u/MaleficentWolf

After the concert, a rep said they’d physically mail us the GIP merch since they couldn’t bring it over the border for whatever reason.

I’ve been emailing the company responsible for sending out the merch. After weeks of polite back and forth, they gave me a tracking number but the last update was just “shipping information received” on April 21st with Canada Post saying they couldn’t find an item associated with the tracking number.

I feel so stupid. I bought a bunch of pork ribs, beef ribs, cubed beef and spicy sausages and cooked them all up in my instant pot with tomato sauce, seasonings, etc. we ate dinner, it was so good and the contents were still so crazy hot so I didn’t want to put it in my fridge to heat up the rest of the fridge contents.

I woke up early this morning and saw the instant pot contents on the counter, totally forgot to put it in the fridge. It looks fine and smells fine. I’m heating it now to a boil to kill any bacteria but ChatGPT says to toss the whole thing because there’s probably toxins released by bacteria that I can’t get rid of.

Overnight temps were pretty cold still around 4 or 5 degrees Celsius outside if that makes any difference. Damn, what a waste.

Update: Thank you for warning me. But I just couldn't bring myself to toss so much quality food away, I hit it again with the instant pot and had a portion a few hours ago. Tasted fine. And I'm doing fine for now, so far so good. Thanks again.

Update 2: I’m fine (a day later)

I feel so stupid. I bought a bunch of pork ribs, beef ribs, cubed beef and spicy sausages and cooked them all up in my instant pot with tomato sauce, seasonings, etc. we ate dinner, it was so good and the contents were still so crazy hot so I didn’t want to put it in my fridge to heat up the rest of the fridge contents.

I woke up early this morning and saw the instant pot contents on the counter, totally forgot to put it in the fridge. It looks fine and smells fine. I’m heating it now to a boil to kill any bacteria but ChatGPT says to toss the whole thing because there’s probably toxins released by bacteria that I can’t get rid of.

Overnight temps were pretty cold still around 4 or 5 degrees Celsius outside if that makes any difference. Damn, what a waste.

Edit: thank you for all the responses. I really appreciate it. Against my better judgment, I just can’t bring myself to toss all that $$ away. So I’m going to eat a little portion now. Will report back in a few hours if I’m not getting my stomach pumped.