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Our fridge was without power for 10-13 hours in the blackout. What would you keep?

post #1 of 5
9/9/11 at 9:17am
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Title says it all....

 

Our fridge was without power during the blackout (10-13 hours). It has now been on for 5-7 hours. Wondering what we need to throw out that may not be obvious....

 

Any advice?

 

Thanks! :)

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post #2 of 5
9/9/11 at 9:23am

Was it opened during the time the power was out?

 

The only thing I'd be really worried about would be fresh milk (esp. store bought) if it wasn't opened, or only once or twice.  Did things still feel cool when it was turned back on?

 

 

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post #3 of 5
9/9/11 at 9:28am
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It was opened three very brief times. (Everything was still nicely cold then...last time was about 7 pm.)

 

Power was restored sometime between 2:30 and 4:30 am, so we're not sure if things were still cold.

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post #4 of 5
9/9/11 at 9:44am

I'm just erring on the side of caution and tossing almost everything (except things like mustard and ketchup), but we opened the fridge a few times, thinking the power was going to be out a lot longer than it was.

 

I wonder what the grocery stores are like today - if they are fully stocked and how the crowds are!

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post #5 of 5
9/10/11 at 12:06pm
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We only had to toss the milk, cream, open package of bacon, open package of DH's lunch meat (blech!), and some leftovers. Everything else is fine.

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