HELP! Freezer out--veggies still cold but completely thawed

[greybeard]

Opened one of the freezers tonight and found everything in it completely thawed out. Vegetables from 2012's garden.
Thermometer says 41 deg F. Not a terribly lot of stuff about 40 qts altogether--yellow squash-corn both on and off the cob, Blue Lake green beans, 2 gallons of chopped onions, green peppers and parsely. It was all blanched fresh from garden before freezing last year.
So,
1.throw it out?
2.Cook it all into meals and refreeze that?
3.Refreeze it just as it is--in the other freezer?

(It's all in the fridge right now.)

 

[Isomade]

If you can cook it and re freeze it that's what I'd do. Re freezing after a thaw is not usually a good option for veggies.

 

[MistyMorning]

If you can cook it and re freeze it that's what I'd do. Re freezing after a thaw is not usually a good option for veggies.

Ya, what he said, I wouldn't refreeze it as it is now.

 

[skyhightree1]

If you can cook it and re freeze it that's what I'd do. Re freezing after a thaw is not usually a good option for veggies.

:nod:

 

[tripleBfarms]

Sounds like lots of vegetabe soup on the way. It freezes well too.

 

[skyhightree1]

Sounds like lots of vegetabe soup on the way. It freezes well too.

Cans well too.

 

[1982vett]

If it isn't already cooked by now......I'd toss it.

A few weeks ago I found the door on a refrigerator out in the shop opened up about an inch. It was during those 100-105 degree days. Most everything in the freezer was completely thawed but still cold. I was lucky it was mostly peas and corn (which I have an abundance in another freezer) and leftovers.....I tossed it all (I have been called a "food snob" on more than one occasion) except the cry-o-vac of pork ribs. They were still semi-frozen. Finished thawing them out and cooked them.

 

[greybeard]

Well, looked at the freezer this morning. Indicator light is not on, and compressor doesn't run. Last night I had figured the thing went out during the week when we had a couple of electrical outages and lights flickered on/off, but after reading the reviews at
http://www.sears.com.pr/kenmore-5.1-cu- ... eviewsWrap
I guess I know the answer. Glad it was just the little compact 5 cu ft freezer and not the big one. It was a Sears labeled Kenmore, made by a Chinese Company called Midea.
I can get some $$ back, since DOE found the freezer pulled 28% more power than Sears advertised it, and DOE fined them for understating the energy consumption, and there is a rebate available for every month the freezer ran since date of purchase. I'll have to find the receipt.
http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-decem ... l-freezers
http://www.appliance411.com/links/jump.cgi?ID=984.
So, if you happen to have one of these little critters, watch it close. Like a goat, if it isn't sick or dead, it's about to be.

This will teach me not to buy anything else without reading all the reviews I can find.

I'm done with Sears tho--they've known about the problem since Dec last year. Called the local store, and was told they knew what was wrong as soon as I read them the model #, and it of course failed 2 months after warranty expired. I never got the rebate notice either.