A coin in freezer can save you from food poisoning

 

Bharat Mata Ki Jai!

Many times power cuts may cause food to decay in our refrigerator. It is very difficult to find out for how much time there was a power cut during our absence for many days at our home due to vacation travel or any other reason.

When on holiday or when out of the house for some days, there is no way to know if there was a power outage in your absence or for how long there was no electricity, right?

There is a possibility that the power outage was for several days, leading to defrosting of food and its deterioration

Once the electricity comes back, foods freeze again and you almost do not notice that they were thawed

Thawed food can be really dangerous as certain types of foods are at risk of spreading salmonella and other bacteria!

Below is a way to find out if and how long your freezer was without electricity!

And more importantly, you can find out if you can consume the food in the freezer

For this you need:

a cup

a coin

water

First, pour water into a cup and place it in the freezer When the water in the cup is frozen, put a coin on top of the frozen water in the cup and then return it to the freezer

After returning home, before taking out the food from the freezer, look at where the coin is!

If the coin is still at the top or in the middle of the cup, there was no power failure or power outage for a short time, so the water was only partly melted

If the coin is at the bottom of a cup, it means that electricity failure was for a long time, so the water completely dissolved, and the coin sinks all the way to the bottom of the cup At that point, it is advisable not to consume the foods from the freezer

Do adopt this simple but effective means to check if your refrigerated foods are safe to consume

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