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

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  • DaisyFlower
    DaisyFlower Posts: 2,677 Forumite
    If not really defrosted i'd keep everything bar ice cream.
  • go_cat
    go_cat Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Thanks for all the replies :)


    What about fish fingers with them being little and likely to defrost quickly?
  • Casiopeia_2
    Casiopeia_2 Posts: 34 Forumite
    I'd bin fish fingers. Fish tends to go off more even easily than meat.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'd do them for dinner tonight..
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  • go_cat
    go_cat Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    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
    vaio Posts: 12,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Or make friends with the neighbours by feeding their kids?
  • donquine
    donquine Posts: 695 Forumite
    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
    Ivrytwr3 Posts: 6,304 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    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
    gratefulforhelp_2 Posts: 9,286 Forumite
    OP My DH must have been round to yours...
    Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x
  • go_cat
    go_cat Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    gratefulforhelp wrote: »
    OP My DH must have been round to yours...


    Ooooer rumours :rotfl:
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