Every once in a while I look in the fridge and think, “It’s time”. Out comes everything. The kitchen counter is loaded with ketchup, salad dressing, marinades, jams and other sundry jars and bottles.
The crisper drawers are pulled and washed, all the shelves get washed, expiry dates checked and cultures of unknown food thrown out.
One thing that has changed is the smell. Fridge clean outs used to happen when something died in the fridge. Cucumbers used to climb into the back of the fridge and go soft, mouldy and liquefy (only occasionally), but that was the signal that the fridge needed an overhaul. Or there would be spaghetti sauce that should have been in the freezer, but ended up in the fridge as one of the kids did cleanup. If you’ve ever smelt dead cucumber or moldy spaghetti, you know what I mean.
Since we’ve put the Fridge Fresh-N in the fridge, we don’t smell anything. I’m finding that I’m more aware of the contents of the fridge – because I have to be. Quite a while ago, a rogue cucumber climbed into the back of the fridge and lay there, right next to the Fridge Fresh-N pouch. When I moved the tupperware in front of it a while later, I was amazed to find the the cucumber had dissolved into a science project, but there wasn’t a smell. The Fridge Fresh-N pouch has absorbed the moisture from the cucumber as well as the smell.
Maybe I shouldn’t share my cucumber stories, which does point towards my lack of kitchen skills, but really, it’s only the cucumbers and the occasional tub of spaghetti sauce that rots in my fridge. I haven’t managed to poison anyone and my daughters are 6 feet tall at 15 and 5’9″ at 12, so I’m must be feeding them quite well.
I remember using the baking soda boxes and being very annoyed (I toned down what I really wanted to say) when someone pushed something on a shelf and the box went over and spilt down the back of the fridge. I also could never remember when I had last changed the box, so it really never seemed to work.
Now, when I’m inspired to clean the fridge, usually a few times a year, I take my Fridge Fresh-N pouch and place it in the sun to re-energize it. Then the pouch returns to the fridge for several more months.
For more info on the Fridge Fresh-N pouches and to order yours, go to our Kitchen Products page and place your order. You’ll be happy you did.
