How Long Do You Have to Eat Leftovers Before They Go Bad?

Don’t always have time to cook? That’s fine, there are always left overs! Inside Edition wanted to find out just how long leftovers are safe to eat. So we asked Peter DeLucia, the Westchester County assistant health commissioner, for his best advice on fridge staples. DeLucia tested an egg salad from a local mother's fridge, and the results were astounding. After three days, the bacteria in the food had increased by 4,000%. Check out our video to see how other foods fared in the test. #InsideEdition

[danir]

If the food has fus, weird color or a weird smell and taste don’t eat it simple as that

[Plague_Doc]

General rule is just to eat anything within 2 days. Especially if it's a dairy product. How adults dont know this is beyond me, I knew them back when I was a kid.

[DavidSwed]

Lisa Guerrero would’ve confronted the leftovers.

[joshuadavid]

Me: mom can we stop at mcdonalds?
Mom: no we got food at the house
Food at the house: 1:06

[ziljin]

I eat danger zone food all the time. How am I still alive. And I'm pretty sure there's homeless who eat danger zone leftovers all the time.

[Nobody-krjm]

My refrigerator always has leftovers because we like to pretend we’re going to eat it but it’s just to make us feel better by not throwing it away the same day we ate it 💀😂

[blackhunter]

5 days after Thanksgiving I'm still going to eat my food

[kbrown]

Leftovers never last longer than a day in my house, lol....so I don't really have to worry

[bluelightvideos]

lol she puts her hands out to catch the egg salad when he puts it up side down. Such a mom thing to do 😂😂😂

[MOUNTINpeak]

This is why I dont bother eating thanksgiving food and I would rather eat a LARGE pizza

[tonytreetheexperts]

2 days 3 days max and if I know I cooked a lot I’m putting most of it in the freezer

[sitavitel]

Sniff test it.😂

What do you think restaurants do when someone forgets to label it?

[twoautotwo]

When your family is so broke that you can't even get a turkey.

Edit: 240 likes!? All I said was that I couldn't afford a damn turkey.

[theabstract]

Meat over night, anything else 2 days max

[Cyder]

Mm, I’m finna die soon. I got apple juice from a year ago.

[Onlineintrovert]

Some people waste food while many many others face food insecurity. Life is truly a test.

[sarahshae]

My husband would argue a week for everything

[DeodorantSniffer]

I’ve been eating left overs a week old still. Just blast it in the microwave

[whereami]

Lmao ok nerd, ima still eat leftovers after thanksgiving

[SahilMishra]

Have McDonald's on Thanksgiving, would stay fresh till the next 20 Thanksgiving's lmao