Are you going to be gone from your home for a while? Try the coin-in-the-mug trick to determine if your freezer food has thawed and refrozen.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — If the power goes out, you’re worried about what’s in your kitchen and all the groceries you have. If you’re home, you’ll know if your power goes out and for how long. If you’re at work or evacuated, you have to guess how long has it been and if your food is safe to eat.
2 Wants To Know has a trick, get a mug, fill it with water, and put it in your freezer. Once it’s frozen, put a coin on top of the frozen water. If the coin stays on the top after an outage, your food never defrosted and refroze and is safe to eat.
Now if the coin you put on top drops to the bottom of the cup, it means everything in …