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What would you do in this situation?

You go to the grocery store to get tonight's dinner. You see T-bone steaks on sale so you buy two big beautiful ones for you and your significant other.
You come home, put the groceries on the counter and go on your way. You come back around two hours later and realize you didn't put the steaks in the fridge. So you throw them in the freezer for about an hour and then the fridge.

Then you go on the internet and Google:
How long can steak sit out before cooking?
It says "The absolute maximum to leave a steak out before cooking is two hours".
Caveats: You're not really sure when you bought the steaks and brought them home so your time of leaving them out is an estimate. Could be more than two hours. Also, the steaks were sitting in the grocery bag still in the packaging and crammed next to other food.

Do you:
1. Assume there's typically a one hour buffer for food spoiling times and the steaks were still wrapped and not exposed to air. You go ahead and cook them. Don't tell the significant other.
2. Do the Walk of Shame and Tell your significant other what happened and ask her what you should do.
3. Throw the steaks away and go get Chinese take-out. Don't tell the significant other.

What would YOU do?

Posted: 04/19/2021 at 4:55PM

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What would you do in this situation? -- YBYSAIAHokie 04/19/2021 4:55PM

Go vegan ** -- Gobble Gobble 04/20/2021 1:27PM

They’re no good anymore. Give them to me & I’ll dispose of them properly. ** -- BusLoadaBozos 04/19/2021 10:18PM

Eat em. ** -- YardBird 04/19/2021 9:49PM

Eat 'em ** -- Riverguy 04/19/2021 9:09PM

The inside of a non-tenderized piece of meat is essentially sterile. -- VT72 04/19/2021 7:11PM

Zero problem, eat ** -- JoesterVT 04/19/2021 6:48PM

Yes!!! ** -- HokieHi71 04/19/2021 6:57PM

I’d fire them up and eat without a second thought -- kjhokie 04/19/2021 6:42PM

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Bad meat smells...bad. I don't think 2 hours at room temperature is fatal. ** -- TomTurkey 04/19/2021 6:19PM

Smother them in horseradish and eat knowing you're safe** -- lchoro 04/19/2021 6:18PM

...why no T-bone ? ** -- chumley 04/19/2021 6:10PM

Unless they were on a picnic table in your sunny backyard, eat them. -- dans93 04/19/2021 5:42PM

Here's what I would do: -- MP4VT2004 04/19/2021 5:41PM

You are a man of great wisdom and insight, my friend. ** -- YBYSAIAHokie 04/19/2021 7:01PM

Ima gonna try that. ** -- ColoVT82 04/19/2021 6:25PM

Friggin brilliant. ** -- reestuart 04/19/2021 6:02PM

I'm good for an OK idea every once in a while. ** -- MP4VT2004 04/19/2021 6:03PM

Eat em ** -- Stork 04/19/2021 5:38PM

Cook and eat them without hesitation ** -- Brown Water 04/19/2021 5:37PM

You ever had tapeworm? Just sayin' ** -- TexasGobbler 04/19/2021 5:22PM

I wouldn't have thrown them into the freezer. Just straight into the fridge -- EDGEMAN 04/19/2021 5:17PM

I wouldn't have bothered with the freezer. Cook them up. You'll be fine. ** -- reestuart 04/19/2021 5:16PM

Super hot sear and would cook closer to med than my normal med rare ** -- coshokie 04/19/2021 5:10PM

My wife would eat them, no problem. But she has never -- HokieR 04/19/2021 5:07PM

Tartare ** -- LonghornHokie 04/19/2021 5:07PM

Cook & eat 'em. No other thought would have even crossed my mind. ** -- johnmcd40 04/19/2021 5:05PM

Cook em to medium , enjoy ** -- astrohokie 04/19/2021 5:04PM

Cook 'em a little bit more than usual to kill the cooties -- SteveInBaltimore 04/19/2021 5:04PM

So roll the dice and see? At this point you don't know they are safe. Is -- UTPr0sim 04/19/2021 5:03PM

You eat those steaks. Without hesitation. ** -- HokieGator 04/19/2021 5:02PM

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