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go bad while on a trip? We went on a short (4) day trip and when we returned and had breakfast the next day I found (the hard way) that our milk had soured. I kept the frig. on a high setting (7 of 9). We do not keep the milk in the door of the frig because it is not as cold as in the middle of the frig. and in spite of all this it went bad. The outside temp. was in the mid 90s, but we had the air conditioner on most of the day so that shouldn't have been a problem. We've not had this happen before and we've had several 3 month trips (though most of which were in cooler weather). Could it just have been that the milk was marginal to begin with, or maybe our frig. is just not a cold as it should be. Every thing felt very cold including the milk.
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I keep my frige on the colder side, 4 out of 5. Runs about 40 degrees. Seems like the soda and such isn't really very cold.
Run my home fridge close to 32. Soda is cold. Milk lasts a lot longer.
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If the fridge was operating at the correct temp all the time, The milk was probably bad to start with.
But another scenario, if you put the milk in before you started the fridge, it takes a good 24 to 48 hours for your fridge to get down to temp. Especially on gas in ambient temps. I start my fridge 2 days before placing perishables into it. This avoids a spoilage problem.
If you think soured milk is bad, try warm beer. That is really gross.
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Sounds like a bad expiration date on the milk carton.
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I would be leaning towards a bad batch of milk like the others have said. It might not hurt to buy a $3 fridge thermometer and just regulate your temp a little closer. Also, there are people on the forum who talk about buying a small fridge fan to circulate the air. I don't have a fan but I'm sure some of the nice folks on here would be happy to give some info. Sour milk isn't a fun way to start the day!
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We find it helpful to use a thermometer with a wireless sensor in the TT refrigerator. We can check the temperature without opening the door. It can flucuate a lot depending on the weather. Then we can turn the thermostat up or down.
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Running your A/C has no bearing on whether the temp of the fridge gets any colder. Evaporative fridge units can only really cool about 30-40 degrees below the ambient air temperature surrounding the cooling portions of the fridge (basically the outside air temp). This is why they sell fans to mount in the rear of your fridge to keep more air flowing and hopefully cooling the compartment where the burners are.
What I find helps on hot days (since I don't have a fan) is to throw some blue ice blocks in the freezer then when it gets hot out in the afternoon transfer them to the fridge compartment. Helps keep the fridge down around 40 on those really hot days and keeps things from spoiling.
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Absorption type fridges become very inefficient at temperatures above 80 degrees F. To improve my fridges efficiency, I installed two used 12V computer fans to blow air onto the coils and improve the air movement in the fridge chimney. With my fans, I can keep the fridge to less than 40 degrees with daily temperatures in the 90's.
It's possible that you had a bought some marginal milk but if the temperature of the fridge had been low enough then it probably would have survived at least one day.
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I always put the milk in the freezer before I leave. Once home I let it defrost in the fidge. I'm a coffee drinker & nothing will ruin the start of my day like sour milk :-(. Sometimes milk goes bad before the xpiration date from improper handling at the store before it even hits the shelf.
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flaja wrote:Sometimes milk goes bad before the xpiration date from improper handling at the store before it even hits the shelf.
I was just going to say that....
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