A domestic accident

[pensnest]

My brain is weird. I mean, I did the pyramids exercises this morning (including a set of 15 pressups, 15! Bow down!), as a result of which I felt virtuous and ready to eat healthily. So we had baked sweet potatoes and a spicy bean mix with a bit of chorizo, all very delicious. And then, of course, having eaten healthily I felt it appropriate to indulge in some ice cream. A pity, really, that the urge to be healthy only survives until I have eaten my dinner.

In this instance, however, it was just as well.

*

So I went to get the ice cream out. And discovered that the top layer of the freezer was awash with dark red liquid, and all the ice cream tubs were squishy.

Yes, the freezer had been turned off. My doing, most likely, by nudging the switch in the cupboard to Off when I put a box back in there. And as I'd not gone to the freezer for anything for…. an unknown number of days, and there was also no telltale puddle (the freezer defrosted quite gracefully, for a change), we had an entire freezer full of soggy stuff.

The ice cream, we ate (at least, I ate my tub until I got down to what looked like water, at which point I didn't want it any more). The spinach, peas, and mixed berries (source of the red liquid) have gone on the compost heap. I hope the dessert will survive in the fridge until Sunday, and we'll be eating the ham hocks tomorrow. Sweetcorn is in the fridge, and we shall see.

From Sunday, we will be eating turkey for about a fortnight. I bought one at Christmas, intending to keep it frozen and eat it at my big birthday party in June. Hah. Not that I think there will be a big birthday party in June anyway…. but unless it smells evil when I open the plastic wrapping, it is going to last us a very long time.

Damn it.

Comments

[turps]

Oh no. Nightmare.

Though I'm relieved the red liquid was berries, I was imagining all sorts of defrosting meat stuff.

[lilysea]

Though I'm relieved the red liquid was berries, I was imagining all sorts of defrosting meat stuff.

Eek. As a long time vegetarian, I assumed melted popsicles; melted icecream; or berries.

Meat stuff hadn't even occurred to me! *shudders at the idea of gross defrosted meat stuff*

[pensnest]

Ew, if the turkey had bled all over the place, I think we'd have needed a new *freezer*!

Such a shame to waste all that nice juice. And I had to dump the berries because they were nasty. *woe*

[frausorge]

Yikes! That's a pity about the things that went bad, but I hope you get to enjoy the not-birthday feast of turkey. A sea of red liquid in the freezer sounds kind of like the start of an Aggatha Christie mystery somehow.

[mordorbot]

Yes! Berries is the best possible answer here.

[ephemera]

Eeep - although defrosted berries is maybe not the worse thing that might be Mystery Red in that circumstance!

[pensnest]

True, indeed. Disconcerting, though! The berries had to go, along with the frozen veggies, but my cooked apple/cinnamon/sultana mixtures seem to be fine, and go very well with porridge.

[spikedluv]

That sucks hugely! Enjoy the turkey? *g*

[pensnest]

One meal down... it was, indeed, very tasty. But there is a lot of it to go!

[turlough]

Eeep! And definitely damn it! Such a frustrating thing to happen. I hope the turkey was still edible.

[pensnest]

Turkey seems to be a success, but it's 6.5kg of solid meat (boned for carving convenience) and it is going to take a *long* time to get through it. I foresee happy cats!

[brandywine28]

Oh, no -- what a pain! Unexpected red liquid is never a good thing!

Wishing you and yours an enjoyable turkey fortnight, at least. :)

[rikes]

Oh noooooo! Good to hear the turkey survived though, even if it might last you a small eternity. You can of course freeze the cooked turkey as well, if you need a bit of a break.

Also, could be worse: some friends had the same thing happen a while ago, but as they hunt (moose), their Mystery Red was indeed meat related. D: