6 February 2018 - Is Your Refrigerator Running?

Housekeeping without Power: Refrigeration

"Modern housekeeping depends heavily upon power, usually electricity or gas or both. Unfortunately, the flow of these energy sources into our homes is now subject to possible interruptions, a situation that may continue for years. So what do we do?"

As a human person who has been on this earth for a while, I am not unfamiliar with a power outage. Being from the "south" I am also privy to uncertain, severe, and quick forming weather that can disrupt the power.

Now our Almanac post has some handy tips.

1. Have an emergency generator

2. If it's cold outside, store your food out there

3. Use picnic hampers or plastic coolers

4. Use dry ice

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Now I can get down with some of these.

Here are some other tips for you in our modern 2018 setting.

Due to research, we now know that certain foods need to stay within a certain temperature range to stay safe from growing bacteria and speeding up the decay process.

You leave food out at room temp for more than 4 hours, you have probably created an entire unseen micro system of bacteria. If you consume this you will have some unpleasant side effects.

This is one of the number one ways people are exposed to food poisoning.

So!

How do you keep your food from going bad?

You can follow guidelines here.

How are you going to cook your food in a power outage?

If you have gas you're set!

If not you might want to make sure you have a grill or camping stove to cook meals.

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