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Article #8670Re: Q: How long does food keep in the freezer?
From: Kevin McMurtrie
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 06:21
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 06:21
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In article <3AE90148.6FC40FEB@ix.netcom.com>, "Ken M." <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >Mark Das wrote: >> >> I know, it's kind of a weird question. My power company (PG&E, you might >> have heard of them) inadvertantly turned the power off on me. The power >> was >> off for probably 10 hours. Anyway, I'm filing a claims form and it says >> food >> can keep in the freezer for two days without spoiling. Now, I don't want >> to >> eat the food and get sick, but I do have a good amount of food I'd >> rather >> not waste. So, if food has been in a non-powered freezer (with the door >> closed) for about 10 hours, is it still okay? >> >> Thanks, >> Mark > >If they are going to make a habit of this (and I'm sure they will) >try and find out who sells dry ice nearby, and use that. > >(ken) Mmmmm... Carbonated non-fat milk... Kids shouldn't open the fridge if there's dry ice in it. Keep your own face far from the fridge when it's opened. CO2 knocks your blood pH off balance and causes dizzyness. Just one breath of it can cause you to collapse, and you'll probably have the luck to hit your head on the hardest object in the kitchen.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,3d85efb6dee6834d X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,779ca141e54b93cb X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-26 23:21:11 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!sfo2-feed1.news.digex.net!intermedia!typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail From: Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@sonic.net> Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ca.general Subject: Re: Q: How long does food keep in the freezer? References: <Y%6G6.237$BQ.196907@news.pacbell.net> <3AE90148.6FC40FEB@ix.netcom.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Message-ID: <mcmurtri-6772DD.23211026042001@news.sonic.net> Lines: 32 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 06:21:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.204.160.144 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 988352469 209.204.160.144 (Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:21:09 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:21:09 PDT