Ham bone left on counter overnight - a question

[Kimm in WA]

Is a ham bone, with some ham left on it, that was left overnight on the counter OK to use to make a soup stock? It was a fully cooked ham before I cooked it to heat it through, was then in the fridge, cooled, and then left on the counter. I would boil the soup stock, but WWYD?

 

Dear hubby meant well, cutting all my ham off the bone. :001_huh:

TIA!

Kimm in WA

[Harriet Vane]

I would not. I took a foods class in college and learned stuff about food toxins I would rather forget. When kept at room temp for any length of time (hours) meat becomes nasty and dangerous. While there are those who would debate that meat left out just a few hours might be okay, I am sure that meat (or in this case, a meaty bone) left out all night is definitely a hotbed of bacteria. Getting a pot of soup out of that bone just is not worth the risk.

 

Sorry

[Pink Fairy]

Definitely not. :grouphug:

[Blessedfamily]

I was thinking someone might have a different answer for you, because I wouldn't use it.

 

Sorry

[Sharon in SC]

Is a ham bone, with some ham left on it, that was left overnight on the counter OK to use to make a soup stock? It was a fully cooked ham before I cooked it to heat it through, was then in the fridge, cooled, and then left on the counter. I would boil the soup stock, but WWYD?

 

Dear hubby meant well, cutting all my ham off the bone. :001_huh:

TIA!

Kimm in WA

 

We wouldn't.

[Ria]

I would use it without hesitation for soup stock. Wouldn't worry me a bit.

 

Ria

[LaxMom]

Um... what kind of ham? If it was country ham, I'd be less concerned than if it was one with a higher water / lower salt content (the ones Alton Brown refers to as "city ham").

[LizzyBee]

I wouldn't use it, and I'm one of the people here who usually will use things that many won't.