leftovers quickly and had been wasting a lot of food by cooking too much at once. I make much smaller amounts of food now.
Or put it in an ice bath and freeze it after. That's what you learn in food safety class, at least. Putting hot food into the fridge or freezer right away can make the cold or frozen food go bad by raising the temperature..
I make food for 3-4 days if possible (the cooking day is the first day), it works (I still need to cook every day as there are multiple meals with multiple parts). Practically everything we eat last that long and I notice if something is off. I never need to throw off cooked food. If we happen to eat slowly or lose interest, I put it into the freezer when I notice it won't be eaten quickly enough.
The food in this video/case was refrigerated, but for way too long.
Truee also give the extra to the starving stray cats and dogs out there
That sponsor was the most jarring thing I've ever heard in my life. Children dead from food poisoning- YOU PROBABLY SMELL FINE. 😅
With all due respect, your content is the kind where you should do it before getting into the video. Ain't no one paying attention to scentbird when we're still getting over a nine year old dead from pasta salad
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ikr? insensitive af, im disgusted
@@nypupu tough ig you can stop watching the video🤷♂️
@@illegal3755 omg Carlos, i didn't know that, I have been watching it for 3 hours on repeat now and I didn't know stopping the video was the option, you're a total life saver, I'm in tears now, thank you from the bottom of my heart
thought i was the only one who felt off about that. such wrong timing, pretty insensitive if anything.
I have Emetophobia (fear of throwing up) and Im always, always careful when it comes to food. When I smell something off on my food, I'll throw it out. My family gets mad at me for it sometimes. That I always waste food that can still be eaten, but better be safe than sorry!
Pretty much everyone hates & fears vomiting though
@@vetiverose128 I know some or most people dont like it, but having emetophobia is very much different. It basically destroys our lives
@@vetiverose128😂😂😂 right ? What a jack wagon. “iT bAsIcALLy dEsTrOys oUrS liVeS”
@@JSession lol, if you have emetophobia, you'd get my point.
@@LyleLanemy sister has it, I get what you mean. I don’t have emetophobia but I am a hypochondriac so I can kinda relate to some degree.
Alright, I always knew eating expired food was dangerous, but I never thought it could turn into a life or death situation. I just thought you would get really sick and thats it. Glad I watched this video.
from first hand experience i had eaten expired food without my knowledge that they expired and had mold!! i had gotten horribly sick but thank God it didnt turn more dangerous!
It's not about the date. It's when the food was handled improperly.
In this case, the fridge temperature wasn't cold enough.
Expiration dates aren't about safety. The manufacturer establishes when quality will deteriorate. There is no regulating body. Don't say the FDA, the only food they mandate expiration dates on is infant formula. I once ate a can of soup that was ten years old. It was fine.
@@bcaye 10 yrsss??? Nah you wild. Stop that 😂
Right ?
Same
Here's a tip on pasta. What you do is separate the pasta and sauce, combine them only when you need to eat it so it doesn't spoil easily. If you want to reheat, just reheat the sauce and put it together with the pasta since if you combine the two together it spoils easily. If there are bubbles and it starting to smell, throw it out
Or just only ever make as much pasta (or rice) as you plan to eat immediately after cooking. There's really no need to batch cook it.
@@mydogeatspuke There are plenty of reasons why you would end up with leftovers. One for exemple, is that not everyone has the time to cook daily.
@@Rayerie right because that's definitely something I asked??? There are plenty of things you can do to meal prep that don't involve keeping leftovers from the day(s) before and causing potentially fatal toxicity.
yesss this is why I throw away stir fry after a few hours being left out because everything has its own shelf life and some things will secretly be rotten while everything else isn't
@@mydogeatspuke What you said was, "only ever make pasta/rice as you plan to eat immediately". Keeping rice in and pasta for 5 days in the fridge doesn't cause fatal toxicity. This is literally why we have fridges. I don't have the time nor energy to cook my pasta and rice one portion at a time every day. Not to mention the extra cost of electricity/gas to do that. Your base statement was just lame.
This is horrifying, you never think it’ll happen to you or your kids until it does. I can’t imagine the pain of losing a 7 year old to some bad pasta that you could have just thrown out. I’ve always tried to be safe with the food that I feed to my kids but this video has made me more cautious about leaving food out for longer than the allowed time and watching expiration dates.
You just know they went from being the sort of people who said things like "it never harmed me, people are too sensitive about food" to "I lost a child, never take the risk". Which is why I don't tolerate people who are carefree about these things and say stuff like that.
Too bad, one of my classmate literally died by choking on a dorito
these people are so weak. i've had plenty of food poisoning experiences. also, i never eat something that smells soiled, horrible, etc. these people have no disgust response so hardly a loss in the world
@@cagneybillingsley2165 eh some people just get food poisoning worse than others
It’s honestly not hard to tell if food has spoiled… If something looks, smells, or tastes funky, you should throw it away right then and there.
