Frozen Fish Okay?

During the power outages from the ice storm I was unable to tend to my home situation as I was on emergency storm duty for the local utility co. I work for. My wife and three dogs were left home alone without power. My freezer full of fish and deermeat were off for two days time before she was able to secure a generator and get the freezer back on. I had her check the packages before she got it back on and she said they were all still hard to the touch. I know that it is suggested that food is okay for up to 24 hrs. without the power on but I was just wondering if any of you had any input into whether I should pitch the stuff out or try some of it first. She claimed it still felt frozen but I wonder. Any input would be appreciated. Minnerdipper2:confused:

If your freeser wasn't off but 2 days & the stuff in the freezer was still hard I'd think everything was ok. During the power outage I put all my frozen stuff out in the big freezer in the garage. Freezer wasn't running but it was cold enough to keep everthing frozen. I have already eaten some of the stuff out of that freezer & no problems. I think you're OK personally. Now if it got mushy that would be another story.

During the summer my wife left my freezer open in the garage and all my crappie thawed out and I thought it all was ruined. It was thawed but still cold to the touch, never got any where near warm. I have been eating it and have had no problems. Wal-mart leaves their fish out on top of ice days at a time.

it is all junk now !!!! where do you live i will get rid of it for you ! i will take the chance of getting sick for you .i'll even let you know how it all tasted . thanks

I think it would be ok.

Should be fine. I lost power here for 6 days in December 2007. Put dry ice in the freezer and everything stayed frozen. No one got sick from any of it and I had 50 pounds of salmon fillets in there.

my mother electric was out for 8 days during the ice storm without a genator and they are eating out of the freezer. she has cooked the sausage and no one has gotten sick so they are keeping every thing plus all of the fish that was in there.

A Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes

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Originally Posted by cityboy

it is all junk now !!!! where do you live i will get rid of it for you ! i will take the chance of getting sick for you .i'll even let you know how it all tasted . thanks

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Now that there is funny.

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Sorry i've been delinquent for so long from the site, just getting back to read the replies now. You guys are the best, I appreciate all the feedback from you all. I didn't think there would be a problem with it but wanted some feedback. Cityboy, I thank you for your offer, I'll let you know how bad it is when I cook it up.