My fridge/freezer in my kitchen died today doff:....thankfully we have the extra one out in the garage (in addition to the chest freezer). However, I found some great deals last week on my Coffemate creamer and on yogurt, so that fridge was almost full to begin with.
I had to absolutely stuff everything in there! A lot of my meat that was in my freezer started to thaw, so tomorrow I'll spend the day cooking so I can move a lot of what's in the fridge now to the freezer once its made into something. I sure hope it doesn't make us uke:
Still, its a pain to have to go out to our detached garage just to get some mayo to make a sandwich......:weeping:
We didn't list that the fridge stays, we were planning to use that as a negotiating tool - guess that flew out the window.....
However, since its not originally offered with the house, we don't have to disclose anything about it. If they say they want it, we just say "ok, but it doesn't work, still want it?"
As for the smell, its already getting musty in there....don't know how to fix that...
Consider yourself fortunate that you had a back-up.
My sister's fridge/freezer quit during last week's heatwave. By the time she convinced the landlord that it was his responsibility to fix it per the terms of her lease, she'd lost $300+ worth of food. She has 4 kids, makes less than $40K/year and does everything on her own. What a horrible situation!
Oh my goodness!!!!!! Thankfully you had a backup fridge.
I think the Village is definitely on a roll for fridge losses in a short amount of time. Ours is on it's last legs too. It's leaking water from the freezer somewhere and not all the time. Very weird. The fridge is 19 years old though and so we're not going to try to fix it. We're just debating whether to just bite the bullet and go buy one or wait till it totally dies. It is stuffed to the brim with food. We do have another older fridge in the garage too, but that on is full too.
<sigh> never a dull moment, eh?? I'm sure your meat will be fine. Just cook it up and refreeze it
Our freezer was on the bottom and it did this off and on for about 2 years (well at least since we've been in the house - we think it did it quite a while before then, too).
Then, the other day I opened the freezer and everything was thawed out, then the fridge died a few hours later....it was a sad day!
Mine died a couple of weeks ago and I had no recourse at all except to rent one. I hate doing that I can't really afford the monthly payment, but I only had to pay 20.00 for the first month, maybe between now and the next payment I can find a cheap used one somewhere.
geez that stink`s! to many fridges tearing up on fv.for sure.
it is a good thing you had anothe.hope you can find a cheap one.
good luck!
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