can you refreeze defrosted food?

BillieTheBot

we have had a power cut and everything in our freezer has defrosted, well, half defrosted.

i have lots of ready meals in the freezer that i bought last week and vegetables.

i have no money until the end of the month so cannot afford to go out and buy any more food :crying:

will i be ok eating food ive refrozen?

Former Member

blah blah blah wrote: »

will i be ok eating food ive refrozen?

No

Former Member

but i have no money till the end of the month

Former Member

I think you risk bacteria getting into the food which can lead to a dicky tum!

Bunnie

I am pretty sure it is a no

Former Member

looks like im gonna have no tea all month then

i actually have ZERO money. sigh.

Former Member

Where are you? Can't have you being hungry!

Former Member

wont really go hungry. have lots of soup and things for lunch and stuff...

i need to lose weight anyway!

littlemissy

I have to admit, it depends what it is. I have re-frozen (is that even a word) things like bread before and a couple of times chips and stuff, but I would never chance anything like chicken or beef or anything that I had already cooked like left over spaghetti bolognaise or anything like that.

Former Member

well the ready meals contain meat.

Former Member

No the meats are a no-no, so you'll have to eat them all just now.

How long was the power off for though? A decent freezer should retain coldlevels for a good few hours (potentially a day or so if closed) before letting stuff defrost. If it started to defrost after being off for just a couple of hours there's probably something wrong with your freezer.

littlemissy

blah blah blah wrote: »

well the ready meals contain meat.

I probaly wouldn't chance them, no. Sorry.

I'd probably try the vegetables though. I know you technically shouldn't refreeze the food, but no harm has ever come of me. Well, very little harm

Former Member

littlemissy wrote: »

I have to admit, it depends what it is. I have re-frozen (is that even a word) things like bread before and a couple of times chips and stuff, but I would never chance anything like chicken or beef or anything that I had already cooked like left over spaghetti bolognaise or anything like that.

Aye, I'd keep veg and owt like bread (and I have eaten re-frozen ice cream, which you probs shouldn't, but I was fine). But chuck or cook any meat.

Former Member

Theres only a few bags of veg. Most of the things were low cal ready meals I bought it all last week with what money I had.

Urgh. I hate being so poor. I will get a few evening meals a week though I guess when I go my boyfriends.

Former Member

i would keep them in the fridge for maybe a couple of days and anything not eaten after that, chuck out. You cant refreeze defrosted ready meals. Its not safe.

The vegetables, you could make soup with or use as ingredients in something else and then freeze that and it would be fine

Former Member

ive already refroze them now! argh.

will just have to starve!

Former Member

Cook and then just constantly eat everything in one go until it's all gone then you'll probably just be fine to go without anything else until the end of the month

Or

Watch living without money that was on itv last night

Or

Overdraft at the bank/extend overdraft? Borrow a bit from friends/family?

Former Member

all my overdrafts and credit cards are maxed out.

im too stubborn to ask for help off friends or family.

i dont mind going hungry in the evenings anyway.

Former Member

Become a freegan and scavenge in the bins behind Tesco

Former Member

Calvin wrote: »

Become a freegan and scavenge in the bins behind Tesco

Lol