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Jo S

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 5174
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 5:29 pm Post subject:
Thanks gil, good to know it's working. Hardly seems worth me running a fridge - mine is currently housing milk, butter, half a block of cheese and a punnet of strawberries. Was thinking of going down the coolbox route.

longbowbob

Joined: 04 Jun 2011
Posts: 3

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 5:48 pm Post subject:
for a powerless fridge, see https://www.reuk.co.uk/Desert-Refrigerator-Power-Free-Cooling.htm just a couple oflarge flowerpots, sand and water. Visited by the link faires

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 6:14 pm Post subject:
Hi Longbowbob, welcome to Dowsizer. Interesting website, how's it going?

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 6:49 pm Post subject:
The reuk site has some great stuff on it - chicken house door openers etc. Welcome, longbowbob!

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8980
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 8:17 pm Post subject:
I try never to have leftover rice or pasta. 50 g of dried generally= one portion

cassy

Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 1047
Location: South West Scotland

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 11 11:13 am Post subject:

We use a coolbox with 2 x 3litres of frozen water (squash bottles). They last approx. 5 days before changing.

To defrost joints of meat overnight or when we need extra storage capacity, we use a polystyrene meat box with the same ice bottles. You can also keep raw meat separate from other food by using additional boxes.

I don't think it is too difficult to live without an electric fridge if you have a freezer.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 11 11:30 am Post subject:
I can remember when my parents bought their first fridge. One of my Grandmas never had one. Milk and other dairy products were kept cool with unglazed terracotta pots, a bit like these: https://www.suffolkpotteries.co.uk/kitchen-pots.html However, in those days, perishable stock was bought as required (and milk delivered every day!).

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 11 11:50 am Post subject:
We used to just have a cupboard at the top of the cellar stairs, with a mesh door, where butter and milk were kept. Everything else was bought fresh daily.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 11 12:19 pm Post subject:
I would love to go fridge less and reckon I could do it "if" I got my self organised. OH won't even consider it though so it ain't going to happen. When I eventually get my larder and manage to prize the meat safe away from my mother who never uses it, I may have another go at persuading OH to give it a go. Gil - I reckon there's a making of a DS article there

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