Freezer been switched off / door left open - will food be ok?

Februarycat

This happened to me last week, ds had been in getting ice creams and not shut it properly. I ended up throwing the chicken and pies out but kept the other things.

DaisyFlower

If not really defrosted i'd keep everything bar ice cream.

go_cat

Thanks for all the replies


What about fish fingers with them being little and likely to defrost quickly?

Casiopeia_2

I'd bin fish fingers. Fish tends to go off more even easily than meat.

pigpen

I'd do them for dinner tonight..

go_cat

pigpen wrote: »

I'd do them for dinner tonight..

That will be 40 Birds Eye fish fingers for tea then.....hope hubbies hungry :rotfl:

vaio

Or make friends with the neighbours by feeding their kids?

donquine

We had the same problem this week! Everything at the front of the freezer got cooked and eaten or binned. Luckily everything at the back hadn't defrosted, so we managed to save a lot.

Ivrytwr3

went away on friday at 10am, come back sunday (today) at 3pm to find the MIL had kindly flicked off all our kitchen appliances for us; yes that included the fridge freezer

gratefulforhelp_2

OP My DH must have been round to yours...