to think if someone asks you to unload the car, that includes the boot?

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Was late for hairdresser so telepathically told illegally called DH from the car and told him I was rushing home and would throw DCs at him, then rush to hairdresser. I also politely asked told him to unload the car of the bit of shopping I'd done.

Came home and asked him where the olive oil was. Blank face. Went to car and unloaded fresh whole chicken, 2 boxes of Mini-milks and 3 bags of frozen meat from the boot

AIBU to think "unload the car" includes the boot? And should we eat the frozen meat, it was in boot of car for about 3 hours!

My DH is like this, if I ask him to take the bins out for collection he will literally move the wheelybin out to the gate, walking past the full kitchen bin and the dirty nappy by the back door waiting to go out to the bin.

I asked him to make sure a shirt got washed, that was the only thing he washed despite their being a bag full of white stuff waiting to be washed.

It drives me up the wall. Why can't he use some common sense?!?!

YANBU, but so long as it isnt too hot where you are, then the food should still all be fine anyway.

The meat will be fine if you put it in the fridge

Oh sorry, in my rant I forgot to say YANBU and the meat will probably be okay if it hasn't fully defrosted yet as long as you use it straightaway. Definitely don't refreeeze. K

finish defrosting the meat, cook it thoroughly, then refreeze what you cant use . do not refreeze it now!

as for unpacking the car, I have the opposite - if DH unpacks after say a day trip out somewhere, he'll only unpack the main things from the boot, and leave the kids random wet socks, sunhats, sweet wrappers, water botles all over the inside of the car...........grrr

YANBU.

Ooops! bags of frozen mince are in the freezer

They were a bit squishy but still a bit cold. Too tight to throw them out.

Have I basically frozen us some delightful food poisoning?

PS Thanks

The mince is probably fine but I think you'd be best to take it back out and fry it up then refreeze.

Arrgghhh! This little domestic incident unfolded yesterday!

God, I can poison my family without having to resort to half-frozen, then defrosted and cooked meat. This is just laziness on my part

frozen mince = small free flow pieces = very quick to defrost (you said it was 3 hours?)

squishy = defrosted! NO WAY would I be refreezing that and using it!! money in the bin it might be, but it beats food poisoning any day!

I think it'd be fine, I drive home in 40 degree weather with frozen foods (45 min drive) and bung everything in the freezer when I get home. Some stuff seems a bit squishy but I haven't made anyone sick (yet) The only thing I have had to throw out was a 2lb block of cheese I was missed and slid to the back of the boot and spent the night there, it was so disgusting when I found it, loads of the oil had been released and it looked like a block of cheese floating in a load of orange coloured oil

It was missed not I. I have never slipped to the back of the boot and spent the night

Update - well, the whole "should we eat the possibly manky meat?" question has been resolved. Dearest darling husband unplugged the freezer 36 hours ago to charge his drill So it's mostly going in the bin! (apart from the ice-cream and the fish-fingers and oven chips we ate tonight )

Your DH isn't covering himself in glory is he!

Not having a good week is he, OP?

DH did this with the lawnmower a coupe of years ago and has never lived it down - we discovered 36 hours later and I spent the next 2 days cleaning the defrosted freezer and cooking & refreezing stuff that was salvageable - lots went in the bin though

the kids loved eating a box of slushy ice lollies!

This is why i love living by myself.

Your DH needs a slap over the head with some common sense

Am I the only one wondering where the olive oil is? It doesn't look like it was in the boot

;)

jeezy

I agree with WildWorld

at jeezy too.

Let me reassure you that the olive oil is safe - it was indeed in the boot but has got slightly overshadowed by the whole "throw it out or get food poisoning" saga.

I was going to get annoyed with DH for cooking pasta in sesame oil when I'd made sure to buy a whole new bottle of olive oil...when the next domestic drama unfolded...

It's a roller-coaster ride over here