Is the 1.37 lb sirloin petite and bagged lettuce ok to eat?

ChefOno added 12 months ago

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Relax. Only two hours, still cool, and you're going to sterilize the steak when you cook it anyway. If the lettuce didn't get warm enough to wilt, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

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Thanks so much! I would hate to give my family food poisoning. Normally I wouldn't question but I'm in Texas and super hot and humid right now. Thanks for the response.

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added 12 months ago

Of course be sure to wash that bagged lettuce anyway. There have been outbreaks of e-coli associated with it despite the claim that it's "triple washed". Nothing to do with your car trunk. Way better to buy head lettuce.

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ChefOno added 12 months ago

There's been a lot of debate about that subject. From a recient NPR article:

"Many (though not all) food safety specialists advise against washing bagged lettuce or spinach. Why? First, because there's a good chance that if bacteria managed to survive commercial-scale washing with chlorinated water in the processing plant, a lot of them will survive your home washing, too.

Disease-causing E. coli O157:H7 can get trapped just below the surface of a lettuce leaf, and they're tough to dislodge or kill. Second, there's a real risk that you'll end up adding bacteria to greens that were perfectly clean to start with: Your sink or cutting board may be dirtier than the lettuce."

http://www.npr.org/blogs...

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ChefOno added 12 months ago

To be clear, I'm not taking sides on the issue. It's a judgment call I think.

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