On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:48:17 -0500, 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.* There are containers of
>> stuff that I don't even know what they are.* There are several half
>> loaves of very dried out old bread, old yogurt containers with various
>> soups and sauces.
>>
>Ay yay yay! You didn't have a frost free freezer? I cannot imagine! I
>have vague memories of having to chip ice out an old freezer on top of a
>refrigerator.
>
>
>Didn't you label and date the stuff you've put in the freezer? That's
>freezer lesson 101. That and use the FIFO method - first in, first out.
> shuffle things around.
>
>I've always hated the idea of a chest-type freezer. Now you know why.
>Things tend to get lost in there. I've got a small upright and
>everything goes in and out with labels. Dates and times. Meats go on
>the top shelf, frozen veggies and homemade freezer meals on the middle
>shelf, etc. Butter and freezable cheeses are on the shelves on the
>door. I'm all about organization.
>
>> It's a nice cold day here, so everything from the freezer is sitting in
>> laundry baskets in my car.* 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. It sounds nice.
>
>Jill

a Sharpie pen and a roll of masking tape are wonderful freezer
accessories.
Janet US