Wah...this group is making me so sad and hungry

[tammywammy]

My fridge stopped working over a week ago. It was heartbreaking when I threw out all my food. I'm now using a dorm compact fridge and only have the bare minimum in the house.

BTW, I think, *think*, I should have a working fridge Monday instead of a lovely 23 cu ft decoration in the corner of my kitchen.

[cbayer]

1. I know how you feel.

We ran out of propane for several days last week, and this group just made me want to cook something.

[tammywammy]

2. It's just awful

The good news is that it's a fuse that's out in the fridge. It's soldered onto the circuit board so the repair guy was like "oh yeah, you'll need to replace this whole control board." The control board is $200 and he was telling me it would be 2 weeks before it came in. A phone call to a friend and some googling and we find out this is a known issue with my model and that you can just pop in an in-line fuse holder and not replace the whole shebang. Plus, if it's not soldered on then in the future if it goes out I can replace it myself.

My mom bought me the mini-fridge after I told her I'd be coming to her house every night for the next two weeks.

[cbayer]

3. Great news on the fridge!

I have had excellent luck in this group posting a list of what I do have (when I am down to having very little) and getting suggestions for some great dishes. You might be surprised!

[mopinko]

8. yeah, the google is great. i had the same thing with a washing machine.

it was a little resister that blows when the balance switches get beat to death by overloaded loads. i took it to a little electronic repair shop around the corner and they fixed it for $10.

[maddezmom]

14. did you get your fridge repaired?

[tammywammy]

15. Yes tonight!

A friend took the control board with him and he put on an in-line fuse holder today. Tonight I came home, popped the control board on and hooked everything in and ta da!!!! I had lights on in the fridge, then a min or so later I heard the compressor kick on to start cooling it off! I'd never been so happy to see a fridge light in all my life. Plus, with the in-line fuse holder I can replace the fuse myself in the future!

[Contrary1]

4. Ah, memories.

Going without a fridge is rough. My husband and I went without one for several months after we bought our first home. He was laid off shorly after we moved in, so money got pretty tight.

Anyway, a neighbor offered us the use of his old chest type coke machine. It was the kind where the bottles hung from a metal rack, and you had to slide them around to get one out after you put your nickel in. <======

It was winter, so between that and the back porch, we actually survived.

[tammywammy]

5. It's been too warm to use the back deck

My mom jokingly suggested I use a cooler and get ice out of the ice machine at work every day before I leave. It wasn't too bad for a week of eating canned soup and fast food, but it was getting expensive and frankly I was tired of it quickly. After I told my mom I'd be coming to her house every day until it's fixed she graciously offered to buy me a mini-fridge. At least now I had milk for my coffee this morning and some other perishable foods to eat.

[Retrograde]

6. I know exactly how you feel - ours broke when we were out of town in November

We had cleaned out most of the edibles from the fridge part before we left, but there was a lot in the freezer - including the curry I had planned for a quick dinner when we got home. The person who looks in on the cats thought it had been out for at least 4 days, and the sour cherries in the freezer had fermented, broke their bags and leaked all over the floor, mingled I think with the thawed chicken livers. So there we were, jetlagged, washing the floor five times before we stopped sticking to it. We were able to salvage some condiments and pickles - I figured since they were designed to last they'd be ok with all that salt, brine and vinegar - but most was a loss. Sad.

We got 30 pounds of ice and were able to keep the replacement milk, butter and other perishables cool in the cooler until we were able to get a replacement.

[tammywammy]

7. It had gone out a couple of days maybe before I noticed

My dad said "you don't open your fridge every day?" and I said "well, apparently not". Actually I was taking a mini-mester class that week at school, so I was going from work to school and not getting home until 10:30pm. I think Wed I opened the fridge and ate something from there, Thursday I had popcorn when I got home (no fridge usage) and Friday I think I just picked up some fast-food on the way home b/c I was so tired and didn't want to cook. So, I noticed the fridge on Saturday at lunch time and the fridge was already past the salvage point and the freezer stuff was getting pretty thawed.

I went last week sans-fridge and ate a lot of canned soup and fast-food. Thankfully my mom got me that mini-fridge. It's been wonderful to have milk for my coffee and yogurt!

You know it's not the end of the world, but it still sucks.

[HopeHoops]

9. PIZZA NIGHT!! WOO HOO!

[tammywammy]

10. Now that I have the mini fridge I'm contemplating just that.

I have two papers for school to finish up today and I'm thinking other than coffee, cooking is out the window.

[HopeHoops]

11. Call Pap Jon's.

[tammywammy]

12. I did already!

Yum Yum!

[HopeHoops]

13. Enjoy - but they never include enough hot peppers.