Beans and rice in a crock-pot for a while, safe?
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I wouldn't trust it.
I live alone so when I make beans, I only use 1/2 package. I usually eat half and freeze the other half to reheat at a later date.
I live alone so when I make beans, I only use 1/2 package. I usually eat half and freeze the other half to reheat at a later date.
I wouldn't trust them. Not for two days, let alone two weeks.
Josie1945
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buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
do you mean that you kept food in a crock pot that was set on warm, and you continued to eat it for 2 weeks?
how safe it is depends on several environmental and personal health factors (such as if you live in an igloo in sub-zero weather, and/or have a constitution suited to handle dodgy food) but didn't it dry out an awful lot?
how safe it is depends on several environmental and personal health factors (such as if you live in an igloo in sub-zero weather, and/or have a constitution suited to handle dodgy food) but didn't it dry out an awful lot?
mozart
Senior Cook
Very unsafe. Spoilage is your least worry, as both beans and rice can be associated with spore forming bacteria that cause food borne illness. "Warn" setting is very likely less that 140 degrees, the temperature at which food should be held for short periods of time to be safe.
In addition, My guess is you have had to add water somewhere along that two week period which would lower the temp for quite a while and every time you spoon out some beans, you are potentially contaminating the rest with the utensil.
Even our resident food safety naysayers probably wouldn't feel comfortable with two weeks on warm.
In addition, My guess is you have had to add water somewhere along that two week period which would lower the temp for quite a while and every time you spoon out some beans, you are potentially contaminating the rest with the utensil.
Even our resident food safety naysayers probably wouldn't feel comfortable with two weeks on warm.
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spork
Head Chef
two weeks?! not to mention, marty, that it's a huge expenditure of energy for a measly meal of rice and beans. our species will go extinct with such an imbalance.