My husband once entertained at a party by serving a big platter of cold 2:02 cuts. The platter sat out for 3 hours then put away. The next day my husband decided to eat some of the cold cuts. He got so sick he couldnt even walk and crawled to the phone to call an ambulance. He was treated for food poisoning at the hospital and survived but he said he never was so sick in his life.
I swear this happened to me from a pub sub...my head was pounding...for some reason something told me to eat raw garlic...I ate 3 raw cloves...chomped up raw..and felt better in 20 minutes
When I took a parasitilogy course back in college they mentioned several times about how food left out at picnics (especially with mayo or eggs in it- like pasta salad) was a big culprit for serious food poisoning
Any reason in particular that picnic foods are such a big culprit vs food kept at home? Or other outside environments?
@@kathy2659 because people make mayo based salads left out in the heat all day for picnics
@@dontmindme633 I seriously don't know why people do that...
@@dontmindme633 and then they take them home and put them in their refrigerator. Bacteria be goin crazy
well I don’t eat either of those things so I’m in the clear
This makes me feel better about throwing food out when it starts to smell slightly different. My family always said I was being wasteful but guess what? I never got sick from food
Good call. Being repulsed by things smelling off is a basic human survival instinct that helps us avoid eating contaminated things. If it doesn't smell good, odds are it's not good for you.
Like the saying goes, when in doubt, throw it out.
Me too i cant eat at all if the food smells spolied, it’s my pet peeve . I always throw the entire thing away.
Alot of times my dad doesn’t notice if food is spoiled in the fridge. Im always the one recognizing what kind of smell in our food is a red flag.
Same here. I don’t know how my mom survives, though. Her view on expired products is scary, which made me very cautious. And i got sick multiple times in my childhood because of that. Take care, kids, and always check your food, parents can be irresponsible or ignorant sometimes :(
It smells funny… why risk it? I don’t understand. If food smells off DON'T EAT IT!
Hind sightes 2020
one time I ate mac and cheese that smelled like actual rotten tomatoes
Ikr
Money
Trust your gut, don't eat it!
I am very glad I saw this video. I didn’t realize that expired food could be this dangerous. I knew food that had expired could make you sick and if smelled bad you should through it out. I had never heard of a story where someone died from it. That you for spread this information so I now know better.
Well, thanks, Brew, for freaking me out. Cook food *very* well, kids. Don’t be afraid to overcook and reheat a little too much.
I remember eating pasta at a Disney resort when I was 13 and had really bad nausea and vomiting.
Disney has been leaving a bad taste in a lot of people lately.
It's good you are better.
What Michael said. Glad you're still with us friend!
Barley any kids will watch this.
If food has gone bad don't eat it. Reheating won't help because the bacterias aren't the only problem. Their byproducts are much more harmful and can't be removed by reheating
yeah you gotta B. Cereus about food hygiene!
Food poisoning is no joke. When it comes to food preparation and storage, it's best to b. cereus about it!
nice one
haha
It’s *be serious
@@fillmynosewithcheese7482 the joke is that B. Cerius is a bacteria that, when ingested, can cause sickness
@@fillmynosewithcheese7482 r/whoosh
It's videos like these and the ones Chubbyemu does that makes me extremely paranoid about eating leftovers lol. If the leftovers are more than a day old, I won't eat it.
Brew and Chubbyemu are so awesome 😎👍
Right ruined even day old pasta for me
Just take a good handling class through your city. Then just follow those safe handling rules and you should be fine.
Never been an episode about people who do proper food handling getting sick. It isn't time alone that makes leftovers dangerous, it's leaving it out or letting it incubate after contamination
I think it depends more on 'how' and 'where' the food is stored, but time is also a contributing factor.
if it smells odd DON’T EAT IT! If it’s a slugs moving in your garden DON’T EAT IT!
if it’s ARBY’S RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
As a kid, I remember that at big family holidays food could be left out for 2+ hours... Then be divvied up for people to take home. I wonder how many instances of "the stomach bug" were actually mild cases of food poisoning... My aunt (who is currently the host of family events) worked in a school cafeteria and is pretty quick to put away the stuff that can spoil fast. Meats are kept closest to the fridge and dairy is next. I'm so glad that she took over the food-related gatherings because I haven't gotten sick randomly (only if I'm not careful about certain ingredients).
what do you mean closest to the fridge? When you take it out you keep it close to the fridge so you can put it back fast?
yeah same for me. Got quite a number of stomach bug as a kid. This is usually why I would accept the leftovers they gave me, but then I would put it in the freezer, and later in a week I'd toss it out during fridge cleaning. I dont wanna be mean by turning it away outright (because if the elders found out they would totally get offended)
Huh, my roommate got a stomach bug when she went to visit family over the holidays, but none of the rest of us caught it from her when she came home with it. Granted, this was right after COVID and she was very careful about touching things, but it might have been a non-contagous food poisoning.
