“by lunch time it was room temperature and I never died”
The main meal for my Grandmother (born in 1890) was the noon meal, AKA dinner. She would put the leftovers in the cold oven. She just knew how long they could sit there and still be good. No one ever got sick.
You know, I look back at those days, and compared to now, what in the hell happened?
my sister invited our aunts to dinner
they showed at 11:45.
sister has lunch at noon and dinner in the evening
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. My grandmother covered up the leftovers with a plate and put them in a cupboard, then had them the next day. And we still leave all the leftover food out all day at holiday meals, so we can nibble at will, the rest of the day. Nobody ever got/gets sick.