You mention that bottled beers should be served at a much cooler temperature than cask ales but what about bottle conditioned British ales? Nick Paul Jones Ideally bottled beers should be stored half way between the two so about 8 degrees although most places donât have the spare fridge space to sp this.
Trust me, it's easier to discard some leftovers than to go through a real toilet-hugging, stomach-pumping bout of food poisoning. Cooked chicken should not be left unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours. Less time is better. Make that only one hour if the ambient temperature is very warm. If it hasn't been consumed by then, it should be re-heated or refrigerated. It needs to stay out of the temperature danger zone which is 135Â°F to 40Â°F.
Photo by Kathleen Lee. Any cooked foods or cut fruit cannot stay out longer than two hours. This is two hours total. This means that for every minute you take food out to rearrange your fridge, contemplate eating it or forget to put it away, it counts towards the two hour window of leaving food out. Well, whatâs really the harm of leaving it out for longer? When food sits at room temperature, itâs in the âDanger Zoneâ of 40-140Â°F.