When is the last time you cleaned your refrigerator?

[RevCheesehead]

I just cleaned mine. I mean, I took out all the shelves and drawers, washed them, scrubbed down the walls, etc. I still have to do the door shelves, and I've been at it for 1-3/4 hours.

It's certainly a good activity to beat the heat.

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. The last time something exploded in it

[RevCheesehead]

Speaking of things exploding,

how's the penguin on your telly?

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Mmmm...

Looks fairly butch.

[RevCheesehead]

29. Is this where I'm supposed to say something?

Like "takes one to know one"?

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Well, if you want to

But that's not the line.
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Per'aps it's from next door.

Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the Antarctic.

BURMA!

Why did say Burma?

I panicked.

Oh. Perhaps it's from the zoo.

Which zoo?

How should I know which zoo? I'm not Doctor bloody Bernowski!

How does Doctor Bernowski know which zoo it came from?

'E knows everything.

Oooh, I wouldn't like that, that'd take all the mystery out of life. Anyway, if it came from the zoo, it would have "Property of the zoo" stamped on it.

No it wouldn't! They don't stamp animals "Property of the zoo"! You can't stamp a huge lion!

They stamp them when they're small.

What happens when they moult?

Lions don't moult!

No, but penguins do! There, I've run rings around you logically!

Oh, intercourse the penguin!

[grannylib]

2. About a month ago...and I moved it and cleaned UNDER it too!

[RevCheesehead]

3. Oh-oh. I forgot about the outside.

It'll take me a good hour, just to get all the magnets off.

Under?? Good golly - I wonder what's under there!

[grannylib]

9. Don't forget to vacuum the coils...keeps it running better and more

efficiently. Should do that once a month.

[RevCheesehead]

10. *sigh*

I suppose I'll have to clean the freezer, too.
Do I have to clean the top also? There's a lot of stuff on there.

[grannylib]

35. I don't do that very often...and I found a trick to keep stuff from

'walking' to the edge of the fridge (I keep vintage tins and kitchen stuff on top of mine)
I use that waffle-y stuff meant for drawer liners under the stuff on top; keeps it from rattling and moving about.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

44. coils?

[grannylib]

52. The stuff on the back of it...gets all dusty. Some of them have internal

ones but there should still be an opening on the back to vent heat, so vacuum that out instead if that's what yours has. The dust keeps it from working as efficiently as it should.

[reyd reid reed]

4. Back in late May, early June sometime

Spent all morning on it one day. Looked sooooo purty.

Then....well....



When the kids go back to school I'll do it again. Maybe this time it'll last more than a few weeks.

[RevCheesehead]

5. My mom used to pay me to clean it.

Also got $$ cleaning the oven & stovetop, and cleaning/rearranging the kitchen cupboards. It kept me busy, especially in the summer.

I wish I had slaves kids.

[reyd reid reed]

7. I'll send you some of mine...

My slaves kids are even housebroken. And, being slaves kids, they'll work for a pat on the head and a peanut butter and cool whip sandwich. And of course they'll whine smile and complain thank you incessantly a lot.

So...where would you like me to send them?

[RevCheesehead]

8. Green Bay.

I'll pick them up at the airport, and get them to work earning good money in no time soon.

Peanut butter and cool whip sandwiches? Oh. My. God.

[asthmaticeog]

11. Not quite the same thing, but I just defrosted my freezer.

Funny thing was, when the HUGE chunk of ice that ate the freezer finally melted away, it revealed a little notice saying that it should be defrosted when it got to a thickness of 1/4 inch.

Whoops.

[RevCheesehead]

13. I don't even want to begin with the freezer.

There's too much in there that needs to be tossed. Yuk!

[Ptah]

12. That's a little unsettling, Rev.

I just finished a complete scrub down
of my refrigerator.
I even scrubbed all of the freezer compartment.

Are you watching me?

[RevCheesehead]

14. I prefer to think of it...

as "great minds think alike."

How are ya? Keeping cool?

[Ptah]

18. Keeping cool? I feel fortunate this summer.

We have rarely had heat advisories,
even being in the desert.
I understand this summer is miserable
for much of the continent.

I haven't yet completed the .gif with you
rotating the incense 360 deg.
I do have some spanking action pics just waiting
for the word go.

[RevCheesehead]

19. Then what are ya waiting for?

Go, go, GO!!

[Ptah]

22. Here you are. Spankorama, the beginning:

[RevCheesehead]

24. Bwahahaha!!!

I'm gonna need to use that... probably on KitchenWitch.

[Ptah]

26. It can be confusing. Please use under adult supervision.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. "Cleaned your refrigerator"?

What is this "cleaned your refrigerator" of which you speak?

My refrigerator contains many years of what one might call science projects.

[RevCheesehead]

16. I know.

I swear I saw penacillin tonight.

[ContraBass Black]

17. Today.

Somebody hold me.

[RevCheesehead]

20. Is this "clean your fridge" day?

Nobody told me. I just needed the room for the leftover chinese takeout.

