On 2019-02-10 7:48 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/10/2019 12:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> Having used the chest freezer to store stuff while we waited for the
>> new freezer I realized how badly it was in need of defrosting and
>> purging. holy cow there is a lot of mysteries in there.Â* There are
>> containers of stuff that I don't even know what they are.Â* There are
>> several half loaves of very dried out old bread, old yogurt containers
>> with various soups and sauces.
>>
> Ay yay yay!Â* You didn't have a frost free freezer?Â* I cannot imagine!Â* I
> have vague memories of having to chip ice out an old freezer on top of a
> refrigerator.

It was a cheap freezer that I needed immediately at the time. It has
lasted 24 years... so far.



> Didn't you label and date the stuff you've put in the freezer?Â* That's
> freezer lesson 101.Â* That and use the FIFO method - first in, first out.
> Â*shuffle things around.

I thing I mentioned that the labels were blurred... faded from age.
Those things got chucked. In threads about leftovers I have mentioned
that I don't often do the leftover thing.I was surprised to find so much
of that sort of stuff in there.




>
> I've always hated the idea of a chest-type freezer.Â* Now you know why.
> Things tend to get lost in there.Â* I've got a small upright and
> everything goes in and out with labels.

I don't really use that freeze much myself.


Dates and times.Â* Meats go on
> the top shelf, frozen veggies and homemade freezer meals on the middle
> shelf, etc.Â* Butter and freezable cheeses are on the shelves on the
> door.Â* I'm all about organization.

Organization has never been my forte.






>> It's a nice cold day here, so everything from the freezer is sitting
>> in laundry baskets in my car.Â* The ice should be falling off the sides
>> pretty soon. I think that only about half that stuff is going back
>> into it.
>
> I hope you enjoy you new refrigerator.Â* It sounds nice.

Thanks. I am happy with it. My wife is thrilled. She has wanted a
bottom mount model for a long time. She trusted me to go out shopping
for one. The only snag was when is showed up with the door mounted on
the wrong side, but that small problem was dealt with.