[Sca-cooks] Trying again

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Avraham haRofeh of Northpass:
>  > Cooked rice is probably safe for a while; I know most
>>  of the sleazy Chinese takeout places store it in a colander at room
>>  temperature, at least a day's supply, more or less all day, and it
>>  appears to be safe that way, under those conditions, anyway. Your
>>  local health authorities will probably have a different view.
>
>UH UH!!! _Bacillus cereus_ LOVES room temperature rice, and can make you
>VERY ill. Cooked rice is subject to the same time/temp rules as other cooked
>foods; in fact, I'd venture to say the rules should be observed MORE
>stringently.

As I mentioned, there are probably conditions whereby it is safer
than at other times; I'm familiar with the warnings about bacillus
cereus, but also know that it's an industrial standard practice to
use room-temperature rice when making fried rice, and I've never
heard of anyone becoming ill from it, at least not for that reason.
On the other hand, that is not, and was not intended as, a blanket
endorsement for not refrigerating rice.

Adamantius