Here ya go:

[spacelady]

21. In June, right before my Mom & MIL came to visit - they are good traveling

buddies. I am a very lucky person - they like us & each other!

[RevCheesehead]

23. I used to wait for my parents to come to visit.

Then they would shame me into cleaning. For some reason, it's much easier to clean when someone else is in the house.

[spacelady]

25. Yes, it IS a nice incentive.

[Broken_Hero]

27. two days ago...wait

make that three days ago...

[RevCheesehead]

28. Welcome to the Clean Fridge club.

Be sure to wipe off the milk carton before you put it back in there.

[Broken_Hero]

31. thanks!...:) nt

[Monk06]

30. Hey girls, wadya cleanin' the fridge for. We're movin' in not movin' out !

[Nicole]

33. I'm supposed to clean it?

I have to admit I've never cleaned mine. The cleaning lady does it about every 3 months, I think.

[deadparrot]

34. About two weeks ago...

when the power went off for four days.

[NewWaveChick1981]

36. About a month ago.

I try to do it at least once a month.

[Ariana Celeste]

37. Last week in an attempt to locate "that smell"

Fortunately I found it, although by that point I couldn't figure out what it originally was.

[Burma Jones]

38. Tuesday Night

We had a new one delivered Wednesday morning......

[azmouse]

39. I prefer letting the food in there walk out all by itself.

It saves a lot of time!

[Spirochete]

40. I've never cleaned my refrigerator.

then again - I've had it less than a month...

[prole_for_peace]

41. last october after returning from a 2 week hurricane rita evac.

i only thought we would be gone a few days so i didn't take stuff out. stupid me. i had fish and chicken in the freezer and assorted stuff in the fridge. a pitcher of tea is disguisting after being in a hot box for 2 weeks.

i need to confess that i didn't clean it out, the boyfriend did. i reached into the freezer and grabbed a hot bag of chicken (i still didn't have power) and started gagging. and i couldn't do anything to block the smell. so he told me to go outside and relax and he did it all. also it took about a month to get all the smell out of the damn thing but it was only a year old and i was not about to throw it out. two bowls full of ground coffee finally did the trick.

[GOPisEvil]

42. It gets dirty?

[Midlodemocrat]

43. My cleaning lady does it for me.

[Scooter24]

54. haha..

so does mine.

[FuzzySlippers]

45. I'm not sure I understand the question.

Refrigerators can be cleaned? Who knew?

[RevCheesehead]

47. Well, that's presuming that you keep something in there.

I mean, something besides

[pitohui]

46. i remember it very well unfortunately

a month after katrina we were able to return home and my refrigerator was one of the few that were saved in my neighborhood because my quick-thinking husband had turned off the power so it didn't get "zapped"

but never again will i leave poultry in the refrigerator when i have to evacuate

oh god, i don't think i can even describe it

like the "rita" survivor above, i did have a strong man's help, my husband, i did the first cleaning because i have little sense of smell, but he took over w. the charcoal, baking soda etc and did all the fine tuning that got the smell out -- my hero!

[Feron]

48. I know what you mean about the poultry

We ended up burying formerly frozen chicken breasts in the backyard because they were quite fragrant after about four days. The containers were stuffed in a garbage bag and you know it smells bad when a garbageman grimaces and holds the bag out at arm's length.

So yes, Hurricane Katrina was the last time I cleaned my fridge. It needs to be cleaned again though.

[qnr]

49. Decades ago.

I've cleaned a lot of the landlords refrigerators though

[Kali]

50. doing the half assed version as we speak.

something reached the stink-up-the-entire-kitchen threshhold today so went on olfactory test mode and chucked the slimy bag of once-cauliflower. Changed out the baking soda, but before the soda had a chance to do the trick, husband assumed it was the pot of leftover beans and dumped them before I could stop him (they were fine - trust me, I checked) oh well. It's on freezer defrost now. Might rinse the veg drawer, but doubt if I will do much else - it just isn't that bad yet.

[beyurslf]

51. You clean refrigerators? I thought you moved when they were too

dirty to use.

[Jade Fox]

53. Well, I moved here 5 years ago.....

and I don't think I've done a full cleaning yet, and I've got the permafrost in my freezer to prove it!

[WolverineDG]

55. Thanks for the reminder, Rev

Mine's all sparkly clean now, but answer me this: Just how the hell can you get crud on the UNDERSIDE of shelves???????

dg

[RevCheesehead]

56. You mean, how did it get there in the first place?

Refrigerator gnomes?

[WolverineDG]

58. Personally, I'd like to blame the cats

damn critters

It's just weird where gunk shows up in the fridge.

dg

[Kali]

57. fermentation and surface tension

stuff bubbling up from below or stuff oozing over the edge and trailing along under the flat surface.

Not to mention the occasioan large splatter when a full container is dropped directly in front of the opened refrigerator. you would be amazed at where substances can adhere.

Don't ask how I know these things.

[WolverineDG]

59. My fridge wasn't THAT bad

nothing crawled out of its own accord, but I did find juice residue from when I let some frozen fruit in a bag defrost in the fridge without putting it in a bowl. yoiks!

dg