er3scf saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all
about it on Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:53:45 GMT:

>I had some chilli that was in the freezer for a week or two and I thawed it
>out on Friday of last week. Was wondering how long to expect it to stay
>good. It has that chilli smell so it's hard to determine when the meat turns
>bad? The meat was fully cooked when we put it in the freezer.

You froze a cooked meal (fine) and thawed it in the fridge (fine) but
then you left it there for a week? Ergh... toss it! I'll only keep
cooked food in the fridge for a maximum of 5 days, and if it's been
cooked, cooled, frozen, thawed, reheated, and cooled again (ie. it's
leftover leftovers) then I wouldn't keep it at all. It's had too many
chances for the bacteria to breed... freezing doesn't kill the germs -
it just puts them into hibernation, and they can start growing again
once the food is thawed.
(huggles)

~Karen AKA Kajikit

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