Comments on: The excellent freezer tip that wasn’t….. http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html Enjoying life one pile of clutter at a time Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Keven http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-18282 Keven Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:46:38 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-18282 Frost free freezers ... are a no-no. They only remain frost free by periodically NOT FREEZING your stuff ... so it is constantly unfreezing/freezing and thus RUINING your food. I always wondered why stuff never "lasted that long" in a typical freezer (in your fridge) - until we got a deep freeze, and started picking my favorite food in the world - organic blueberries. Within months the same blueberries are disgusting in our regular fridge freezer, but feel/taste/look/are just as delicious as the first day they were frozen in the deep freeze. The longest I've tested the blueberry theory is 11 months - I try to ration our Sunday blueberry pancake ritual to make them last from season to season. :) Thanks for the boiled water trick - only took me 2.25 hrs to remove the huge ice patches today! Frost free freezers … are a no-no. They only remain frost free by periodically NOT FREEZING your stuff … so it is constantly unfreezing/freezing and thus RUINING your food. I always wondered why stuff never “lasted that long” in a typical freezer (in your fridge) - until we got a deep freeze, and started picking my favorite food in the world - organic blueberries. Within months the same blueberries are disgusting in our regular fridge freezer, but feel/taste/look/are just as delicious as the first day they were frozen in the deep freeze.

The longest I’ve tested the blueberry theory is 11 months - I try to ration our Sunday blueberry pancake ritual to make them last from season to season.

:)

Thanks for the boiled water trick - only took me 2.25 hrs to remove the huge ice patches today!

]]> By: Multi-tasking Mommy http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10579 Multi-tasking Mommy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:48:02 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10579 Funny I just read this post, as I just noticed a bit of excess ice build up on our freezer and wondered if it might be time, after 4 years of owning it, that we should defrost it. This would mean that I need to clear it out though--oh this will take us a while! Funny I just read this post, as I just noticed a bit of excess ice build up on our freezer and wondered if it might be time, after 4 years of owning it, that we should defrost it.
This would mean that I need to clear it out though–oh this will take us a while!

]]> By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » Menu Plan Monday ~ January 7th http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10530 I’m an Organizing Junkie » Menu Plan Monday ~ January 7th Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:55:22 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10530 [...] will be this be great for my grocery bill but also for my freezer so I can think about doing the defrosting that is needing to be [...] [...] will be this be great for my grocery bill but also for my freezer so I can think about doing the defrosting that is needing to be [...]

]]> By: Lauren http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10110 Lauren Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:26:15 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10110 I just had to laugh when I read this post... I JUST defrosted my freezer last week due to some heavy frost issues of my own! Just a few thoughts: 1) We didn't know we were supposed to buy a "frost-free" freezer, and it seems as if ours is pretty frosty fairly often. So I defrost once every 4-5 months or so. Just drag into the driveway and open the lid. If only we'd have known better we would've bought differently. 2) I use plastic bins from the dollar store of varying sizes. In one is cooked ground beef, another chicken stock, another cooked chicken, another raw chicken, etc. And casseroles are frozen and stacked. I love the plastic bins and they work perfectly with us. 3) I keep a freezer inventory that I printed from organizedhome.com. It has really helped me a lot since we hav a chest-style freezer and I can't always see what is in there. Boy has that list alone saved us quite a bit of money... Thanks for letting me share my freezer thoughts! :) -Lauren I just had to laugh when I read this post… I JUST defrosted my freezer last week due to some heavy frost issues of my own!

Just a few thoughts:
1) We didn’t know we were supposed to buy a “frost-free” freezer, and it seems as if ours is pretty frosty fairly often. So I defrost once every 4-5 months or so. Just drag into the driveway and open the lid. If only we’d have known better we would’ve bought differently.

2) I use plastic bins from the dollar store of varying sizes. In one is cooked ground beef, another chicken stock, another cooked chicken, another raw chicken, etc. And casseroles are frozen and stacked. I love the plastic bins and they work perfectly with us.

