I was at a neighbor’s house for dinner when the girls called. “Mom, the ice in the freezer is melting or something.” I was, of course, convinced that one of them had left the door ajar so didn’t panic. But by the time I got home, not only had the ice melted but all the frozen food had defrosted–not really what I wanted to deal with at 9:30 at night! I was still thinking it was just the freezer part of the refrigerator somehow, so emptied it and went to bed.
We were up bright and early for a swim meet the next morning and I realized that the refrigerator section was not cold either. I had no time to do anything other than whine, so I did that as we headed out the door at 7am. I called my friendly appliance repairman when we got home that afternoon and he diagnosed it as the condenser. Not a cheap part. The good news is that it might still be under warrant. The bad news is the manufacturer doesn’t answer phones on the weekend so I’m stuck waiting until Monday. I’ve thrown out everything questionable and moved a few things into my neighbor’s fridge. Some stuff that doesn’t actually require refrigeration is still inside, along with big frozen gallons of water from the garage freezer to help keep things cool.
So the cooking should be interesting until this is fixed. Any leftovers will need to be frozen. And I’ll have to shop for meat just before cooking I suppose, or defrost stuff. I keep meaning to empty and get rid of the garage freezer but right now it’s proving itself helpful.
My name is Patricia and I am a missionary in Africa. I prayed for two years for my wonderful old American fridge freezer!! It is broken downand we dont have refrigerator repair men here!!! Cant afford to buy a new one!!!
Pray for us please we desperately need a fridge. 5 HOURS ON POT HOLED ROADS to the Supermarkets.
From Patricia in Uganda Africa.
Good luck with the refrigerator. Hope you do not go 40 days like we did. If I get back early from the swim meet I will come on down to the book store. Elaine has discovered she likes pesto on cold pasta salad. Got a good recipe. I have never made pesto before in my life.
Oh, no! You have my sympathies. It is really awful when major appliances break down. You don’t realize just how much you depend on them until you don’t have ’em. Here’s hoping your new condenser isn’t too expensive!