Like a bicycle race

[shewhomust]

durham_rambler likes the analogy of a bicycle race: he says that these go very slowly for most of the time, and then someone decides it's time to make a break for it, and everything goes very quickly. I have no idea if this is true of bicycle races, but it's a useful image for all sorts of activities.

Yesterday we defrosted the freezer, and that's exactly what it was like. Weeks of preparation. First we defrosted the fridge - a job that needed doing antway, but also necessary so that we could open and use the ice box. Then finally we had run down the contents of the freezer till they would fit into the ice box. There were some interesting discoveries: a couple of pots of (almost certainly) marmalade; the makings of interestingly mixed soup for lunch today; and some of those ice cream cartons without freezer labels actually contained ice cream, who knew?

But the actual defrosting took no time at all. I put a bowl of hot water in the freezer before lunch yesterday; after lunch durham_rambler was able to remove the slabs of ice from the sides of the freezer (he used a kettle, which I'm not sure was wise, but he had already done it before I realised); and by bedtime it was clean and back at its operating temperature.

I have a sense of whiplash, but today we went to the farm shop and started restocking the freezer.

Comments

[cmcmck]

There are times I'm gad our fridge and freezer are frost free!

[shewhomust]

Our fridge claimed to be self-defrosting, but I haven't seen any evidence of that!

[athenais]

I've never defrosted a freezer or fridge in my life. Sounds like it doesn't work very well to me! But congratulations on getting it done.

[shewhomust]

It begins to sound as if this is another item on the list of 'living in the past' alongside not owning a smartphone, and washing dishes by hand. Well, it's good to be aware of these things ...