The story that tickled my fancy was the tale of a dinner guest in Belgium who was helping clear up after a meal and thought she’d helpfully pop the leftovers in the deep freeze. She was pretty surprised to find the bodies of the host's wife and stepson in there.
Here are 15 things you can keep in your freezer (besides dead family members) from the ingenious to the plain freaking weird:
1. Candles – frozen candles burn slower.
2. Batteries – frozen batteries hold their charge for longer. Keeping NiMH batteries in the freezer can boost their life by 90%.
3. Placentas – some people freeze placentas until they are ready to plant them. (Yes, plant them. I’m serious! You can even buy an ‘I have a placenta in my freezer’ t-shirt).
4. Seeds – many seeds will last longer and germinate better once frozen.
5. Your hard drive – hard drive just won’t boot and all you hear is a clicking noise? Put the drive in a sealed plastic bag in the freezer and leave it overnight. It doesn’t always work but you could be lucky.
6. Booze – I'm told that storing cheap alcohol – not just vodka – in the freezer makes it taste smoother (and more expensive). Maybe just buy a better grade of grog?
7. Wedding cake – traditionally, brides and grooms freeze the top layer of their wedding cake until their first anniversary to get a taste of the cake they barely got to see on their wedding day.
8. Wine cubes – when you have a little wine left over (yeah, right), pour it into an ice cube tray and freeze it to use for cooking later.
9. Herbs – like (mythical) leftover wine, freeze spare fresh herbs in an ice cube tray half filled with water. Once frozen, top up the tray and freeze again.
10. Wooden items – placing a wooden item in the freezer for a couple of weeks will kill any woodworms and their eggs.
11. Spices and coffee – storing them in the freezer keeps them fresher.
12. Corn – eliminate popcorn duds by keeping your unpopped supply in the freezer.
13. Pots – if you’ve burned crud on to the bottom of a pan, put it in the freezer for a couple of hours. When burnr food freezes, it’s easier to remove.
14. Smelly things – got a musty book or a fishy plastic container? Place them in the freezer overnight. By morning they'll be fresh again.
15. Will – put your will and any other important documents in a Ziploc bag and freeze it. If there’s a fire, they won’t burn. (Don’t forget to tell someone you trust where your will is. If you wait till you’re on your death bed to tell them, they’ll think it’s the drugs talking.)
Just for the record, my will is not in the freezer. It’s with my lawyer.
And there's sure as hell no ice cubes from left over wine in your freezer either I bet !!
ReplyDeleteI did say 'yeah right' about the leftover wine LOL.
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