Help! Frozen Romain Lettuce, is it still good to eat?!
Help! Frozen Romain Lettuce, is it still good to eat?
For some reason my refrigerator is freezing half my foods on the top shelf, but the other parts of the refrigerator is fine. I know I need to turn down my refrigerator now. What I need to know is my lettuce still good to eat? Will it still be good when it defrosts too?
Answers:
let it sit on a less cold shelf for a while to defrost. then rinse it under cold water. the water should help to revive it. it won't be as good as if it was never frozen though...depending on how long it was frozen for, it might be pretty gross, but give the thawing/rinsing a try.
it shouldn't hurt you any to eat it, btw...just might not be very good at all.
(oh and also, concerning your fridge...some have really bad circulation. try getting a thermometer, they have ones in the cooking aisle, and putting it on the different shelves to check the actual temp. you probably do need to adjust it, but be careful that you don't put it too high. at my old apartment, the fridge and freezer only had one adjustment, and if we made the fridge less cold, the freezer would not be cold enough to actually freeze the food--very unsafe.)