On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:02:05 GMT, Monsur Fromage du Pollet
> wrote:

>Ginny Sher > wrote in
:
>
>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:50:26 GMT, Ted Campanelli
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes
>> >not so great) words of knowledge:
>> >
>> >Keep your refrigerator at 34 degrees. Most refrigerators are kept
>> >at about 40 degrees. By keeping the unit at 34 degrees you will
>> >add several days to the life of perishables.
>> >
>>
>> But won't that freeze most if not all the produce in the fridge??
>>
>
>Ummm...32F is freezing point....34 is higher than 32...Yes I know the
>fridge will get below 34 when it runs...but not long enough to freeze
>stuff.

I've had lettuce freeze in too cold a refrigerator and I don't think
it was as cold as 32°.