Yes they can be. They will not turn or anything like that. Just be sure to heat them before adding the butter and milk to make mashed potatoes.
Yes, as long as it has been cooked and if kept, has been refrigerated.
You can eat cooked scallops cold. You should be sure that they were cooked well, and refrigerated however. Do not eat them if they have been left out.
It is not safe for a person to eat meatloaf that has been left out on the counter for 2 hours. The meatloaf should be refrigerated and consumed or frozen after it has been cooked.
If the dish was properly cooked, then properly refrigerated, I would not imagine that it should make anyone ill.
You could, but it would spoil quite quickly.
Actually, you aren't supposed to cook food then freeze it again. It will say on the packet that you got it from.
30 minutes.Two hours max. At that point, the meat should be re-heated or refrigerated. Less time is better, and if the 'room temperature' is very warm, make that only 1 hour.
If they are dried peas not yet cooked, they will last months and months. If they become damp they will spoil because they will grow mold. If they've been cooked, they must be refrigerated or frozen. If left out they will develop harmful bacteria that can make people sick.
Unless the ambient temperature in the room was very high it should be safe.
Cooked pasta should not be left unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours. If the ambient temperature is very warm, make that 1 hour. Less time is better. At that point, the pasta should be refrigerated or re-heated. Since cooked pasta has been hydrated, it is considered potentially hazardous and could grow pathogenic bacteria if such bacteria are present and the food is held in the temperature danger zone (135°F - 40°F) too long.
not really just when you defrosting make sure you dont mix it with cooked and uncooked meat and dont defrost above room temperature