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Michael Trew

On 4/30/2021 5:58 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 2:36:16 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
>>
>> I've always wanted an older Frigidaire oven and Hotpoint refrigerator...
>> I thought that would be amusing... lol
>>
> We had a Hotpoint refrigerator when I was a child. My mom won a thousand
> dollars worth of furniture in 1953 or 54 and she could choose whatever she
> wanted. The refrigerator and a Hotpoint gas water heater were two of the
> things she chose. Until that refrigerator died many years later, defrosting the
> freezer was the one chore my dad did every single Saturday.

My 1942 Westinghouse fridge (still in use today in my kitchen) is of
course a manual defrost. When it gets frosty (regular this time of
year), I put a large glass casserole dish under the metal freezer box,
and cut the fridge to "defrost" before bed (only keeps it to 50 degrees
inside the fridge).

It's all melted in the morning, assuming I do this regularly and don't
let a half-inch build up. Quickly wipe the freezer box with a dry
towel, and turn it back to 40 degrees - done and done! I've been doing
this for a couple of years now and haven't gotten food poisoning, so
I'll assume it's OK... lol. I keep a deep freezer in my cellar.