refrigerator

The social worker noted that the refrigerator and freezer were “stocked” with “plenty of food,” according to his write-up of the visit.

In pop culture, they’re the sad, wilted contents of plastic containers relegated to sitcom refrigerators — proof of a dinner gone unloved.

If I go to class early, I’ll get the pastrami from Subway and let that sit in the refrigerator until 1 o’clock.

“When thawing in a refrigerator at 40 F or below, allow roughly 24 hours for every 4 to 5 pounds,” the agency recommended.

And consumers can be encouraged to eat all of what they buy and lower the temperatures on their refrigerators to delay food from going bad.