On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:48:24 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown 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! 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.

Frost-free freezers aren't as good for long-term storage because they
warm up a little bit every defrost cycle.

Cindy Hamilton