https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 16:19:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394911 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:03:14 +0000 squid 394911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't respond from a food safety perspective, but from a quality perspective, you almost never want to thaw and refreeze food. Freezing forms ice crystals which damage the tissues in the food. Thawing melts those crystals into mini pools of water. Refreezing then results in even larger ice crystals than in the first freezing. Larger crystals lead to even more tissue damage...which is why your food looks off after the second defrost. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394849 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:48:10 +0000 Smurfette 394849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Go ahead and cook it all today. Then can you use the leftovers tomorrow in another dish? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394847 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:47:59 +0000 sunny 394847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep same rules were taught to me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394845 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:47:24 +0000 oliviaoblivia 394845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always followed the thaw it then use it or lose it rule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394842 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:47:11 +0000 chopsuey 394842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: @Smurfette: ok fantastic! Guess I'm making and eating a lb of tilapia today.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394834 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:45:13 +0000 Smurfette 394834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I was taught that once you freeze, defroze, to never refreeze again. If I don't use I just toss it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394816 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:40:30 +0000 Ra 394816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mother always taught me that once you thaw you either have to cook it or toss it. She said that refreezing thawed meat was unhealthy. </p> <p>I'm not sure if it is true or not but I have never risked it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-thaw-and-referee-fish#post-394806 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:35:50 +0000 chopsuey 394806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thawed salmon last week and refroze it.<br /> Thawed it yesterday and it looked weird so I ended up tossing it.<br /> It was for Lo, wasn't orangey and didnt wanna risk her getting sick. </p> <p>I'm thawing some tilapia now. Definitely wont be using all of it today, so I need to refreeze half. It's harder to tell if white fish has gone bad ..<br /> Gonna keep an eye on it and refreeze when it's half thawed. </p>