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kittylester Thu 18-Apr-24 15:22:33

I have eventually cleaned the fridge!!!
It has been on the list since Christmas. I honestly don't remember the last time I did it thoroughly rather than just the sticky bits.

I might even deserve a medal - maybe 'Slut of the Year'?

KathrynP Mon 22-Apr-24 07:42:51

I solved the problem by buying a new stand alone fridge freezer. I got rid of the under counter fridge and separate freezer that were 20 years old as I could no longer bend down far enough to get to the back of it to clean or even retrieve food. Perfect working order and they went to someone of Freecycle so no landfill grave for them. I did clean them out of guilt but on the kitchen table after they were removed, so much easier, they looked brand new.

TillyTrotter Mon 22-Apr-24 07:51:43

If it’s me, everything in the freezer is boxed/wrapped/poly bagged with use by dates on and I do check those. 🫤
Fridge is more important as there are spillages e.g. milk, and the salad box gets a wash weekly.

kittylester Mon 22-Apr-24 08:00:45

Freezers are completely different, aren't they? Especially if they are frost free.

Ikiesgranma Mon 22-Apr-24 10:47:58

I found something unidentifiable last week and honestly didn’t know what it was. The penny finally dropped, it was an avocado 🥑

Ikiesgranma Mon 22-Apr-24 10:53:12

I regularly batch cook or freeze leftovers. I think I won’t bother writing on the bag as I’ll remember what’s in in it. I don’t remember of course and then it’s a mystery dinner 😂

Astitchintime Mon 22-Apr-24 10:56:16

I try to remember to do ours the day before grocery shopping day - far less stuff to have to remove to be able to wipe the shelves and salad drawer.

Witzend Mon 22-Apr-24 11:07:33

Wheniwasyourage

I found a mouldy lemon in mine this week and put it in the compost caddy. Does that count?

😂
I was giving a desultory ‘clean’ to the fridge the other day (really just getting rid of crumbs) when I found half a pack of cream cheese with mould running riot.
So that was my feeling of having nobly achieved something that day. 🙂

Spuddy Mon 22-Apr-24 12:03:56

Huge congratulations on Slut of The Year and doing the fridge!

I applaud you, loudly!

It's one of my dreaded things so I let the old man do it!

However, I did do the washing up and got the washing out of the machine about 1:30 this morning while hubby was snoring his head off snuggled in with our cat who was also snoring as she snuggled into his beard!

I was very brave!

Callistemon21 Mon 22-Apr-24 12:05:47

TillyTrotter

If it’s me, everything in the freezer is boxed/wrapped/poly bagged with use by dates on and I do check those. 🫤
Fridge is more important as there are spillages e.g. milk, and the salad box gets a wash weekly.

Yes.

Unless a few peas manage to escape the freezer stays clean and tidy.

Abcdefg Sat 27-Apr-24 17:40:48

I did my American fridge freezer last week. My sluttishness is dusting. The TV stand attracts dust, you can see it in certain lights, do it only when I have to, then have to vacuum the carpet under there is something dust

V3ra Sat 27-Apr-24 17:59:56

Afterwards she asked if I’d noticed that she’d found my feather duster and got rid of all my cobwebs. 😮😮

What is it with spiders these days? Since when did they decide they're indoor creatures?
Every time I turn around, there's another web... 🕸️