Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

971 readers

369 users here now

Rules:

News must be from a reliable source. No tabloids or sensationalism, please.
Try to keep it safe for work. Contact a moderator before posting if you have any doubts.
Titles of articles must remain unchanged; however extraneous information like "Watch:" or "Look:" can be removed. Titles with trailing, non-relevant information can also be edited so long as the headline's intent remains intact.
Be nice. If you've got nothing positive to say, don't say it.

Violators will be banned at mod's discretion.

Communities We Like:

-Not the Onion

-And finally...

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

oleorun@real.lemmy.fan

lemmyfanadmin@real.lemmy.fan

414

20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta (www.iheart.com)

submitted 2 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

252 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Ripped parts of the post:

The bacteria is best known for causing a type of food poisoning called "Fried Rice Syndrome," since rice is sometimes cooked and left to cool at room temperature for a few hours. During that time, the bacteria can contaminate it and grow. B. cereus is especially dangerous because it produces a toxin in rice and other starchy foods that is heat resistant and may not die when the food it infects is cooked.

And

Unfortunately, that was the case for a 20-year-old student, who passed away after eating five-day-old pasta.

His story was described in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology a few years back, but has since resurfaced due to some YouTube videos and Reddit posts. According to article, every Sunday the student would make his meals for the entire week so he wouldn't need to deal with making it on the weekdays. One Sunday, he cooked up some spaghetti, then put it in Tupperware containers so that days later, he could just add some sauce to it, reheat it and enjoy it.

However, he didn't store the pasta in the fridge, rather he left it out on the counter. After five days of the food sitting out at room temperature, he heated some up and ate it. While he noticed an odd taste to the food, he figured it was just due to the new tomato sauce he added to it.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is such a fuckin non story. Dude left cooked food out unrefridgerated and got sick and died. No fuckin shit. We have places to keep cooked food cold for a fuckin reason. Stupid ass article trying to scare people about fuckin leftovers. Fuck this piece of shit ass article and the twat that wrote it.

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I genuinely know of an individual who believes refrigeration is a hoax and a conspiracy. He refrigerates nothing. Milk in the cabinets. I guess it's just big refrigerator trying to manipulate us?

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You might not know this person for very long

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's not the healthiest and looks like absolute shit. Lmao. In his 60s now probably

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm amazed he has lasted this long, is he at least storing things in a larder / cool room?

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only way I think he survives is that his entire house is below 40 F (4.4 C)

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck. He thinks refrigeration is a hoax, yet keeps his house at refrigerator temperatures???

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe he lives in greenland or ? idk, I wonder what would he say if he were to move to like Thailand or somewhere that gets close to 100 humidity

[–] ngwoo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

What about freezing, does he also think that does nothing?

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah honestly given the difference in danger depending on the food this isn't bad to know. I'm familiar with pasta turning into a weird consistency with weird smell and I always threw it away when that happens, but since it's not disgusting per se I'd probably have eaten it in a pinch (unlike, say, moldy food or meat that's been sitting for a while).

I also know of people with some insnae aversion to wasting food that lends them to claim moldy meat is still good to eat (mother of a friend) so if anyone is in a situation with someone like that it's good to be aware of how dangerous some foods that might not seem as bad are.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, what you leave out is more important than how long you leave it for. This particular bacteria is only going to be a problem if you leave out the perfect medium for it to grow.

It's actually pretty hard for dangerous bacteria to grow in most foods, usually there's not either not enough moisture or too much moisture, or the pH is too acidic and the bacteria will get outcompeted by things like environmental lactic acid bacteria, yeast, or even mold.

If the food you want to save contains moisture and isn't preserved via acid, salt, or sugar, please store it in the refrigerator.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I heard 5 day leftovers and thought. "5 day fridge leftovers might give you the runs but won't kill you" then I read the article. That's not leftovers, that's garbage. Dude was eating rancid garbage

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Most cooked foods are just plain nasty by that point if left out at room temperature.