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https://www.karmactive.com/uk-food-poisoning-cases-rise-due-...

> Rice left at room temperature for more than two hours should be discarded rather than refrigerated.

I believe part of the problem is that re-heating the rice doesn't kill off bacillus cereus so once the rice has been sat around for a couple of hours it can't easily be made safe to eat.

The classic one for rice is bacillus cereus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_cereus#Pathogenesis, specifically the emetic form). That said, while unpleasant, it very rarely kills people.

Not the OP, but cooked rice if not properly stored and reheated can lead to food poisoning (Bacillus Cereus is the bug).

Ah. I don't think of cooked rice as a common wedding-dinner dish, but I guess it must be common in parts of the world that eat a lot of rice in general (and who don't have the same default association between "rice" and "weddings" that we do in the West).

What I heard: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fanciful_drawing_by_...

What they meant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_polo