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tny915

11-10-2011, 04:17 PM

I forgot groceries in my car in the garage for 4 hours, about 60 degrees in the garage.

Yogurt in tubs and tubes
Frozen pizza
Frozen tacquitos
Eggs
Butter
Meatballs

Frozen stuff still feels cold.

Anything I can keep on the list?

DietCokeLover

11-10-2011, 04:21 PM

I would keep eggs and butter.

BeachBum

11-10-2011, 04:22 PM

I would keep it all.
I think food safety regs are 4 hours at room temp.

LMPC

11-10-2011, 04:23 PM

I would keep it all.

hillview

11-10-2011, 04:26 PM

If it still feels cold, I'd use it all. I'd smell it all BEFORE I cooked it etc. I'd try to use the frozen stuff soon (next few days). I actually would toss the meatballs.
/hillary

Melaine

11-10-2011, 04:29 PM

I am SURE that eggs butter and yogurt are completely fine. Eggs and butter can be left out, ditto to yogurt because I leave it out ages for Baked Oatmeal. I'm iffy on the others but if they are still quite cold I would probably stick them back in the freezer. Like Hillary, meatballs would give me pause. I would probably toss those just to be safe.

peanut520

11-10-2011, 04:29 PM

I'd keep it all. The frozen items probably made the bag of groceries cooler than the 60 in your garage.

KLD313

11-10-2011, 04:48 PM

I would keep it all. As for the meatballs, if they started to defrost but are cold I would use them tonight otherwise toss.

SnuggleBuggles

11-10-2011, 05:31 PM

I'd keep it all. It's fine.

Beth

AnnieW625

11-10-2011, 05:40 PM

I'd keep it all. You might end up having taquitos for dinner. You should also have some. Utter to make cookies:)

cntrymoon2

11-10-2011, 05:41 PM

I'd keep all, but if the meatballs were raw meat, I would probably use tonight.

jenstring95

11-10-2011, 11:00 PM

I would keep it all, although as others have mentioned, I would eat the frozen stuff ASAP. The meatballs wouldn't bother me anymore than anything else - I thaw frozen beef on my kitchen counter (is that a no-no now?), so what I would presume are fully cooked frozen meatballs should be fine. Also, I have had frozen meatballs cooked in a crockpot many times, and I'm sure it takes awhile for a crockpot to get up to temp (not 4 hours, but seriously - I have walked around Costco for an hour or more with frozen groceries and driven 30 minutes home without pause...).