Fridge or Counter?

[luvMyBRT]

Okay...this may be a stupid question, so don't laugh at me!

Those that get out and unfreeze 2-3 days worth of food at a time....do you keep it in the fridge or just let it sit out on the counter? Once it's completely thawed then place it in the fridge?

[whiteleo]

I'll take a couple days food out of the freezer and the stuff I need to feed in the morning I"ll let sit out in the sink overnite, the other stuff goes into the fridge in the container for dogfood.

[Ania's Mommy]

Depends on how flighty I am on thaw day.

Ideally, I would put frozen meat in the fridge a couple days before I need it. By the time I need to use it, it's thawed.

But MOST of the time, I don't realize how low the thawed meat supply has gotten until I have one meal left. Then I say to myself, "oh crap!" and pull something out of the freezer. By the next meal time, it's at least mostly (if not completely) thawed out.

But what I think you are asking is if it is okay to feed dogs meat that has maybe been sitting out a little too long. And the answer to that is YES! I've feed some pretty ripe stuff that I would NEVER eat myself with no problems. THe degree of ripeness that I'm talking about cannot be achieved by merely leaving meat out on the counter for any amount of time less than a week.

[luvMyBRT]

Okay...that's what I did tonight, Robin! Thanks.

[luvMyBRT]

But MOST of the time, I don't realize how low the thawed meat supply has gotten until I have one meal left. Then I say to myself, "oh crap!" and pull something out of the freezer. By the next meal time, it's at least mostly (if not completely) thawed out.

Your post has me laughing! I know I will be guilty of this more than once!

[whiteleo]

We are all guilty of it, even re, the dogs got canned tripe tonite and each a 1/2 pork rib because I forgot to take food out this morning, but it was my granddaughters 7th birthday party so I have an excuse.

[Ania's Mommy]

Yeah, that is pretty much the scenario all the time with me. It's very a rare occasion when I actually plan ahead.


Uuummm... Sometimes I even forget to pull something out of the freezer when I use the last bit of thawed meat out. I may have undiagnosed ADD... So in these cases, the fastest (and safest) way to thaw out a frozen block of meat is to put it in cold running/moving water. Sounds weird to use the cold water, but it works. And Alton Brown tips haven't failed me yet!

[Ania's Mommy]

Oh yeah, and when all else fails, canned fish!

[whiteleo]

Yeah the fish, but they just had fish and the fish farts!

[luvMyBRT]

Yeah the fish, but they just had fish and the fish farts!

So which are worse? Fish farts or egg farts?? Hehehe!