As we all know, the general rule is, that cooked meat must be refrigerated within 2 hours or so after its cooked.
However, why are foods like cheese & bacon rolls, and those little hot dog rolls you find at Asian bakeries deemed safe to eat in room temperature?
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Something locally I don’t understand is every pizza place by me (NY) has tons of pizza and pepperoni rolls/pinwheels out on their counters all day long, and no one gets sick.
Anecdotally, I know people who leave out food over night and eat it and are 100% fine.
The ELI5 part is likely that food spoilage may not be as quick in some foods as we think, and people with good, healthy immune systems may be able to withstand a certain amount of bacteria.
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