All that, for food poisoning?

I just made a beef stock which was simmered for fourteen hours.  I cut short the recipe which recommended 72 hours.  Only problem is, I just tasted some of the meat scraps as I was sieving out the bones, and within a few minutes I felt rather ill.  That’s gotta be a bad sign.  A very bad sign.  I have a nasty suspicion that letting it cool overnight and reboiling it in the morning is nowhere near as safe as Ms Online Cooking Show suggests.  Is there anything else it could be, I wonder?  Beef usually agrees with me just fine, but I haven’t made a long-simmer stock like this before.  Wish my guts good luck. 

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August 17, 2011

Food poisoning usually takes 24 hours before a sign or symptom shows up. However, cooked beef being left overnight, even in a stock is rather worrisome. I’d be careful and next time put it in a fridge perhaps, just to be on the safe side.

August 17, 2011

I dunno. Are there any nuisance animals (or children) in your neighborhood you could feed it to as research?