I need to show this to my mom but I know she still won’t take it seriously. She will accidentally leave leftovers out for hours, sometimes the whole day while she’s working, only to put it pack in the fridge or eat it for dinner. She’s always proud about her “iron stomach” but I still tell her not to play with fire. I just don’t want her to have this bad habit as her immune system weakens as she ages…
Straight up, my husband and I are the same way, nothing seems to affect our stomachs. That being said when it comes to my son I'm paranoid of everything lol so i won't let him eat food that's been out too long, i just make him something else.
Girl! I am also worried about my mom as well! She does similar things! She acts like food never expires and mold is okay. Super unsafe and not okay! My mom is so stubborn, so just does not listen!
@@ladyg6575 old people are soo stubborn
@@kL-vs6wz As you should. kids are fragile creatures until they turn at least 15 after all.
exactly! after watching this I feel more worried about my family's health, they always ignore the funny smell or taste of the food, even if I complain they still eat it and I don't know how to convince them that it's not safe
Although my heart goes out to these families, why anyone would eat food that smells weird is beyond me .
Same reason why people drink and drive, recklessly speed, swim on high tide... "it's not going to happen to me".
Truth is, the cemetery is full of people who thought it wasn't going to happen to them.
They all pasta way
if you think about it some food naturally smell bad in a way
@@lesbrooklyn you did not 😭😭😭
Because poor.
If something doesn’t smell good to me I throw it straight in the garbage but I remember one time when I was pregnant I went to a friend’s house she cooked pasta and ground beef I remember a couple of hours later I was at the hospital practically dying thank God I made it thru .. this happened 5 years ago
Whenever people attack me for being "overly" skeptical about food being left out and smelling funky, I'll show them this.
Just because there is no visible mold, doesn't mean it's fine 🙄
I'm going to do the same with my family. I'm often called "paranoid" because of this concern
Anyone who attacks you for not eating spoiled food is insane, period.
exactly
i smell everything before i eat it😅 even in public
better safe than sorry
@@darkskies333 Same 🤦♂️ my mum gets annoyed everytime I do that.
My grandama just agree with me because I don't stop till she throw it away and one time my aunt butted in and told me I was being paranoid, she didn't get food posion out of it but if she did I guess she may listen.
As a teacher who teaches children and teens homeeconomics, we spend a TON of time educating them on bacteria and proper food hygiene, our motto being “WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT”. And always ALWAYS trust your sense of smell, it has aided humans for centuries in detecting things that would be bad for us. If you smell something even slightly concerning it’s always better to be safe and throw it out.
Ignoring the fact that some of the worst microorganisms don't cause food to look or taste differently?
@@bcaye But a lot of dangerous microorganisms *do* cause a change in appearance and smell. That's the whole point of trusting our senses. Of course there's other microorganisms that don't change the food's appearance or smell, and that's why OP, along with many others, are educated on proper food safety (safely storing food, properly heating it, etc.). Why you had to be so argumentative is beyond me.
@@robinbloxom, I don't consider that warning particularly argumentative. Salmonella and C. Botulinum both can be indetectable and they are two of the worst food borne illnesses. I just don't want people thinking that as long as food smells and tastes fine, it's safe.
Of course, I also don't understand why anyone *would* eat something that doesn't smell or taste okay.
I’m so angry that my school completely did away with home economics. I feel denied common education that should be MANDATORY. I am entitled to know about how to not POISON myself
In school I did cooking at least 1 term from years 7 - 9 and the first week was always on bacteria and food poisoning. If something smells strange or has been in the fridge too long, it goes in the bin and I’m always careful to keep raw meat away from everything else.
This is part of the reason I think we should move away from over pressuring children with lines like, "there are starving kids who would he grateful for that food". Gratitude is important and all, but it might encourage kids to force down food that tastes and smells off.
Instead, teach your child to take reasonable portions and not overload their plate if their appetite isn't that big. Leftovers can be stored PROMPTLY in the fridge, but the food on your plate has to be eaten or thrown, so try your best not to take more than you can eat, but don't cry over spilled milk.
There are starving kids who would be died for that food. I am not going to be that kid thanks Mum/Dad.
THIS 💯
Yeah!!
Forcing kids or pressuring them to eat also contributes to eating disorders
@@Kriistall7 yeah, I have two friends who have eating issues because of the mentality of never wasting food.
One was raised in a family who's parents grew up with extreme food insecurity. So they made their kids eat excessive amounts of food and would shame them. Also randomly wouldn't let them drink anything during meals? Maybe so they wouldn't get full on water instead of food?
The other also grew up in a poor household, told to never waste food. Now that they live on their own, it's difficult to make a well proportioned meal for one. So they choose to over eat rather than feel guilty about not finishing food, or letting it go bad in the fridge.
I left a chicken sandwich on the counter overnight once and got really hungry. Thought about eating the sandwich. I was like "the downside of this is i get a little sick" but chose not to eat it bc I have a fear of vomiting. I'll never ever ever even consider doing that ever again after watching this video.
