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The bacteria is best known for causing a type of food poisoning called "Fried Rice Syndrome," since rice is sometimes cooked and left to cool at room temperature for a few hours. During that time, the bacteria can contaminate it and grow. B. cereus is especially dangerous because it produces a toxin in rice and other starchy foods that is heat resistant and may not die when the food it infects is cooked.

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Unfortunately, that was the case for a 20-year-old student, who passed away after eating five-day-old pasta.

His story was described in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology a few years back, but has since resurfaced due to some YouTube videos and Reddit posts. According to article, every Sunday the student would make his meals for the entire week so he wouldn't need to deal with making it on the weekdays. One Sunday, he cooked up some spaghetti, then put it in Tupperware containers so that days later, he could just add some sauce to it, reheat it and enjoy it.

However, he didn't store the pasta in the fridge, rather he left it out on the counter. After five days of the food sitting out at room temperature, he heated some up and ate it. While he noticed an odd taste to the food, he figured it was just due to the new tomato sauce he added to it.

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[–] oken735@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah chubbyemu

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The bacteria is best known for causing a type of food poisoning called "Fried Rice Syndrome," since rice is sometimes cooked and left to cool at room temperature for a few hours.

left to cool at room temperature for a few hours

I think I do that almost every single time I make food

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Guy that died let it sit out for multiple days per article... he was eating rotting food.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, I was just laughing about the clickbaity nature of the article.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

After five days of the food sitting out at room temperature, he heated some up and ate it.

Super clickbaity lol, we all know not to leave food on the counter for a week right? It wouldn't surprise me if the pasta was getting fuzzy by that point.

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[–] SeemsNormal@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It’s almost like the scientists who named this bacteria knew this would happen.

You can’t… B. Cereus

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

One Sunday, he cooked up some spaghetti, then put it in Tupperware containers so that days later, he could just add some sauce to it, reheat it and enjoy it.

Five day old spaghetti sitting on a warm counter? Eww.

I thought he made a pasta dish, and the kept eating that. What the hell, making the spaghetti is the easiest bit and barely take a longer than microwaving some disgusting old pasta.

RIP this guy but I feel like we didn't necessarily lose one of our sharpest minds.

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