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Pork and room temperature question

Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:41 am
Posted by Mie2cents
the round part of earth
Member since Dec 2012
3462 posts
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:41 am
I know that I can have beef at room temperature for around 8 hours before cooking, but what about pork? I am cooking some bone in pork chops on the iron skillet later today and was wondering. What sayeth the Food and Drink Board? Thanks in advance.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48853 posts
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:48 am to
Couple hours if inside on the counter is fine. Even a bit longer especially this time of year.
Posted by Mie2cents
the round part of earth
Member since Dec 2012
3462 posts
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:50 am to
Thanks Martini. There are always a few who lie and talk crap, but you seem legit.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
22686 posts
Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:57 am to
quote:

Thanks Martini. There are always a few who lie and talk crap, but you seem legit


Stick around. He'll talk crap before the end of the day.

You can leave pork out with no problems. There are only about 10 cases of trichinosis reported annually, so not a big deal IMO.
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14209 posts
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:55 am to
quote:

are only about 10 cases of trichinosis


Absolutely no worry with any trichinosis when leaving pork at room temperature, even for several days.

Bacterial food poisoning is a different story. You should be OK with several hour exposure to room temperature. I'd begin to worry at 8 hours. Covering them and only exposing them to clean conditions would help a lot.

Good luck. thousands (including me) have done what you mention with no ill effects and three souls did not do so well.

Most of life is an interesting in vivo experiment in practical application of normal, skewed and multi-modal probability.

Oh, the great universal truth is "there actually is no such thing as a free lunch." translated into laymen's terms, this reads, "everything has a cost."
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 10:57 am
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