totally creepy, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>> one of the things we had to inventory was the frig after the fire, what a
>> horrible experience, not because most of the food had gone bad but
>> because of the waste... it was pretty gruesome but what scared the crap
>> outta me was that the more processed stuff like the activia yogurt seemed
>> to not have spolied, mind you i didn't taste it but the fresh salsa had
>> pooched up, the activia on the other hand was smooth and seemingly
>> unscathed by spoliage, if there ever was something to make me strive even
>> harder for non processed foods it was this experience, Lee
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> I was living in NY when we had that huge power outage that knocked out the
> power for about a week. I had just done a massive stock up at the PX just
> before the power went out. I'm talking two heaped shopping carts and
> enough stuff to fill the freezer and fridge to crammed full. Thankfully I
> had bought some precooked things that we ate for dinner that night. Would
> have been better if I could have heated them of course but that was not an
> option.
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> I had a lot of blue ice that was frozen so I had moved some of it to the
> fridge. Some of the things were still cold for a day or two, so we ate
> what we could, but most of it had to be thrown out. I do remember having
> some sort of frozen dessert. Can't remember now if it was ice cream or
> bars or what it was. But it didn't exactly melt. It was warm but sort of
> the same texture. That was just freaky!
>
> I can remember being sooo miserable while that power was out, mainly
> because it was the heat of the summer and there was no way to cool off.
> The water coming from the tap was warm as were all the drinks in the
> house. We did eat a lot of drinks. I opened cans of green beans, kidney
> beans and black olives. We also had some peanuts. But we ate little more
> than that, mostly because the heat and the subsequent exhaustion seemed to
> zap our appetites.
>
> Then when the power did come back on, they advised us to eat only canned
> foods for a few weeks until all the stores could restock with safe foods.
> The store closest to us was found guilty of selling spoiled food on more
> than one occasion, and it appeared that they were trying to do it yet
> again.
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