I’m telling y’all, I’ve worked in a kitchen with insanely high food safety standards and the main way we decided if we still used ingredients that looked like they might have gone bad early was to smell them. Trust billions of years worth of evolution!
Edit: gone bad *early*. We labeled every part of the food making process with the time and date it was prepped. You chopped some onions and were putting them in the walk in fridge for later use in the day? You would have to label when those onions were chopped, who they were chopped by, etc etc. But if you pulled out some limes or something that only came in a day ago, but they were already starting to brown? You smelt them, asked somebody else for a second opinion smell, and decided whether to use them based on that.
Billions?
@@christianbrown4601 well the predecessors to humans have been around for a long time, and chimpanzees don't eat rotten meat either
Honesty bro i find it weird AF, he took proper steps to insure he would be fine but not check on his son? Hopefully there wasn't any insurance money or tension between them & it's just me thinking bad.
Yup
i don't understand how someone could EAT something that smelled bad?!? like WHAT.
My brother and his family left out some pork and macaroni salad overnight. I saw it the next morning and immediately threw it out. My brother got mad at me so I sent him this video. Idk why people don't take food poisoning seriously when all it takes is one careless decision to end up horribly sick or worse
I got a bother like that too. He leaves his food out for days and then wonders why he has the poo=poos so bad the next day.
People have different reaction to food poisoning. While adults may only get stomachache, children are more vulnerable
If you're not trolling, I suggest you stop doing that.
@Aloe Jae YOU don't get sick? Well, I'm a bit queasy after just hearing about it.
*Be* *serious,* food poisoning is no joke.
Hey you did an amazing thing for yourself and your family.
This reminds me a few years back I read about a student who died because he ate unrefrigirated pasta that was a few days old. It unlocked a new fear that's been with me for years and now it reignites as I watch this.
"Pasta la vista" is very real and ya'll should stay safe
ew who on earth 😭😭 omg
that’s so sad but whyyyyy would anyone eat warm old pasta yikes
Was the problem the pasta itself (like the dough, the noodles) or what was added to it (vegetables, sauce etc.)?
Good thing I don't eat pasta.
@Leonie Sachse I think because of what was added to it. It was a chicken and/or veggie pasta if I remember right. He left it on the counter and he died from botulism
My grandmother used to keep condiments that were expired FOR YEARS in the fridge. No idea how she survived herself.
depends on what it is.
Cooked food is different in many ways. From the type of bacteria to the lack of preservatives of any kind.
This reminded me of a food poisoning case in Jixi, China where a family of nine people died after eating homemade cornflour noodles that had been stored in the freezer for a year. The poisoning was caused by a different bacteria (burkholderia gladioli) which produced a toxic byproduct called bongkrekic acid. The bacteria is usually found in water/soil esp with coconut, rice or corn crops. The bacteria and the acid is highly temperature resistant. Only the three kids survived because they refused to eat the noodles. There was a national PSA warning people not to eat any foods that contained fermented grain and to avoid cooking soaked or mouldy corn.
I feel bad for the family and all but... come on. Stored for a year? That's a darwinian award right there, what were they thinking?
It was probably eaten as a result of desperation. Poverty and hunger can make you overlook the obvious.
@@CukiKuin What do you expect they use gutter oil for cooking
I was born in a Chinese family and for some reason idk why they just like to store things. My parents come from a small village and for what I know I think almost all of them only went to secondary school, so I understand that they have less knowledge about this. You may think this is a normal though and actually it is, but not all people apply this in the same way. Most of the time if the thing doesn't look bad they'll eat it anyways and don't care too much about other things.
I have a family doesn't care about expiring dates(idk if they don't that exists or what) but there's sometimes that they buy a lot of one thing because it was cheap and just store it until you eat it. Since I started to know about these things I've been telling them that it's not good to eat expired or long time stored food but they just don't listen to me and sometimes make me eat it too even though I don't want to because they don't want to waste anything. But I avoid that the most I can. My family is not even that poor, I mean we're 4 children and we all go to school or university, we have money to spend in things we like and stuff, but food is just a different thing for them. Lots of times I just need to throw food in secret just un case no one gets poisoned by it when I see that it already passed more than 2 days(depending on what).
Don't asian eat rice as always?
Who eats food that smells off? Especially who feeds it to their children? Basic food poisoning is no fun. Just that should be enough to get people to throw out food that seems even slightly off.
Also the 17 year old should have gone to the hospital before 2 days! Why did the dad get charcoal but the son didn't? Did the kid have a life insurance policy?
Right? His dad was a doctor and waited 2 days for serious symptoms. Surely he had to take a pathogens test before getting his doctorate of medicine. The first family is suspicious too - all the kids got sick but the parents had no symptoms? Why did they get something different?
The vid says he was throwing up so much he couldn't keep the charcoal down. The idiotic dad probably thought he was good enough because he's a healthcare pro, but let his son suffer for 2 days
@@WolfieDawn I’m sure an adult body is better at handling an infection/food poisoning. The kids were quite young. The older kid, the 14 yo, was the one who recovered the quickest.
