Just a quick follow-up to my original question : I was eating at my uncle's house and he had some left-over pasta that I took back. However, the pasta in question had been left out for longer than 2 hours, but in a plastic sealed container. I can't remember exactly how long it was left out (it...
>When you boiled it for all that time, you pasteurized it.
Do you mean when I initially made the pasta?
In any case, thanks for the replies! It's good to know it's probably safe to eat (which is what I will do today) I learnt some of my cooking from my dad, to whom "when in doubt, throw it...
I made a batch of it today intending to freeze it later, but I got caught up doing other things and it was about 2 hours after I made it that I noticed. What I normally do is not to put the pasta in the freezer just after it's been made (since I don't want the heat to affect the other food...