This is a crucial piece to read if you intend to go on vacation and leave food in the freezer. We’re going to give you a quick trick today that will tell you if the food you left in the freezer is okay to eat.

The electricity can occasionally go out when we are away from home and we are unaware of it. Food may have thawed and spoiled as a result of it lasting a few days. When the electricity is restored, the food quickly returns to its frozen state, barely thawing at all.

This can be quite hazardous, as some foods have a high potential for dispersing harmful bacteria like salmonella.

With just a cup of water and a cent, one woman has devised a brilliant method that enables us to determine whether or not our refrigerators are still in excellent functioning condition. You won’t ever have to worry about having expired produce in your refrigerator again thanks to an experiment like this one.

Sheila Pulanco Russell uses plain tap water to demonstrate an experiment using a fridge cup.

You’ll be able to tell if food has spoiled by being thawed too long.

• For this, you need 3 simple things:
  A cup
  Coin
  Water

In a Facebook post that quickly received hundreds of thousands of reactions and shares, Sheila explains how to proceed. She writes:

“For those of you that are evacuating from the coast, I just heard a great tip. It’s called the one-cup tip. You put a cup of water in your freezer. Freeze it solid and then put a quarter on top of it and leave it in your freezer. That way when you come back after you’ve been evacuated you can tell if your food went completely bad and just refroze or if it stayed frozen while you were gone.

If the quarter has fallen to the bottom of the cup that means all the food defrosted and you should throw it out. But if the quarter is either on the top or in the middle of the cup then your food may still be ok. It would also be a great idea to leave this in your freezer all the time and if you lose power for any reason you will have this tip to fall back on.

If you don’t feel good about your food, just throw it out. The main thing is for all to be safe. Please SHARE this on your page. 😀”

The brilliant trick is easy to use. Especially useful when you go on a long trip!

In any case, if you’re not sure whether food is safe, throw it out. The most important thing in life is, and will always be your health.