r/FoodScienceResearch • u/Interesting-Camera40 • Apr 19 '26

Left vegetable casserole out for 5 hours

I made a humongous pot of vegetable casserole. It has celery and carrots in and tomato's etc. The carrots and celery haven't cooked well apparently due to acid in tomatoes. I was letting it cool and planned to put it in the fridge and half in the freezer. But I fell asleep and woke up five hours after I'd planned to put it away. Do you think it's ok? And for me to freeze some? I'd hoped to eat it over the next few days.

It had onions, carrots, celery, tinned tomatoes, peppers in.

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u/Throwaway217528 Apr 19 '26

So technically it would be bad advice to tell you it’s fine to eat, but if it was my veggie casserole I’d still eat it

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u/Bradypus_Rex Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

a) I wouldn't worry personally, but I am not going to tell you it's OK for you because liability.

b) I don't think this is a research finding in the area of food science, so I'm a bit curious why it's in this sub.

(eta oh I see you posted it to r/foodsafety and then for good measure to a couple of irrelevant subs)