Food refrigeration question

[davester]

There's no "dilemma". The food is safe. It's just that it will spoil more quickly at higher temperatures. "They" say that for each 5 degrees above zero the storage time before your food spoils is cut in half*. Also, it loses more nutrients and has lousier texture than cold food because it freezes more slowly thus forming bigger ice crystals which damage the cellular structure.

Start eating.

*for Paul F the spoilage time would be approximately 5 times as long.