I am so mad at myself!

Girl dont eat them,are you crazy?I take it you have never been food poisoned before.It is the worst feeling ever.Throw them away and be glad you arent going to get sick.

I would throw it out. Even though I would be sad. It's better to throw it out and be safe than take a chance and get sick. I have done this before and I was so mad at myself.

I'm with the "throw it out" crowd. Better wasted food than a sick family. I just hate it when I do things like that. My memory is so bad anymore (or I'm just so distractable) that I've started using the kitchen timer to remind me not to forget to put the food away. For a situation like yours, I'd set the timer for an hour and go put the food away then turn off the timer. My timer keeps going off every 30 seconds until I stop it, which is good in case I don't hear it the first time - or get sidetracked on my way to the kitchen.

Throw it out! It has hamburger in it which collects germs as it sits at low temperatrues that can make you sick! Better safe than sorry! I always take my food out of the crock pot and put it in a container then leave the crockpot to cool. I am sorry you lost your leftovers and wasted your money hopefully next time will be better.

It depends on how many hours it was left out. If less than 9 or 10 I would eat it anyway (unless it took on another odor) . But really, once you heat it up - you kill anything nasty that might have grown on it over night. Then again, I am a man and we'll eat anything.

I have done that before and I get so mad at myself. My husband does it too. It's just a good thing that we don't do it very often. But, we do toss it away in the morning. We don't want to take the chance of getting sick or getting our kids sick.

Yea, I have done that too. I would throw it out. Although when you think back before the invention of electricity cooked food including meat would have been stored overnight and re-heated the next day, and even today in many countries there is no refrigeration for the majority of people. I suppose when you re-heat it it kills a lot of the bacteria that might have grown overnight. I would not have a good feeling though in particular since there is all kinds of chemicals and hormones added to our meat these days.

Hi Sillychick!Thats exactly what I do too. I cook my meatballs in my crockpot. Im so sorry that happened. Dont risk it. You could get really sick because its ground beef. Please dont eat it.

It does happen. We may not like it to happen. But i have done that a few times. i hate it when i do it though. I would cook something the night before and forget to put it away and go looking for it only to find it on the stove from the night before. I usually just throw it out. I do not want to take a chance on getting sick from food that has gone bad.

I normally throw it out. I have made your mistake so many times.

even if it left out over night (unless it is super perishable) i still will eat it the next day...so far i have been fine with it...(i HATE wasting food!)

oh sorry that happened. I am so afraid of food poisining that i would probably throw them away. sadness. I too have done that very same thing more times than I care to recall.

i think i would toss it out for my family's health.but my perents always stop me ,because it is waste.some foods maybe yummy but if we all full please stop to eat .the ort should be toss ,if you want to put it overnight ,you would cook it again and cool it,then the taste is not so delicious when you eat next time.

I would probably eat it. I am so bad about leaving food out on the stove overnight and I always just package it up and eat it the next few days (unless it smells or has magically grown fuzz overnight or anything.) I haven't had food poisoning yet. Fingers crossed right? :)

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who forgets things like that once in a while. I did that a few months ago with a really good pork roast. I was really upset when I found it sitting out the next morning too. I didn't take the chance of eating it because I had food poisoning once a long time ago and it was awful. I was upset about the wasted food and money too. Roasts are really expensive now days.

Much better safe than sorry. Pitch the thing. Sad to say it, but it is what needs to be done. I haven't left anything out in quite a long time. And if I did, I'd have to gauge how long ago things were.

First don't be too upset. We have all probably done this a time or two. It is a bit upsetting, but hey you'll remember next time right? I'd throw it away. No use in risking getting sick. Then you'd really be angry with youself.

Well, though it a waste of money, you shouldn't eat that meatballs. You can't risk your family's health on it.

I have done that before as well. I would toss it especially if it has meat in it. Its not worth the chance of getting sick from spoiled food.

Throw it out....that is the best to do and I am sorry that you forgot it....