Cooked fish question

[Purple*Lotus]

I tried to google it but it seems to only focus on raw fish, and not cooked..

Okay, so I have some frozen fish fillets and I was going to bake them, then portion them out for dinners through the week. My Mom flipped out, saying that that would give me food poisoning.

When I lived with my husband I did this all the time and am still alive, however, I don't want to gamble with getting sick.

Is that right? You can't cook fish, then store leftovers in the fridge? Does anyone know for sure?

When I worked at the shelter they said it was okay to store any cooked item for 7 days. But that always sounded iffy to me. I was going to only eat the cooked fish from today on Tuesday and Thursday.

Does anyone know if that is bad?

[amma_mama]

Mayo Clinic gives a blanket 4 days for all leftovers, which is probably on the conservative side, so your fish, as long as it is properly refrigerated should be fine through Thursday.

[Llyra]

I will usually keep meat/poultry/fish refrigerated, cooked, for about 3 to 5 days. I've never heard or read that there's any particular restriction on keeping fish.

[Alyantavid]

Of course you can.

I wouldn't keep them more than 3 or 4 days personally, but there's no problem with having leftover fish.

[houseofblues]

I keep leftover fish in the fridge at least 3 days. It pretty easy to tell if fish is bad, it will smell bad. If it doesn't smell quite right, don't eat it, but otherwise there's no reason not to eat leftover fish!