Husband refuses to eat chicken left in hot car for hours, sparking food safety debate: 'Not thrilled'

One man risked dinner and domestic peace when he refused to eat sun-warmed poultry that his wife was planning to prepare according to a viral social media post Writing on Reddit's -million-member Am I the A--hole forum on July the man disclosed the spat began after his wife decided to try a new recipe for dinner It's a one-pot chicken thing with orzo he wrote She ordered the groceries online this morning and then went to collect them around a m She got back home around midday and unloaded everything from the car FED-UP WOMAN REFUSES TO BE BREAKFAST CHEF FOR SISTER'S CHILDREN 'GO ASK YOUR MOM'But around p m his wife suddenly urged where the chicken went and identified that it had been sitting in the trunk of their car all afternoon The chicken wasn't a frozen chicken the man clarified The chicken was a whole fresh raw chicken in a sealed bag Although it wasn't a particularly warm day we still had a high of degrees Fahrenheit and our car was sitting out in the sunshine all afternoon The wife declared that the chicken was still cool to the touch which the man hesitantly agreed with it wasn't warm he revealed but he wouldn't call it overly cold WOMAN WHO FINDS MEAL PREP 'EXHAUSTING' SLAMMED FOR NOT COOKING 'FANCIER' FOODS It's safe to say it was somewhere between fridge temperature and room temperature he wrote The Redditor fast notified his wife he wasn't interested in eating the chicken She tells me we're still going to eat the chicken he recalled I go back to the couch and start Googling how long you can leave a chicken in the car Despite going back-and-forth the wife continued preparing the chicken until the husband had an idea I pitch the idea that she can have the chicken and I can just make something simple for my dinner he commented She's not thrilled because she sought to make this meal for me FAMILY VACATION DRAMA ERUPTS OVER GRANDMOTHER'S REQUEST FOR DINNER WITH HER GROWN KIDS ONLYThe man reported he notified her that he was not going to eat it and felt as if he was being made to eat a chicken against my will She then got into the car and left in search of another chicken from the store But the man admitted that he felt like a bit of an a--hole about it I also feel like we may have wasted a perfectly good chicken he explained But largest part of the comments posted on the thread which attracted over responses affirmed his fears CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER You know what's worse than throwing out a chicken Food poisoning the top comment read I would not have eaten that chicken either I have a realllllllyyy loose attitude toward food safety and I wouldn't eat that chicken another person chimed in One user who attested to working in restaurants for two decades however had a different take I would've eaten it the commenter wrote in part Still cool to the touch and getting cooked fully It's fine Another wrote You re about to cook it It's not had time to rot especially if it's cool to the touch Everyone in these comments is overreacting Bryan Quoc Le Ph D a food scientist with Mendocino Food Consulting in California narrated Fox News Digital the jeopardy in the Reddit situation is very high For more Lifestyle articles visit foxnews com lifestyle It has been several hours-plus inside a car which will be at a much higher temperature than the surrounding air he stated Bacteria grow very fast every degrees higher than refrigeration temperature exponentially so every minutes They are right that it is not safe to eat Le added that hypothetically one could try cooking the chicken which would destroy pathogenic bacteria But that doesn't solve the issue he noted It's the toxins they leave behind that can be a dilemma which tend to be heat-resistant the expert disclosed It's not worth the peril A single chicken is not that expensive compared to the food poisoning you could experience