Large pot of gumbo in fridge overnight……

Its fine

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finished dinner last night and was too lazy to separate into smaller portions to freeze or chill.. Put entire pot (after cooling a bit) into fridge

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I've done this eleventy hundred times. Never died

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finished dinner last night and was too lazy to separate into smaller portions to freeze or chill.. Put entire pot (after cooling a bit) into fridge

I've done this eleventy hundred times. Never died

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I’ve left it on the counter overnight and had it for breakfast.

I’ve probably left it in the truck overnight before and ate it. I’ve done that with pizza a few times.

And a ham sandwich with mayonnaise sitting on the dashboard until noon is just Gods microwave for a good lunch.

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It’s been sitting in the danger zone for longer than the recommended period. Therefore, the bacteria had a very beneficial environment for growing and emitting toxins. You may be fine, but it’s a bit of a gamble.

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I made this mistake…once, with seafood gumbo. Woke up and the pot looked like a lab experiment boiling over. Now I separate of drop cleaned frozen bottles of water in.

Ideally, you should have let it cool down evenly by stirring the pot as it sat at room temperature to help dissipate the heat toward the center of the pot since you didn't separate it into smaller portions to cool.

I do know of one time a friend of mine had his wife make a large pot of turkey neck stew and when it was finished cooking she didn't let it cool down properly and put it in the fridge still in the heavy aluminum pot she cooked it in.

He brought it to a fishing camp and NOBODY would eat it since it had spoiled overnight and smelled like somebody crapped in the pot. He was pissed and decided to show us it was still good and ate a couple bowls.

Long story short, he spent the better part of 2 days with the runs and vomiting. So much for him enjoying the fishing trip. Oh, and he did finally concede it has spoiled and tossed it.

My advice is give it the smell test before eating and then hope for the best.

The simple answer based on science, is no, your gumbo is NOT safe to eat. The gumbo was at the perfect time and temperature to allow bacteria to grow.

IF the bacteria was there to begin with, it will indeed have grown and could have positively grown to a level to cause food poisoning.

Was there bacteria present to grow? We don’t know. So you may eat it and be fine. Or you may eat it and get food poisoning. All we can say for sure is that based on science, your gumbo was in fact the perfect environment to grow bacteria that may or may not cause food poisoning.

The lid wouldn’t matter since he said the gumbo was 58 degrees in the morning. Lid on or lid off, it was still above the safe temperature.

The LID ON makes a huge difference in keeping food in the "danger zone" for an extended period of time by not allowing the transfer of heat in a timely manner. But hey, you do you and enjoy the food poisoning.

ETA: anytime you place food in a pot in the fridge, crack or remove the lid completely, stir the food a few times, to allow the food to cool more rapidly, and once cooled, place lid back on.

Id say give your wife a bowl for lunch & check back with her the next day

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SixthAndBarone

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You are a top 3 worst poster on his board. Never add anything beneficial.