Frozen Cooked Prawns

Apricot

Just looking for a bit of advice please:

I took some frozen cooked prawns out of the freezer last night and left them in the fridge to defrost. I have just realised that Im due to be going out for a meal tonight so won't be able to use them but the packet says use WITHIN 24 hours.

Should I risk using them on Saturday? Or should I just let them go to waste?

Pink.

Hi princessleah,

I would use your own judgement....personally, if they looked and smelled ok and had been kept in the fridge the whole time then I would probably use them tomorrow, but as people here can't see or smell them, then the final decision is yours.

Once you've had some more opinions I'll add your post to the Quick Questions on food safety / sell by / use by dates

Pink

Bongedone

I don't trust prawns but as Pink says, give them a sniff, you will know when a prawn is off as it will smell of fish. Dont break the seal on the pack till your going to use them.

The supermarket puts them on the shelves frozen, they defrost, you buy them and freeze them. So I cannot imagine there will be a problem.

meritaten

above posts are right - if your fridge is cold enough then if they dont smell strongly fishy - they are ok to use.
I never defrost prawns overnight - I prefer the chuck them in a sieve and run them under cold water until all the ice is gone method - takes about ten minutes. then leave them for about 15 to 30 mins to come up to room temperature. then serve them or add them to whatever dish I am cooking. That way I am never left with a bag of prawns that for some reason I cant use! they are TOO expensive!

tiredwithtwins

I have done this several times this year ... i just give them a good rinse under cold water and then put them in a covered dish and store them at the top of the fridge (the coldest part) and make sure i use them the next day.
failing that, cook them in whatever it was you were going to cook, store in the top of the fridge and then reheat it tomorrow ...

Apricot

Thanks for the responses, I will give them a sniff in the morning and if I think they are ok then Ill cook them. Will maybe test one on the cat - if they won't eat them then I definitely won't!

smithyjules

If your cats are anything like mine they will happily scoff anything that is left around as they obviously starved, so I wouldn't take my cats meoew as gospel! However as others have said, I would use the sniff test. I keep all meat etc at the bottom of my fridge as I thought the bottom of the fridge was the coolest part. Could be wrong though lol.

derrick

tiredwithtwins wrote: »

I have done this several times this year ... i just give them a good rinse under cold water and then put them in a covered dish and store them at the top of the fridge (the coldest part) and make sure i use them the next day.
failing that, cook them in whatever it was you were going to cook, store in the top of the fridge and then reheat it tomorrow ...

The coldest part of anywhere is the bottom, heat rises so the top of your fridge will the the hottest!

Food Standards Agency

Where is the coldest part of your fridge?
• Larder fridges and fridge-freezers
Where is the coldest part?
Most likely to be the bottom two shelves.

Salad bin
This is the warmest part of the fridge
Examples
• Vegetables, fruit, fresh salad items e.g. unwashed whole
lettuce, whole tomatoes, radishes, etc.

Three-door fridge freezers
Where is the coldest part?
In the separate chiller section and the
bottom shelves of the larder unit.

Some parts of your fridge are colder than others.
Where the coldest part is, depends a lot upon the
type of fridge.
The user handbook that came with your fridge should
tell you where the coldest part is.


Answers.com The coldest part of a fridge is at the very bottom, or the lowest part of it.

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tiredwithtwins

ooh thanks for that - i always thought it was the top!!!!

cheers, hope the prawns are ok!!