dead fridge freezer advice on food please

[Deleted User]

hi there
i think i must be very unlucky :rolleyes:

i bought a second hand fridge freezer which had a 6 month warranty.
it broke down and i lost a freezer full of food , it seemed to fix itself but near on as soon as i filled it again it broke down again.

i now have a loan one until they can replace mine as it was leaking gas so they say.

to cut a long story short that is now broken and won't even switch on.
i only realised this morning and the bread is mostly defrosted.

most things i can use up in the next couple of days meals so no problem.

so my question is ;

the 12 pots of homemade veg soup i have got , how long until they are unsafe to eat them ? i made them for my lunch at work and none of my kids eat it - typical !!

any advice greatly appreciated

PollyFlinders_3

Hi - that's really bad luck I'm so sorry!

I wouldn't leave the veg soup more than 2 or 3 days personally - 2 if it had chicken (or other meat) stock in it, and I'd put it at the very bottom of the fridge (if you have a working one) in the meantime where its coldest.

If your stuff is still a bit frozen and you have some spare newspapers or old towels/blankets you could try wrapping some of the more frozen stuff in that to try and keep them colder for longer. Would any of your neighbours be able to put a bagful of food in their freezers for a few days to help you out?

You could always add your soup to any mince that has defrosted, or other meats to make bolognaise/stew which would save throwing some of it away.

If the veg soup still smells OK on day 3 I think I'd be tempted to boil the whole lot up again and risk eating it on day 4 or 5 - but I wouldn't risk it on my children.

[Deleted User]

thankyou

looks like i am on the veg soup diet for the next 3 days then :rotfl:

the fridge is not working either but the lkitchen is quite cold unless i am cooking so should be ok

the rest of the food i can cook up over the next 2 days as there is not much there anyway as i was using it all up !

thanks again

Mrs_Thrify

mummyof5 wrote: »

hi there
i think i must be very unlucky :rolleyes:

i bought a second hand fridge freezer which had a 6 month warranty.
it broke down and i lost a freezer full of food , it seemed to fix itself but near on as soon as i filled it again it broke down again.

i now have a loan one until they can replace mine as it was leaking gas so they say.

to cut a long story short that is now broken and won't even switch on.
i only realised this morning and the bread is mostly defrosted.

most things i can use up in the next couple of days meals so no problem.

so my question is ;

the 12 pots of homemade veg soup i have got , how long until they are unsafe to eat them ? i made them for my lunch at work and none of my kids eat it - typical !!

any advice greatly appreciated

I am just thinking I would be sneeky and use some up as gravy by heating the soup and adding bisto gravy for dinners.

ubamother

worth checking household insurance - some would cover for defrosted freezer food

Nickitree30

If you have a pressure cooker you could put the soup in sterilized jam jars, seal them and stick them in the pressure cooker with water and a teatowel wrapped around to stop them touching each other. Google Green Living Australia for more details.