They ate the food so they can not waste food
I wondered about that too. Insurance policy, maybe. Why else let your own son suffer horribly and WAIT to get him the proper care!! I’ve had food poisoning, after vomiting for 14 hours-- I was crawling to the bathroom.
Kudos to any kids who might be using this to get out of eating nasty leftovers. I love an argumentative kid who cites their sources
my parents are quite good only saying that 3 day old milk was good but yet they never made me drink it
@@wiggymcgee22oooh milk is a touchy one. If your fridge is extremely cold and it’s mid to high quality milk, you *MAY* be okay with it two days past date at most. I say May because luck is weird, and so are food products. But the best luck is if you get a weird feeling about it or a funny smell, you’re better off not risking it. Just play it safe.
@@stephweasenforth7891 yeah I always just empty it out then get a new carton
aww ty 🥹
You said argumentative and I got emotional. My mom says that I argue a lot but I’m mostly trying to make a point, make her aware of things that she doesn’t know or show a better idea. I’m struggling on figuring out what’s happening. 🙃
Eating leftovers from several days ago is very weird. If I eat something from yesterday (that I keep in refrigerator), I always reheat it or boil very well before eating. Noone taught me to do so, it's just my natural feeling. It's really weird to eat not fresh food with a bad smell
These parents, trying to save money…..abuse.
kudos to brew for successfully resisting the urge to make a "be serious" pun all episode. as a fellow dad joke aficionado i know how hard that is but we gotta be respectful
I did make that joke.
You missed the opportunity to end your conment with be serious 💀
@@tyegordon if you think b. cereus is bad, just wait for the episode on b. respectful
@@practicalnonsense 💀
When we were doing stuff surrounding cultures and bacteria and the like in class, there were so many jokes about B. cereus
According to the food safety class I had to take for my school, food starts going bad after being out at room temperature for 4 hours-be aware that this includes time spent prepping the ingredients. Also, do not reheat food more than ONCE. That means don’t take it out of the fridge, reheat all of it, eat some, and place the rest in the fridge to reheat what’s left to eat on another day. Just reheat ONLY the portion of the leftovers you’re going to eat, and leave the rest in the fridge untouched. You might be able to get away with doing it more than once, but it’s NOT worth the gamble.
Well said. In Ayurveda they believe it's 3 hours. Those yogis who practice strict discipline wouldn't eat it after that.
It's hard for us to follow that. But I believe we should limit it to 12 hours, and always reheat before eating.
So, I'm curious since you know that, are you able to explain the process that makes double reheating bad?
Lol, you make it sound like eating is dangerous. Been eating re-re-heated food for years. As long as you keep it in the fridge is fine.
I get the first point but how is the second one possibly dangerous?
I've never had a problem reheating my food. Sometimes I don't even heat it up, I just eat it cold... I know what u can eat and not eat... if it smells funny, it doesn't go in my tummy
Also a really good tip is to never reheat your food more than once as it makes bacteria multiply much faster . I really recommend reheating in multiple small batches to avoid any poisoning
And to always reheat to a high enough temperature. I cannot stress this enough. A lot of the things growing on your food can be killed by high heat so if it smells, looks and tastes fine, all you have to do is heat it enough (AT LEAST 60 degrees) to stay safe. If you really have to put something back in the fridge, heat it before putting it in to kill of bacteria before it chills. Or freeze it even. But more than anything, just don't eat food that has been around for way too long and don't trust heat to save you every time. The toxic waste products of certain pathogens are not degradable at the temperatures we cook food at so it's just a bad idea over all. Gosh. I wish they taught everyone food safety in classes instead of other dumb shit
@@hyukleberry5567 You really shouldn't warm your food before putting it in the fridge. Even with freshmade food, you should let it cool down before putting it in the fridge. Otherwise it will raise the temperature of the fridge and compromise food safety.
@@hyukleberry5567 If you want to refrigerate food you need to cool down the product as quickly as possible. For example if you make a sauce, you should put it in a container which maximizes surface area and set it in a ice bath.
With what you are saying, you are saying cook the sauce and put it in the fridge right after. This is the wrong thing to do because improper cooling. You have your sauce which the outside cools but the inside can stay warm for hours depending how quantity, shape of storage container. You will have your sauce sitting in the temperature danger zone for much longer than needed. At home, you may get away with this but in a professional kitchen you'll be in trouble.
@@MyNameIsJeff-W oh cool. i was thinking more about dinner leftovers (my cuisine favours diced, sliced and chopped food) cuz they cool quickly so I never rlly worried about uneven cooling. but yeah, sauce is a whole different story
@@MyNameIsJeff-W just curious, how does the improper cooling occur? 😧
Dude that’s what I had when I was 13 from food poisoning from left over Chinese food, I projectile vomited severely all night across my room and was diarrheaing for like 5 times the next day in the morning, I felt so weak and nauseous and since that day my sense of smell and taste changed moldy
Edit: changed *mildly*
I've been super paranoid about food poisoning and food safety since I did a project about food poisoning in college. My dad is the type of person to eat older food instead of "wasting" it so I'm definitely going to show him this.
