A fridge that cooks too!
By quixjote on Feb 1, 2011 | In Uncategorized | 1 feedback »
So I got home today. It was a very off day to begin with, but apparently the day was not done playing it's jokes on me. Apparently my fridge's door had been open most of the day and the appliance bulbs inside had been on all day. Of course I just now find out that the bulbs inside of the fridge are primarily 60W Bulbs. Of course when you are only using the fridge for a few seconds, it is not an issue, but when it is cracked open just enough for the lights to be on... it becomes a small oven instead.
According to the temp on the door it was over 80 degrees F in the fridge. Of course all the perishables had to be thrown out. The milk looked like it was ready to explode.
So Steve and I turned off the cooling unit on the fridge and emptied it. Steve put the frozen goods in the chest freezer and we went through what we could save. Some of the things were still good, like condiments and some of the veggies, but most had to be thrown out.
I then went to the store and got $50 worth of staple style food. Okay, not all of it was, I also got little ice-cream cups, but ended up replacing a majority of basic foods anyway.
I guess the fridge was happy for the break. For a while now when the condenser had been working, the fridge had been very loud. Now after letting the fridge pretty much be off and thaw completely out, the condenser is quiet again.
With as cold as it is this evening, we just packaged up the good food and stuff into air tight containers and placed them outside. If anything some of them may freeze slightly as it is supposed to get down to 28 tonight.
Good time as any I guess to get started on some new recipes and working more with scratch ingredients for cooking.
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