Last night - around 10.30 - I lost my electricity ... It was off until around 3pm this afternoon - after several men had dug up my neighbours garden ... Apparently - another neighbour - who had been edging his drive with half-slabs - had damaged an underground cable - and then the heavy rain (storm) we had a few days ago - and then again yesterday --- had seeped through to the cable's innerds - and our house & next door (the culprit's own place) were plunged into darkness ... Mum & Dad are away in Scotland - leaving their teenage children to care-for- the house ... Methinks they were planning a party - and having no electricity wasn't going to stop them .... I fell asleep around 4.30 am - & they were still enjoying themselves ... :-))) My question is this --- How safe will it be to eat the food in our two fridges and two freezers .. ? .... Of course - we won't be eating the ice-creams - as they were quite soft --- but some of the other stuff 'seemed' okay - veg / fruit (self-froze) /chunks of lamb etc .... I'm not sure about the packaged fish - or smaller pieces of meat - or the bread - or the cooked chicken that had only been in the freezer a couple of hours ... I've thrown away some 'fresh' cooked chicken - which was in one of the fridges - and also some skimmed milk - but Andy reckons the other 'unopened' 2 pints should be okay ... I've always thought 10-12 hours is okay - as long as the doors weren't open too many times - well - these weren't open at all (cept one fridge - once) . . One fridge - & the two freezers - are all in an outside shed - if that makes any difference ... Thanks ... Sue
The fridge & freezer instruction books usually say food can keep for 24 hours without opening the doors. Hope you complain to the neighbours about the kids' partying when they get back. Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent Last night - around 10.30 - I lost my electricity ... It was off until around 3pm this afternoon - after several men had dug up my neighbours garden ... Apparently - another neighbour - who had been edging his drive with half-slabs - had damaged an underground cable - and then the heavy rain (storm) we had a few days ago - and then again yesterday --- had seeped through to the cable's innerds - and our house & next door (the culprit's own place) were plunged into darkness ... Mum & Dad are away in Scotland - leaving their teenage children to care-for- the house ... Methinks they were planning a party - and having no electricity wasn't going to stop them .... I fell asleep around 4.30 am - & they were still enjoying themselves ... :-))) My question is this --- How safe will it be to eat the food in our two fridges and two freezers .. ? .... Of course - we won't be eating the ice-creams - as they were quite soft --- but some of the other stuff 'seemed' okay - veg / fruit (self-froze) /chunks of lamb etc .... I'm not sure about the packaged fish - or smaller pieces of meat - or the bread - or the cooked chicken that had only been in the freezer a couple of hours ... I've thrown away some 'fresh' cooked chicken - which was in one of the fridges - and also some skimmed milk - but Andy reckons the other 'unopened' 2 pints should be okay ... I've always thought 10-12 hours is okay - as long as the doors weren't open too many times - well - these weren't open at all (cept one fridge - once) . . One fridge - & the two freezers - are all in an outside shed - if that makes any difference ... Thanks ... Sue ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Before you sent your mail - Please cut out as much of previous messages as is appropriate - and Please change the Subject Line if the Topic has changed.
Missy Pat .... you are a spoilsport ... let the kids have their fun .... shame on you lol Hugs John xxxx Hope you complain to the neighbours about the kids' partying when they get back. Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveĀ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb