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When it is winter we cool foods with a fridge inside a heated home ... while we have a fridge outside. (feddit.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Mucki@feddit.org to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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Am I the only one who thinks this is just hilariously idiotic?

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[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Well, kinda. Depends a lot on where you live. My soydrink and egss would freeze fast if I put them outside at -40°C. And spoil when it suddenly gets warmer to like +1°C.. It would take monitoring and I would need to build a bird/vermin proof case/box, but I have thought about that in the past and it is something I have used in my advantage when I have cleaned and thawed my freezer.

I do have cellar which I often use as an extended fridge tho, I just need to monitor the warmth. (Summer it can get as warm as +8°C, winter it can go as low as -1°C.) And at my family's cottage we do have an old ground fridge. It's like a cement "box" that has lots of ground and plants growing on top/around of it.

[–] Mucki@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Wait. Is the outside fridge the ground fridge? It always was. For thousands of years when they didn't have electricity. In the very old country homes and on farmers' premises they still use it today. It is a small cellar below a slope or a small hill. Here some call it Kartoffel Keller.

[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it's in a small hill! Or a hill that was manually made on top of the concrete structure.