Fuck me Veeky Forums. My freezer just died on me while I was out of the house and a fuckton of meat is thawed. At most it's been thawed 1&1/2-2 hours. Is it still safe to cook or do aI have to chuck it all out?
Fuck me Veeky Forums. My freezer just died on me while I was out of the house and a fuckton of meat is thawed...
Brandon Miller
Isaiah Edwards
>Foods held at temperatures above 40 °F for more than 2 hours should not be consumed.\
Thomas Carter
How do people defrost stuff then? I take out ground meat out of the freezer and leave it on the counter for a few hours.
William Foster
Damn it hard for me to say without being there. If it's been below 40 for 4 or more hours (and you can refreeze within that 4) then yes. If you have to ask this question then no, it's not worth your life. If you don't think you can save it, pitch it.
It is mandatory that all members of the FDA board have brown eyes because they're full of shit and random figures; usually on the payroll and favor of Kraft. Look it up.
Charles Morris
???? I do that all the time for more than 2 hours and I'm not dead yet.
Nicholas Harris
The nose knows. Give it a sniff.
James Martinez
They mean an the food itself needs to be above 40 degrees. If you leave it on the counter, it'll be a bit before the edges of the food rise above 40.
The safest way to defrost food is to leave it in the refrigerator overnight. Refrigerators are kept below 40.
Gabriel Collins
>im going to waste food because of what some stupid website says
yeah im p sure when primitive people starved in the wilds they threw out meat lmao
if it aint got maggots or mould its safe 2 eat
just cook all of it
Dylan Thompson
>mfw all the food in my grocery store has been at 40+ for months
Brandon Carter
>Pathogenic bacteria can grow rapidly in the "Danger Zone," the temperature range between 40 and 140 °F, but they do not generally affect the taste, smell, or appearance of a food. In other words, one cannot tell that a pathogen is present.