He probably thoroughly checks the food before eating. This video won't change his eating habits and that's a good thing. Trust your senses, they'll tell you if food is eatable or not. If it smells, looks, or tastes funny, throw it out.
@@eleicha my senses for food spoiling has failed me several times kekw. I'll just use numbers
@eleicha "A lot of people rely on the sniff test, [but] that means nothing whatsoever," says Lydia Buchtmann from the Food Safety Information Council. Food can look, smell and taste just fine but still contain enough food poisoning bacteria to make you very sick”
Good luck, if he’s anything like my father was he’ll probably lose his temper with you and complain about “the child telling the father what to do”. Just make sure you don’t get roped in to paying his hospital bills 🤣
I'm scared for my dad now too. He often eats left over pasta salad
I really feel sorry for how they went away like that. A tragic loss for everyone involved.
I can only say that one shouldn't feel too bad about being wasteful by throwing away sketchy food, for safety should be the top priority. Stay safe, everyone.
Our family only ever re-heats food once (at most). If we can't finish it after that, we throw it out or use it for compost. Our parents used to be pretty stubborn about this, the "cut off the moldy part away and it will be fine"/"kids are starving in other countries so we should finish everything and not throw it out" types. They changed their views after experiencing really bad cases of food poisoning.
Health is of utmost priority. Being careful is not "wasteful" at all. It's good to practice portion control when preparing meals so that it doesn't get to the point that there's too much leftovers.
If you’re throwing out half a tub of uneaten pasta then I’d argue that’s definitely still wasteful, even if it’s the logical thing to do. What isn’t wasteful is not making so much pasta in the first place.
@@Ryan-op7yd exactly, plus reheating it twice isn't as dangerous as people are making it out to be if it was refrigerated and properly stored after reheated. my family makes pasta, eats it fresh and it's our lunch for the next 2 days and no one EVER had food poisoning because we reheated it twice since it was properly refrigerated. just how much food are these people wasting?? if they know they're not gonna reheat it then just make less???? it's infuriating how much food people like to waste for no justifiable reason
Reheating it more than once is fine, it depends on how you handle the food
@@carol127v "properly" is the key though. As long as food doesn't taste or smell weird you're typically good to go imo
@@Ryan-op7yd People who came from big families tend to have a hard time with that.
brew taught us:
dont eat food
dont walk
dont hike
dont ride airplane
dont go outside
dont breathe
dont get diseases
dont live in 90’s
dont run
dont live
"Why do you not wanna eat some of the leftovers?"
"I'm scared of dying from bacteria"
"oh come on, be serious"
"Yeah exactly those"
THIS IS HILARIOUS, I JUST KNEW IT THAT SOMEONE WOULD MAKE UP A PUN OUT OF ITS NAME LOLOLOLOLOL /pos
UNDERRATED
This is amazing
It baffles me how many people eat food that "smells weird" or "tastes a bit funny" and then continue to eat it due to fear if food waste.
Your health is more important, maybe don't make so much food next time, or eat it sooner, or at least NUKE it to Kingdom come in the microwave if you're that concerned about how much food you're throwing out.
It's better to go hungry, than to risk your life.
Easier to survive starvation than dehydration and electrolyte loss lol
@@crowdemon_archives absolutley 💯👌🏻
When you try to finish off the leftovers but they finish off your family instead
In the first case, did the parents feed the children or did they make their own dinner that day? I was just wondering how parents fed kids food that didn't smell good. It's a good rule to follow because it might not look bad. I can't imagine it tasted all that great. I'm hard core wondering about the father in the 2nd story. He treated himself but the boy couldn't even keep down the charcoal. He should have known that this was an emergency situation and took him in well before 2 days.
It was hard to keep from laughing when the pathogen was named, it almost seemed like a joke that it was called b cerius.
Exactly I agree with you. If it doesn't look good nor smells good throw it right in the bin, keep it away from you. Even if you bought food and the expiration day says older, if it doesn't smell good or looks good in the bin.
The expiration date is not even 100% accurate I remember my aunt feeding her children just expired yogurt (the date being the same day, for example 14 April 2022 in this case) and they had nothing. There are a lot of thing to consider about food.
In referencing the second story, what struck me as strange was the fact that the son's dad was a doctor. If his dad was a doctor, wouldn't he have known to take his son to the hospital much sooner than he took him to the hospital? The dad treated himself, but the son was treated last...and consequently, he died. 😥😢
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it's easy to speculate after the fact
try not to criticize an accident by grieving people too much
Check the sources to get the full context. In the case of the 7 year old dying, the fridge temp was way higher than normal. Per the report: “In this case, the temperature of the fridge where the pasta salad was stored was 14°C. This allowed B. cereus to grow to a count of more than 108 CFU/g in 3 days with a probably very high toxin production that may explain the fatal outcome.” 14 degrees C is like 57 degrees F! Ideal temps are 40 or below, around 37 degrees F to inhibit microbial growth. This is terrible all around, but important to consider all variables of the tragedy.
