Sunday, July 22, 2007
Public Service Announcement - Please double check the refrigerator door
I was awakened this morning by Ed shaking me asking "when was the last time you were in the refrigerator?" This may seem like an odd question, but I have a habit of getting up in the middle of the night and getting a diet coke. However, last night was not one of those nights - I hadn't been in the fridge since about 10pm. The next question this morning "do you have the temperature display set on Fahrenheit or Celsius?" Never a good question. Apparently I didn't get the refrigerator door shut all the way last night. Ed got the milk out this morning to have his cereal and the milk was warm. Not room temp - WARM. So he checked the temperature display and it was a toasty 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit!). The door was cracked open last night and the light stayed on - heating eveything in the fridge - especially items on the top shelf where the light bulb is located. It was very painful for me to throw out everything perishable - including 4lbs of chicken and 2lbs of lean groun beef I was thawing to grill tonight. Abby and I had to make a trip to the store to replace everything - not a fun way to start the day. So tonight - check your refrigerator door! I know I will be.
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2 comments:
Oh no! That's a rotten way to start the day. My sister-in-law had a similar experience awhile back. Her husband didn't close their freezer door all the way, and everything inside defrosted. And it was a big freezer, too, not just the top-of-the-fridge kind. I think she managed to use most of what had been in there; they had an impromptu turkey dinner that evening! :)
Erm, Renee, you can't sleep without diet cokes sometimes? I think it is time to call in the professionals ;)
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