This is it, folks, I'm going in!

[shewhomust]

The freezer is as empty as it's ever going to be - as empty of food, that is, it's much more full of ice than it should be. And tomorrow is Farmers' Market day.

So I have gathered together all the remaining contents into the baskets, swaddled them in a duvet, switched off the freezer and raised the lid. I've also removed all the stray labels from the bottom of the chest (I can just about reach if I stand on tiptoe).

And when I go downstairs I will take a large plastic bowl with me, and see what a little hot water can do...

Comments

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

A hiar dryer helps, and a blunt knife. I had a fridge adn freezer that totally iced up every few months and it took me ten minutes to clear the worst. Just be really careful with them.

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

That was going to be my suggestion. Except a spoon rather than a knife in my case as I am all too aware of my own clumsiness.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Hm. Spoon - possibly wooden? That'd spare my frozen fingers some pain...

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

I have a sort of wooden spatula that has proven to be excellent for this task. Though not every house has such a tool so I didn't mention it.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Don't have a hair-dryer. (The one and only advantage of thin hair - it dries).

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

Don't tell anyone, but I don't use my dryer on my hair: only on my fridge.