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fridge broken for 24 hours... is food ok?
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As long as no one has been in and out of the fridge, everything should be OK. If the fridge is now room temp.. -> Garbage for safety.
throw out the meats
if any meat jumped past 45 deg F for more than a couple hours it'll make you sick
cheeses and other stuff is okay -- you'll know if your milk tastes sour and your veggies rot ant stink. bread things are okay too, unless they have meat in them like pizzas.
ANYTHING that thawed in the freezer, eat today or throw away.
ANYTHING THAT PARTIALLY thawed, -- DO NOT REFREEZE! EAT VERY SOON.
THIS INCLUDES YOUR PIZZAS!
IMPROPER HANDLING OF MEATS IS DANGEROUS!
if any meat jumped past 45 deg F for more than a couple hours it'll make you sick
cheeses and other stuff is okay -- you'll know if your milk tastes sour and your veggies rot ant stink. bread things are okay too, unless they have meat in them like pizzas.
ANYTHING that thawed in the freezer, eat today or throw away.
ANYTHING THAT PARTIALLY thawed, -- DO NOT REFREEZE! EAT VERY SOON.
THIS INCLUDES YOUR PIZZAS!
IMPROPER HANDLING OF MEATS IS DANGEROUS!
Uncooked meat, thawed meat or fish, I'd pitch. Depending on how much foodstuff was in your fridge (the less food in your fridge, the better; the opposite is true for the freezer, though), the temperature of the room (no heat wave, yet?), and whether or not it was opened during the outage, everything else, including the cheeses, butter, eggs, or milk should be ok.
we just lost power for about 24 hours, but left the fridge shut.
So far everything has been fine.
Do the smell test and be sure to cook any meats to 165 or higher.
And be extra careful with kids/elderly/sick people.
And figure out if that leftover pork chop is worth two dollars and/or several days of sitting on the toilet
So far everything has been fine.
Do the smell test and be sure to cook any meats to 165 or higher.
And be extra careful with kids/elderly/sick people.
And figure out if that leftover pork chop is worth two dollars and/or several days of sitting on the toilet
If your fridge's temperature rised above 40 degrees, then you only had 2-4 hours to begin refrigerating them again before time-temperature abuse resulted in bacterial growth that is unsafe. Unfortunately, I pretty much guarantee this is the case. The only things safe in your fridge now are things that can otherwise be kept, open and used, at room temperature (like vegetables, butter, minced garlic, pickles would probably be okay). The rest I would throw away. :\
Doesn't homeowner's insurance cover this sometimes, including cost of replacement food? Or is that only if it is connected with some kind of power outage or other disaster? (Was it just your fridge that died?)
Doesn't homeowner's insurance cover this sometimes, including cost of replacement food? Or is that only if it is connected with some kind of power outage or other disaster? (Was it just your fridge that died?)
That reads a bit strangley
It sounds fine in American English. You silly Queen's English users!