For those of you who are away from home occasionally there
is always the possibility that your power will go out. You can usually tell by the blinking lights
on your gadgets. It used to be the
blinking VCR but those days are gone. What
you may have difficulty determining is
how long was your power out, it could be days, and is the food in your
freezer safe to eat. 
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| marble on ice |
I happen to have a goodly supply of used pill bottles. (the
joys of aging) The ones I used held
approximately 4oz of water. I filled
the bottle to approximately 3/4" of their capacity and froze them. Then I placed a marble on top of the ice and
put the bottles in the freezer. I use
four bottles, one on the door and the rest through out the freezer. In my tests it took approximately 2.5 hours
of 76 degree heat for the water to thaw and the marble to drop to the bottom of
the bottle. That is certainly enough
heat to ruin your food in the freezer.
So you go away, you come back and you look at the bottles in
your freezer. If the marbles are on the
bottom of the bottles then I would err on the side of caution and abandon that
food. (One battle with food poisoning
was more than enough for me.)
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| Do NOT EAT! |
It isn't elegant but it does work and it is FREE.
If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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