Makes a lot more sense.
TY for this! If only everyone can be serious about food poisoning...
People, *be* *serious* about food poisoning, it's no joke!
refrigerator can do temps of 14°c ? okay i did not know that. i thought they can only do sub zero or slightly above that
@@siliconhawk Refrigerators can fail too. I have a fridge where the compressor went bad and the main compartment is currently hanging out around 15 degrees. It's not used for food. I'm surprised we didn't get food poisoning because it seems to be intermittent. First clue was when the freezer part was defrosting.
people also need to understand it was 0,2% of the population in murica so very rare
as an Italian let me tell you: NEVER MAKE PASTA DAYS PRIOR TO EATING IT.
the sauce may be fine if continuously stored properly in the fridge separated from the pasta, but the pasta has to be FRESHLY MADE.
if you make homemade pasta, eat it immediately or freeze it, but it is better to cook dried pasta
it was literally explained in the video that the cause of incident is improper storing of food, its not because the pasta was cooked days before
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@@0927kira the video explained that it was because of high carb pasta that bacteria can easily grow in leftovers though 🧍♂️
Thank you! I will follow that advice from now on
IT WAS NOT THE PASTA. IT WAS THE MAYONAISSE. AMERICANS THINK PASTA CAN BE A SALAD
@@sophiegray6544 As long as it is stored probably it doesn't have to be an issue.
My 80 year old grandmother had a jar of pickles from the year 2000 in her pantry in 2020. Literally had pickles older than my kids 🤦🏻♀️ - she saved everything and I guess it was a result of growing up poor. However we found out the food stuff after we moved her to assisted living due to dementia. That sealed jar still managed to end up with some kind of bugs in it.
That sounds like the seal was bad. Pickles normally would be a safe bet because they are in an acid - vinegar. Still, best to toss.
@@BlackSerannaI was gonna say we pickle things for a reason. So they never spoil. Same idea for jerky. Salt it and let it dry out and nothing can do much to it bc theres no moisture for things to grow on it. Different idea, same result
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If it ended up with bugs in it either your grandma pickled bugs or it wasn’t a sealed jar as you claim.
There's no bugs in it. You're probably just being dramatic
The "doctor" father who gave acetaminophen to the son must have been a quack. This is a liver toxin and the last thing you want to give to anyone with food poisoning. The common theme is severe liver stress from bacterial toxins. Giving NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine), a glutathione precursor that does not break down in the digestive tract, would have been the proper thing to do early on when the son could still keep it down. He should also have sent his son to the hospital instead of trying hack treatment at home.
Exactly! I was baffled like first of all, your home is not a hospital and second, he wasn't of help but instead made the condition worse... If he was just sent to the hospital instead, he would've been saved...
I thought the same.
its not surprising to me, sadly
many children experience medical malpractice when their parents are doctors and nurses (and abuse is common when the parent is a nurse especially)
Funny that is. I take NAC to help with nail biting. It works rather well.
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This video should be shown to anyone doing a food safety course.
I agree
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I used to think my mom was exaggerating and being wasteful when she stops me from eating food that "smells funny" now I'm thinking she may have saved my life a couple of times.
love how b.cereus sounds like be serious, which is something i would say when someone eats days old leftovers
I'm glad that my dad (who is a professional chef) has taught me to ALWAYS check food ever since I was little. Our house rule is to throw something away if it smells wrong, even if it's only a day old
This reminds me of a story in a “poisonous animals” book.
A family decided to have a day out.
While the kids caught frogs, the mother readied the picnic.
The tin of tuna was a little dented, a bit rusty, but it was fine. “You don’t eat the can.” Was mother’s excuse.
It was less than an hour before the girl complained about stomach pain...
... The sun set upon the scene, everyone laying peacefully on or around the blanket... but no one moved. No one breathed. They were all dead.
And that... it’s always stayed with me since then.
What was the cause of death?
@@maluzimmermann you seriously don't know by reading?!
@@knie1172 your elementary teacher should have given you more...just for failing to learn how to write coherently...
@@LathropLdST well, I can guess why, but I don’t like to assume
Hmmm...
Some frogs also have toxins in their skin. I can't help but think that potentially was a factor.
Grew up extremely poor so throwing out food was a big no no for us (I mean super poor that sometimes we would only eat rice and seaweed that my family dove for, and if days are good we get chocolate powder instead). I get the not wasting food... But now that I'm older I see an expired food (which happens so often) I throw it out without letting my parents know same as food Ive seen sitting for so long in the fridgs... I get scared by things like this.
It's not good to increase your waste out of fear though. Learn food safety and apply the principles and you'll be fine. No reason to start throwing out all expired foods or leftovers now. There are some foods that can be eaten after the expiration date and some leftovers, if stored properly, can be eaten even after 3-4 days. Really depends on the type of food and its composition.
