I think fridge is okay, but refreezing is a no-no. Pretty sure that's right.

I have to do the lecture bit:
never thaw foods in hot water.
Cold water is fine but not hot.
What happens is that you warm up the bacteria in the food and they start breeding profusely.
Chicken is one of the worst culprits and there is high risk of salmonella.

Ok lecture bit over...

You can put thawed foods into the refrigerator but not the freezer.
If you have defrosted foods and want to re-freeze them - then you must cook them first.

Pretty much most foods can be re-heated once.

Diane, do what my mom used to do.

Make dinner for your normal time then put his on a plate to heat up when he gets in.

I wouldn't like to say for 100%.
How hot was the water are we talking like piping hot or just tepid?

If it was hot hot then i'd be inclined to cook it straight-away and then put it in the fridge.

If it was tepid tomorrow should be ok.

Yeah, many evenings my mom ate with the kids (my brothers) and spike (my ex-step-dad) had his heated up when he eventually got home.

Yup, I know what you mean.

I hate wasting food and often save leftovers to make someting else

as it was hot hot - personally i'd cook it.

When you cook it you take it to such a high temp as to kill off the bacteria, that have started breeding, whereas if you leave it over night they could make you sick.

When you defrost anything and aren't going to cook it you need to keep the temp below 5-6c, if you do cook it then it isn't such a problem.

That's what I learned as a chef.
I mean it's up to you, but for me personally - i'd cook it now to be safe.

I am cookin it
so eh he can eat it tonight tomorrow whenever lol

$400.00 holy crap....Do not put thawed meat in the fridge for the next day...Cook it now and save it for tomorrow if he wont' eat tonight.

Kia - you know your foodie stuff so i'd like to ask: if you cook chicken and then refrigerate it, is it ok to then re-heat it? Like in a curry or something? I always thought you could not re-heat chicken but hubby says it's ok.

Also, what's the deal with rice? I've had food poisoning from eating cold rice before now but hubby always ate it as a kid and he's been fine.

I didn't think reheating cooked chicken was a problem. I always eat chicken leftovers.

Yeah, cold rice is a bit weird... Except on sushi. And even then, it's not really "cold" is it?

I loooove meat. I get nervous cooking chicken though, .I'm always paranoid I didn't cook it completely. Food poisoning is horrible!

Yeah sorry - I meant rice that has gone cold and then been reheated.

Oh, reheated rice? I eat that all the time too!

Sorry love, you confused me