"limey" > wrote in message
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>
> "The Cook" wrote
>
>>I have been dreading this for several weeks but it turned out not to
>> be such a pain after all. Put all the food into 4 large coolers.
>
> We have an upright freezer and I bought wire baskets to hold the food. We
> just yank them out when it's time to defrost, then put them back
> afterwards.
>
> Then
>> DH got the dolly and rolled the freezer (upright) out of the garage
>> and hosed it down. The frost was all off in about 30 minutes.
>
> That's how DH does it, too - gets rid of the frost quickly, doesn't it!
> (I still don't want a self-defrosting freezer.)
>
> Then
>> came the problem of reloading. DH puts stuff down there and does not
>> remember that it is there. But if you say something about it, "he's
>> going to eat it." Sure.
>>
>> I had some plastic boxes and originally tried to put like things in
>> the same box. Lasted until DH took some things down to put in the
>> freezer. Ended up getting some additional boxes and right now I have
>> things pretty well sorted.
>
> Hah. I had a good system until DH decided he would help me and be the
> loader. Now everything's mixed up and we both have to search. Worse, new
> purchases are piled on top of old purchases. The last steak we had was
> one I found and was dated 2004!! It was fine, though, honest.
>>
>> Right now the strawberries are beginning to turn pink. Wonder what I
>> can take out to make room for the berries. Lots of strawberry jam is
>> one the schedule.
>> --
>> Susan N.

I am ashamed to admit, that I've lived in this house for over 25 years and
have not defrosted the freezer once. There is such a big block of ice on all
four corners. On the upside, my space is shrinking so I know that my buying
is limited.

Oh well......

Elaine