UNCLE JIMMY wrote:covered with foil, and after belching and napping, we will go back to picking at it. Not ever did we get sick. LOL
Same here, Jimmy. I'm not too antsy about things going bad quickly and we've never gotten ill from anything in our kitchen. We leave evaporated milk out of the fridge often so it's room temp for our hot coffee. My mom did that, too, when I was growing up. When her sister would visit (a medical technologist), she'd constantly be sticking it in the fridge. We'd laugh when she left, as her house was a PIGSTY yet she was concerned about canned milk when she was at my mom's immaculate house!
I did the same thing at my last job with canned milk (everyone else used that dry coffee creamer) and my boss, an attorney/RN, would constantly be putting it in the fridge before my second cup. I finally asked her to stop and she said she thought it was the right thing to do. Laughed and told her my mom was a nurse, too, and she didn't have a problem with it. Canned milk is pasteurized and leaving it out of the fridge once opened hours at a time my entire lifetime had never been a problem. I had to train Lynn, my cleaning lady, to stop putting it in the fridge, too. I guess she's okay with it as she still uses it in her coffee when she's here.
I think it depends on how hot you keep your house, too. Our house is usually very cool, be it summer or winter. I'm not oblivious to things that should be refrigerated promptly, like things with mayo, e.g., potato salad, but often times I think people worry too much about leaving things out for a little while.