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Ruined 3 pounds of chicken thighs because my freezer door didn't latch all the way
Found out Saturday morning when I went to grab coffee creamer and the whole bottom of the freezer was a sheet of ice. The door had been cracked since Thursday night, so everything in there got hit with the freeze thaw cycle for almost two days. My 3 pounds of chicken thighs were gray and slimy, and the ground beef smelled like a wet dog. I ended up tossing about $40 worth of meat straight into the trash, which stings because I was planning to stretch those thighs into four dinners this week. Tried to save the frozen peas and a bag of blueberries but they'd turned into one solid block so I just pitched them too. Now I'm staring at an almost empty freezer trying to figure out what I can actually build from a half bag of rice, two cans of beans, and some sad celery. What do you all do when your stash goes bad, do you just eat pantry stuff for a week or run out and restock right away?
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wyattrobinson1h ago
Been there. The freeze thaw thing is the worst because stuff looks fine until you touch it and then it's just slime city. I usually do pantry week when this happens, beans and rice with whatever sad veg is left, but I hit the store for a few cheap staples like eggs and tortillas so it doesn't feel like full on survival mode. If you've got celery and beans you can do a decent soup with some bouillon if you have it. Four dinners out of those thighs was a good plan though, that one hurts.
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