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Life happens. Waste shouldn’t – especially since, depending on the food, you might be able to just pop it back on ice. Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com
Your partner thawed a pork loin for dinner. But right before they start cooking, a fisherman friend drops off a freshly caught flounder. On Sunday night, you take a batch-cooked lasagna out to thaw for later in the week. By Tuesday morning, half the household is sick with the same bug. They can barely keep Gatorade down, so there’s no way a rich, layered pasta dish is going to be eaten that week.