Re: left chicken out--still okay to eat?

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Hi ,

> I took a pastured chicken out of my freezer yesterday morning and left

> it on kitchen counter. Meant to put in fridge before I went to bed,

> but forgot. can we still eat it? I am pregnant so am a bit wary, but

> don't want to waste the bird! I can always give it to my dog though.

> maybe it would be okay to make broth with? by the way, i live in

> Colorado and temp in my house is around 67 or so.

I'd be a little bit worried about listeria or something with the

pregnancy. If it doesn't smell bad, I'd feed it to the dog, or at

least to other people and not personally use it just to be careful

about the pregnancy.

Chris

[Guest guest]

Hi

Thanks for the advice. Wasn't sure how much i needed to worry about

bad bacteria with a pastured chicken. In any case, just to be safe, i

had better not eat it. My dog is going to be so happy!

>

> Hi ,

>

> > I took a pastured chicken out of my freezer yesterday morning and left

> > it on kitchen counter. Meant to put in fridge before I went to bed,

> > but forgot. can we still eat it? I am pregnant so am a bit wary, but

> > don't want to waste the bird! I can always give it to my dog though.

> > maybe it would be okay to make broth with? by the way, i live in

> > Colorado and temp in my house is around 67 or so.

>

> I'd be a little bit worried about listeria or something with the

> pregnancy. If it doesn't smell bad, I'd feed it to the dog, or at

> least to other people and not personally use it just to be careful

> about the pregnancy.

>

> Chris

>

[Guest guest]

While pastured chicken should have less of a bad bacteria load, it is

the processing that matters. I'd worry more about where it was

processed than if it were pastured or not.

Belinda

> >

> > Hi ,

> >

> > > I took a pastured chicken out of my freezer yesterday morning

and left

> > > it on kitchen counter. Meant to put in fridge before I went to bed,

> > > but forgot. can we still eat it? I am pregnant so am a bit wary, but

> > > don't want to waste the bird! I can always give it to my dog though.

> > > maybe it would be okay to make broth with? by the way, i live in

> > > Colorado and temp in my house is around 67 or so.

> >

> > I'd be a little bit worried about listeria or something with the

> > pregnancy. If it doesn't smell bad, I'd feed it to the dog, or at

> > least to other people and not personally use it just to be careful

> > about the pregnancy.

> >

> > Chris

> >

>

[Guest guest]

On 1/21/08, labelleacres <bilherbs@...> wrote:

> While pastured chicken should have less of a bad bacteria load, it is

> the processing that matters. I'd worry more about where it was

> processed than if it were pastured or not.

Good point. Additionally, it probably has had contact with lots of

things, including peoples hands which in turn have had contact with

lots of things, where it could pick up something that might be

harmless if it didn't have 24 hours+ at room temperature to grow, but

might be a liability to someone who has an increased vulnerability

(e.g. pregnancy). The risk probably isn't high, but if I were in the

position I wouldn't take it.

Chris

[Guest guest]

the whole thing is moot now as the chicken has, no doubt been fed t the dog by

now!

On 1/21/08, labelleacres <bilherbs@...> wrote:

> While pastured chicken should have less of a bad bacteria load, it is

> the processing that matters. I'd worry more about where it was

> processed than if it were pastured or not.

Good point. Additionally, it probably has had contact with lots of

things, including peoples hands which in turn have had contact with

lots of things, where it could pick up something that might be

harmless if it didn't have 24 hours+ at room temperature to grow, but

might be a liability to someone who has an increased vulnerability

(e.g. pregnancy). The risk probably isn't high, but if I were in the

position I wouldn't take it.

Chris

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[Guest guest]

>

> Hi ,

>

> > I took a pastured chicken out of my freezer yesterday morning and left

> > it on kitchen counter. Meant to put in fridge before I went to bed,

> > but forgot. can we still eat it? I am pregnant so am a bit wary, but

> > don't want to waste the bird! I can always give it to my dog though.

> > maybe it would be okay to make broth with? by the way, i live in

> > Colorado and temp in my house is around 67 or so.

yeah, i wouldnt risk anything since you are preggers. have to add

though that i think a defrosting bird from pasture and a defrosting

bird from factorylife would both be equally susceptible to airborn

pathogens like listeria. see, the pasturing is PROVIDING us with a

healthy, hopefully pathogen-free bird, but how we handle it and

possibly contaminate it is something entirely different. since the

bird you took out of the freezer was already dead, i wouldnt think

that its pastured life would help its carcass stave off any pathogenic

infection.