@Kevyn thank you for sharing your story about growing up in poverty and growing out of it hopefully, it's seldom ppl share or are aware there still exist poor people around, because most ppl think everyone lives in middle class/above average working class, it's good for ppl to not take things for granted :)
I too grew up poor, seeing friends throwing food and happily normally so angers me a lot & complaiming over their perfect lives lol
@@divx1001 Food items with expiry date should NOT be treated like best before dates. Items with best before date can still be safe to eat even if smells or tastes weird. Just not good idea either way since it's not going to taste good and might make your stomach upset even if it doesn't cause food poisoning. Expiry date, however... Even if it doesn't smell bad it could still be dangerous to eat. Not all harmful things smell bad. If it's past that date there is non 0 chance that it's already bad and that date is based on extensive testing, something must have gone bad in that 1 extra day when testing. Or maybe they list a date before there is a chance of spoiling... either way wasting food out of fear is every single time better option than taking unnecessary gamble with your life. Even if I were starving I would still stay clear from sketchy food, since if it's bad, emptying your stomach isn't going to make it any fuller.
I be throwing stuff out behind my parents back too
I dont blame you
My Week Old Pasta: 😔
Me: 😬 🤷🏾♀️ ↪ 🗑
Another food tip: when storing leftovers from a warm meal, put in smaller separate containers, especially soup. This prevents listeria from growing if there isn’t a large temperate difference between the center and the rest.
Also, if storing a lot of food that you likely won’t eat soon but don’t want to waste, store in meal size containers and freeze. Most microwaves have a thaw option, so if you forget to thaw overnight you can weigh the frozen meal on a scale, press thaw for however much it weighs (or guesstimate) and then heat as normal.
When reheating, especially soup, cook a few minutes at a time, stirring in between.
Keep a magnetic food thermometer, especially for meat. There’s ones you can buy that have recommended meat temps on them.
Make sure foods that call for a boil get the full rolling boil.
If you’re the type to forget when you cook something, keep a pack of sharpies and painters tape. Date and label.
Great tips, thanks!
What do you mean get them to a full rolling boil? Referring to like pasta when you initially cook it lol? If so, curious as to why? Lol and great tips btw thank you!
something i would like to emphasize from this video is from the second story about the son and dad. if u are a doctor u cannot treat ur children as a doctor. i spent the majority of my childhood with my dad as my doctor and now that i'm an adult i have so many medical issues from build up that im in constant pain and constantly going to the hospital. do not treat your children. just don't.
I'm curious as to why it was so detrimental for you. Do they refuse to treat you?
@@sophiasdreamquinnblue8977 If the person who's ur doctor is related to u they can never really have a clear mind when treating u. They were so convinced that I had to be perfect and fine that they refused to get me treatment. I just saw a doctor for the first time in years and was told of multiple medical issues that I have. Not only that, but usually when parents try to act as their child's doctor they don't actually do their "job" they just don't want to take u to the doctors. You also have to bare in mind that there are many kinds of doctors and being an emergency room doctor does not mean u can treat someone for their mental health. I've been untreated for things for so long that it's ruined a lot of parts of my life and my physical health is deteriorating
That ain't the point actually though. treating your kids on your own is fine for most part, & most parents, should they be doctors, wouldn't act like the ones you see in the video. the emphasis is actually how LITTLE SENSE that father had in the first place, doctor or not. the way he handled that pasta in the first place was downright abhorrent to anyone with any sense at all already.
@@FalconWindblader treating your kids for things that could be actual medical emergencies is not okay ever because parents can't have clear common sense when it comes to a family member, that's why it's literally not allowed. he simply assumed that his son was fine because he was fine himself. i'm literally a walking textbook reason of why you shouldn't treat your kids yourself. i get that that wasn't the point of the video, but it is something important i want people to understand because i'm still dealing with the consequences and i don't want anyone else to have to go through this.
Getting your "safe food handling" certificate, they drill these times and temperatures in to you. It also made me weary of eating anything left out too long.
Where can I find information on things that you know? Is there a website you use? I have been trying to find myself but I can't find in depth information. I would like to know things such as how do you cool down your food ment to store as fast as possible and why can you eat leftover food the next day cold like pasta, hummus, couscous etc. I know it has to do with temperature and growth yet any other side just mentions to reheat your food while at the same time saying you can eat it cold. I'm so confused.
@@marciavoe7150 look up servsafe certification or servsafe studying material and you can find most things :)
i've taken serv safe serveral time and a med microbiology college course. I'm super cautious about keeping the Kitchen clean and storing food properly to the point im a menace to my roommate. He likes to store raw meat/fish in the fridge or freezer uncovered so I just throw it out due to a contamination risk. You'd think someone who has worked in a kitchen would know better.
As someone who has worked in restaurants most of his life, you get an intuition for this kind of stuff when it comes to cooking at home, and leftovers.