Power Outages and Freezer Safety
August 26, 2011, 1:59 pm
Filed under: cooking ahead, freezer, freezer cooking, freezer meals, frozen assets, frugal living, groceries, hurricane, make-ahead, oamc, once a month cooking, power outage, saving money, simple living, storm | Tags: hurricane
Filed under: cooking ahead, freezer, freezer cooking, freezer meals, frozen assets, frugal living, groceries, hurricane, make-ahead, oamc, once a month cooking, power outage, saving money, simple living, storm | Tags: hurricane
If you suffer a power outage, keep your freezer closed! Little or no thawing should occur within the first twelve to twenty hours.
If you know a storm’s heading your direction, fill empty milk jugs with water and freeze them solid before the power goes out. A full freezer will stay frozen longer than a partially empty one.
A simple way to know if things have thawed and perhaps refrozen during a power outage is to put a bowl of ice cubes into the freezer prior to a problem. If the ice cubes have melted and become just a bowl of water (or refrozen into a bowl of ice), you’ll know that the contents of your freezer have experienced the same thing. Your frozen goods would no longer be safe to eat in that case. (more…)
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