Comments on: Unplugging the fridge

By: Living without a Fridge, Month 5

Living without a Fridge, Month 5 — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:46:04 +0000

[...] gone are the days of perfectly chilled food. As you know, we unplugged our refrigerator in January in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and for the challenge of doing something [...]

By: Che

Che — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:13:24 +0000

I have gotten rid of alot of material things. Fridge being one of them. I eat fresh all the time. Mostly fruit and veggies. Anything else I buy same day and consume.
Dont drink milk so I dont have to worry about milk spoiling.
I love it. Its simple and I am never going to go back to using a fridge.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:12:08 +0000

Great idea! I will definitely keep this in mind when I move into my own place. Most food can be stored in a dark cupboard or the cellar anyways.
I think it’s not wrong to have a tiny back-up fridge though, I wouldn’t want to eat eggs that have been in the summer heat…

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:40:58 +0000

I live in a rural farming community in northern Spain & have learnt that no one actually needs a fridge. Milk was mentioned in the above – we have ours straight from the cow each morning. Sometimes we have cartined milk too & that lasts several days without being refrigerated. Now the chilled white wine in summer…. We have a village fountain where the water comes straight off the mountains & is ice cold even in the heigh of summer. Ideal for that bottle of white wine…..

By: Dona

Dona — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:12:25 +0000

I’m glad to see that this has sparked a healthy discussion!

@Xander: I love the sock idea! I’m totally trying it this weekend. Liquor store here I come!
@Eva, yes we are vegetarian for the most part. I occasionally cook fish, but in that case, would buy it the day of.
@Keane, I grew up in the states and so Farenheit is just what my brain thinks in. But now that I’m living in Canada, I am getting more comfortable with celcius, but still the whole conversion thing scews me up. It would make a whole lot of sense if the US and the other 3 countries that use farenheit would just join the rest of the world in the metric system!

By: Recapitulation: A Gnomette in March » nancy.the.gnomette

Recapitulation: A Gnomette in March » nancy.the.gnomette — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:57:05 +0000

[...] at Matador Network that I’m stoked about. By the way (Matador plug) have you checked out Dona Francis’s recent piece about living without your fridge? Definitely made me stop and think about my dependency on cold beer and icy vodka. Or this piece by [...]

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:33:15 +0000

Hmm. This has me thinking about what’s in my fridge right now. I don’t keep a ton in there (only have one shelf – it’s shared with 4) but I’m not sure how I’d handle removing my mayo, milk, yogurt and cheese (eating cheese at room temperature generally kills the pleasure for me – same goes for apples). I also keep some frozen vegetables on hand, and usually freeze my bread before it goes bad.

One catch for me, not living within walking distance of even a corner store, is that without a fridge I’d be driving to the supermarket far, far more often than I do now. (As is I try to plan ahead and only go about once a week.)

Also, I’m curious if you fridge-less folks are vegetarians? What do you do about meat, seafood, etc? Buy it fresh and eat it that day?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:04:12 +0000

I think the only thing that would really bother me would be the lack of ICE.

While I’m a foodie who loves nothing more than a fully-stocked fridge, I could live with just making more frequent trips to the store & purchasing things as I need them.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:33:59 +0000

Dona-what an interesting article. I’ve never thought about unplugging the fridge. This has made me think. I’d miss the cold beer though…:)

By: Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:34:25 +0000

Hi, Keane-

Thanks for pointing that out. We ask that our writers write according to what they know, so if that’s Farenheit, Farenheit it is. If that’s Celsius, Celsius it is.