3) I keep a freezer inventory that I printed from organizedhome.com. It has really helped me a lot since we hav a chest-style freezer and I can’t always see what is in there. Boy has that list alone saved us quite a bit of money…

Thanks for letting me share my freezer thoughts! :)

-Lauren

]]> By: NerdMom http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10026 NerdMom Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:59:44 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10026 We do it when ever we move or the power goes out;). In theory, you should do it once a year. We do it when ever we move or the power goes out;). In theory, you should do it once a year.

]]> By: A Simple Wife http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10018 A Simple Wife Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:39:02 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10018 I have a small chest freezer and the milk crates don't work well with it so I don't use them. Besides, I can cram more into it without the baskets. However, I do sort of defrost from time to time. Or, more precisely, whenever I have the contents of the freezer emptied out onto the dining room table to cycle the new stuff down to the bottom and pull the old stuff up (and double check the inventory), I have the husband scrape the frost off the walls with the (washed) dustpan. That happens maybe twice a year. My freezer is rarely empty enough to do a "proper" defrosting and I just don't have the cooler space to store the food otherwise. I have a small chest freezer and the milk crates don’t work well with it so I don’t use them. Besides, I can cram more into it without the baskets. However, I do sort of defrost from time to time. Or, more precisely, whenever I have the contents of the freezer emptied out onto the dining room table to cycle the new stuff down to the bottom and pull the old stuff up (and double check the inventory), I have the husband scrape the frost off the walls with the (washed) dustpan. That happens maybe twice a year. My freezer is rarely empty enough to do a “proper” defrosting and I just don’t have the cooler space to store the food otherwise.

]]> By: Lisa Knight http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10017 Lisa Knight Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:35:41 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10017 I use an ice scraper (like for the car). It's a tip I figured out having an ice cream shop. I still desperately need to defrost though, I think I have a leaky seal. I'm holding out for a new energy efficient replacement though! I use an ice scraper (like for the car). It’s a tip I figured out having an ice cream shop. I still desperately need to defrost though, I think I have a leaky seal. I’m holding out for a new energy efficient replacement though!

]]> By: Proverbs31 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10014 Proverbs31 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:17:51 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10014 LOL! You're hilarious. I've never had baskets cry out to me because they were sad. But I have heard them whisper to me on occasion from the shelf at the store. :P And yesterday I received some of the cutest organizing baskets and I keep hearing them whisper for me to come in and gaze at them in joy. ;) I've never had a deep freezer, but my best friend is telling me that she keeps a car ice scraper near the deep freezer and scrapes it off as soon as it starts to collect so that she only spends 5 minutes every now and then rather than an hour of toil and drudgery. By the way, I have a new word for you. While typing too quickly about purging and organizing toys into baskets, the following result occurred: "purganizing." Now doesn't that just have OrgJunkie written all over it?? You can have it, it's all yours. Feel free to purganize at will and talk about it freely. :) LOL! You’re hilarious. I’ve never had baskets cry out to me because they were sad. But I have heard them whisper to me on occasion from the shelf at the store. :P And yesterday I received some of the cutest organizing baskets and I keep hearing them whisper for me to come in and gaze at them in joy. ;)

I’ve never had a deep freezer, but my best friend is telling me that she keeps a car ice scraper near the deep freezer and scrapes it off as soon as it starts to collect so that she only spends 5 minutes every now and then rather than an hour of toil and drudgery.

By the way, I have a new word for you. While typing too quickly about purging and organizing toys into baskets, the following result occurred: “purganizing.” Now doesn’t that just have OrgJunkie written all over it?? You can have it, it’s all yours. Feel free to purganize at will and talk about it freely. :)

]]> By: Jena http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10011 Jena Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:15:50 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10011 The last time I defrosted the freezer is when the power went out--seemed like a logical thing to do. Another thing you can do is eat down the food supply and then defrost it--less stuff to move around. The last time I defrosted the freezer is when the power went out–seemed like a logical thing to do. Another thing you can do is eat down the food supply and then defrost it–less stuff to move around.

]]> By: Donetta http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10010 Donetta Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:18:02 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/2007/12/the-excellent-tip-that-wasnt.html#comment-10010 I have an upright for this very reason. I have an upright for this very reason.

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