Just cleaned out the fridge. Eek!
"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> On 9/25/2010 11:44 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Tiger > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie, i have an 'in-law' (not really but that's more than enough info)
>>>
>>> this lady served the SAME potato salad for a WEEK at a time (yes, with
>>> mayo in it)
>>>
>>> my brother started to throw out the potato salad my SIL made at the 72
>>> hour mark (refrigerated ! !) and she was most confused....... he
>>> detailed
>>> why
>>>
>>> i shudder at 'picnics' and 'outdoor buffets' and, if you have ever had a
>>> serious case of food poisoning, you NEVER want to repeat that!
>>
>> This is the same sort of thing some of these people do. I was once
>> offered
>> leftover Chinese food that had been gotten a week prior.
>>
>> The combination fridge/freezer broke and everything was thawing out and
>> melting in the middle of the night. I discovered this around midnight.
>>
>> So what did they do? Invited everyone over for a BBQ the following day
>> at
>> dinner time. They had brought in a spare small fridge by then which I
>> had
>> carefully stocked with a few things from the grocery store. I put those
>> things out come dinner time and ate only those things.
>>
>> MIL lived for I don't know how long with a bad fridge. We used to go
>> there
>> every three weeks to care for her over the weekend. I always brought
>> enough
>> food with me to get me through the night and for breakfast the next
>> morning.
>> I then noticed when I got up that the cans of soda I had put in there
>> were
>> just barely cool. SIL had given me a souvenir thermometer. I stuck that
>> in
>> there. It registered 50 degrees. Now it could be that the fridge just
>> then
>> went out. But from what her caregivers told me, it had been acting up
>> for
>> some time. They were worried about feeding her food from it because of
>> her
>> lowered immune system. I put my foot down and she got a new fridge that
>> very day. Luckily there wasn't much in it. They had been mainly feeding
>> her canned foods because they were so worried about it.
>>
>>
> 42F
>
> end of story........
>
> i have a fridge thermometer to ensure my insulin is kept at the right temp
Me too.
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