Will it kill or poison me?

[bloviatrix]

I made a pot of chickpeas last Friday that I never used. It's been sitting in my fridge all week (chickpeas in cooking liquid) - are they safe to use or should I toss them? Thought I would turn them into hummus.

[Sneakeater]

I eat stuff a lot older than that and as far as I know I haven't died yet.

[small h]

Chickpeas do not keep it a secret when they go bad. Give them a sniff.

[backyardchef]

I don't mess with starches past 3-4 days personally. But, I also have a sensitive system. 

[Orik]

Mostly a function of how cold your fridge is (and how long they took to cool down), and home fridges are often not very cold. Anyway, let us know how it goes.

[voyager]

And to some extent our individual digestive tracts.      

 

[Sneakeater]

My digestive tract is apparently impervious to everything but Impossible Meat.

[small h]

Mine's impervious to everything but Actual Meat.

[MitchW]

4 hours ago, Orik said:

and how long they took to cool down

So an ice bath is better than letting them sit on the counter for 4 hours?

[bloviatrix]

I'm not dead yet!

[small h]

I think you're probably out of the woods.

[Sneakeater]

It would be truly poignant, @bloviatrix, if that turns out to be your last post.

[Sneakeater]

(I'm having something with dinner tomorrow night that would probably send you into paroxysms.)

[small h]

Oh, lord, I hope this doesn't turn out like the Chowhound lasagna thread.

[bloviatrix]

13 hours ago, small h said:

Oh, lord, I hope this doesn't turn out like the Chowhound lasagna thread.

Now you have me intrigued. Please tell.

[small h]

8 or 9 million years ago, a newcomer to CH started a thread called "Should I eat this lasagna?" I forget why the question even needed to be asked, but although the thread got a lot of responses, the person never posted again, in that or any other thread. Eventually people began wondering what had become of him or her, and I said obviously s/he had eaten the lasagna and died. But here you still are!

[relbbaddoof]

On 12/29/2023 at 6:39 PM, MitchW said:

So an ice bath is better than letting them sit on the counter for 4 hours?

An ice bath is better while your beans sit on the counter for 4 hours.

This way the beans won't kill you.

[backyardchef]

On 12/30/2023 at 10:57 PM, bloviatrix said:

I'm not dead yet!

Any update on this? 

[bloviatrix]

@backyardchef - Still alive and kicking! Thanks for checking in.

Edited January 3, 2024 by bloviatrix

[Sneakeater]

I have something on a shelf of my refrigerator.

It's stored in a way I would never store anything.  But it looks like something I would make.

I don't remember having anything that it looks like it recently.  I can only imagine that I found this thing while going through my freezer (I'm thinning out my holdings in advance of moving) (freezer just about emptied) and moved it to the refrigerator to finish it off.  But I have no specific recollection (I'm finding this whole moving-out-of-apartment-I've-lived-in-for-more-than-38-years-[20-with-now-dead-wife] process very emotionally/mentally trying, so I can believe I'd have moved some food around without remembering it).

@bloviatrix would probably worry.  But I think I'm just gonna power through it and see how it tastes.

Edited January 31, 2024 by Sneakeater

[Sneakeater]

Worst comes to worst, I'll just die -- and then I won't have to worry about setting up My New Life.

Edited January 31, 2024 by Sneakeater

[Mitchell101]

Hope everything goes smoothly and you live! 

[small h]

9 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

Worst comes to worst, I'll just die

And then you'll meet your favorite pork store on the Rainbow Bridge. I'm pretty sure that's how the story goes.

[bloviatrix]

15 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

@bloviatrix would probably worry.  But I think I'm just gonna power through it and see how it tastes.

Please keep us posted.

[Sneakeater]

As long as I'm able!