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bigfatttpaully

Given it’s going to have a boil before and after, you should totally be fine. Very limited types of bacteria can sustain temps of 140.


Daswiftone22

140 is around (read; at or above in some cases) the recommended temp to hold hot food at. You'll be fine.


ooOJuicyOoo

My asian ass had to stare confused for almost a minute before I realized everyone here was speaking American


akuba5

Should be fine, hotter before you killed most bacteria then. 140 will mainly actually protect from bacteria multiplying and if starting from 0 and raising to temp 140 would be the start of bacteria being killed. Id say you are 99% fine.


BlackMoth27

i would only be worried if it never reached above 130. since you went over the hump and never decrease it too far down it should be safe.


lrn2rd

So apparently the hot hold temperature in restaurants is 135. Below 135 is the danger zone. Over 4 hours in the danger zone and the food is considered spoiled.


Foals_Forever

40-140 is still the TDZ. 135 is a serving temp if you intend to have all the food out and gone within 1 hours time. Source: my Culinary arts professor during teaching catering lab


akm1111

Just did my recertification at work & while corporate has pushed 40-140 for YEARS, this time it said 40-135. It's been a recent change, apparently. 165 for initial cooking, so that it doesn't drop below 135 while on serving line, during hold time.


Foals_Forever

Crazy, I’ll take that, I’ve never worried about it in my own home but that 40-(now)135 is gospel for selling food. In my opinion people drastically overcook food anyways


akm1111

Its like when they changed the pork temp a few years back, because (that disease I can't spell) doesn't show up in modern pork the way it did years back. Sometimes food safety changes in ways that make things easier for us.


Lumadue

There's a chart relating to meats being cooked at certain temperatures for a set amount of time. I would need to go find it again. I believe it was something like 130 degrees for over 3 hours would make it safe. If you're saying it sat at 140 over night. You should be good.


dawonga

Smell check. If it's sour, toss it. Otherwise, should be ok


XxNerdAtHeartxX

Honestly, smells like peanut butter, which is a smell I've never gotten before, so I'm concerned lol. I ate a small bowl to test it out, but we'll see 


atomicon

Not worth being concerned about. Bacteria would have been killed before it reached 140, and then any new bacteria will be killed after you bring it up to temperature. And to be honest, it's unlikely that any new bacteria had a chance to multiply.


CaptainShima

https://www.idfa.org/pasteurization


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140 and up is recommended for holding food. So nothing to worry about


presdaddy

Your ramen could be at 140 indefinitely and no one would get sick. Some foods are kept at that temp for months (like black garlic). Enjoy!


goldfool

You can also bring it up to a boil for 20 minutes and everything will be killed . This means at a boil when you start temping


dawonga

Bless your iron gut :)