Can I still eat this??

Question

I’m making corned beef in the crock pot. I took the frozen meat out at like 6pm last night with intentions to place back in fridge when I went to bed. I forgot, it’s now 7am and it’s completely defrosted as I forgot to put in back in the fridge. It’s not warm but it’s also not cold either. Can I still use it?

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Absolutely not. It is very much not food safe.

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Dear lord no....throw it away. Therr are a lot of dangerous bacteria that aren't killed by cooking and dangerous bacteria can double in amounts every 20-40 min in meat left out. The general food safety rule is any meat left out more than 2 hrs not refrigerated needs to be tossed. You basically have a chunk of real bad food poisoning or worse. Put that meat in the trash asap.

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When it doubt, throw it out. I wouldn't chance it.

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If it still smells fresh, then yes. I thaw things out overnight all the time. It’s usually still cold/slightly frozen in the morning but it should be fine if the smell is ok.

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Nope! Never defrost meat on the counter.

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Nope. I definitely wouldn't eat that 😅

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Absolutely not. Not without the risk of getting sick. You really shouldn't even thaw meat out on the counter anyways. But definitely do not use it if it's been out overnight.

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Throw it out.

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Next time put it on the bottom shelf on the refrigerator to thaw out 24 hrs.

Can I still eat this??

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