Y'all, don't mess with cooked pasta that has sat around. Some fraternity students in the USA somewhere died from pasta that had sat out overnight a few years back and a bunch more of them got violently ill. About a decade ago, I got dog sick thinking I was a dudebro and I ate a plate of pasta that I had left sitting overnight. I figured it's like pizza right? I've eaten pizza that has sat out for days with zero issues. It turns out that pasta harbors some bacteria that gives off some super toxic byproduct as the bacteria consumes the pasta. It's no joke. I was puking/the_runs for about 3 days.
I think the pasta that kid ate had sat out for almost a full week, not just overnight. Unless I'm thinking of a different case.
Cooked rice too. Most people don't know this but fried rice should be eaten when it's made. It is already made with day-old rice. Re-heating it is likely to cause you problems or make you sick (maybe not super sick but sometimes it will).
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