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Sep. 19th, 2010 10:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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homeeconomics101Okay, am I the only person in the world who freezes her garbage?
Clearly not, because my mum is the person who taught me to, but I've had a few people wig when they saw frozen garbage in my freezer and now I'm trying to assure myself I'm not a complete freak.
Mum and I started doing it when we noticed that our kitchen bin was getting stinky well before trash day. Rather than empty it twice as often and store it in the big bin outside (cold in winter, lazy the rest of the time), we took some plastic milk bags and any time there was potentially smelly garbage (e.g., shrimp tails, oily napkins, chicken bones, etc.), we popped it in the freezer. It was a great solution. Now that I'm living in my own place, which doesn't have composting or even recycling (I know ;_;), it's even more vital to me to be able to keep some gunky stuff in the freezer, rather than make trips down to the outside bin all the time (lazy, and also even colder in this province).
But is this weird? Does anyone else do this?
Clearly not, because my mum is the person who taught me to, but I've had a few people wig when they saw frozen garbage in my freezer and now I'm trying to assure myself I'm not a complete freak.
Mum and I started doing it when we noticed that our kitchen bin was getting stinky well before trash day. Rather than empty it twice as often and store it in the big bin outside (cold in winter, lazy the rest of the time), we took some plastic milk bags and any time there was potentially smelly garbage (e.g., shrimp tails, oily napkins, chicken bones, etc.), we popped it in the freezer. It was a great solution. Now that I'm living in my own place, which doesn't have composting or even recycling (I know ;_;), it's even more vital to me to be able to keep some gunky stuff in the freezer, rather than make trips down to the outside bin all the time (lazy, and also even colder in this province).
But is this weird? Does anyone else do this?
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Date: 2010-09-19 06:38 pm (UTC)I hadn't thought of it, but it sounds like a good idea. My mom keeps a gallon pitcher with a tight lid; it sits on the counter, and she puts the smelly stuff in there until trash day. It works pretty well... until you have to open it and dump something in. Phew! *holds nose*
I keep my apple cores in a plastic bag in the fridge until trash day. (Apple every night, to reduce acid reflux -- it works!) I'm very lazy and don't cook much -- eat a big lunch out when I'm working, then just the apple for supper -- but I keep telling myself that I've got to start cooking again; cheaper to make my lunches than buy them. I'll remember your tip.
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Date: 2010-09-19 07:14 pm (UTC)P.S., if you are looking for lunch ideas, I really like the community
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Date: 2010-09-21 05:55 am (UTC)I had no idea apples help with acid reflux!
They really do. I found it as a "secret, nature cure" on the Internet a few years back; with eating an apple every night, I went from four acid-controlling pills per day (two prescribed, two OTC) to only one. I've told a number of friends about it, and it helped them, too; most don't need any more pills at all. (I have a particularly high production of acid.) The directions specified Red Delicious, but I much prefer Gala, and get the same benefit. I think whatever suits your palate will work.
Thanks for the link. I'll have to rethink my aversion to leftovers (even "fresh" leftovers, <g>), but it looks like some good info there.
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