Buzz, chackle and no more ice.
1. Leaning on a gate listening to the summer noises -- a distant aeroplane, voices from the garden over the road, seedpods clicking, a cricket at my feet and creatures buzzing at my head and then away again.
2. The whooping chuckle of a moorhen.
3. When I was young and had no sense I worked hard at defrosting the freezer, scraping away the ice with a spatula and a pan of hot water. Now I just open wide the door, put down a bowl and some clothes to catch the water and sit back with my book while the ice melts. I like the noise of the water dripping and the occasional clatter as a big chunk of ice falls through the shelves.
2. The whooping chuckle of a moorhen.
3. When I was young and had no sense I worked hard at defrosting the freezer, scraping away the ice with a spatula and a pan of hot water. Now I just open wide the door, put down a bowl and some clothes to catch the water and sit back with my book while the ice melts. I like the noise of the water dripping and the occasional clatter as a big chunk of ice falls through the shelves.
I used to use a hairdryer on the freezer when it got really bad. Mmm, electricity and puddles of water. It's quite fun seeing the shapes of ice that form though, as the water melts, gets blown in strange angles, and then freezes again.
ReplyDeleteClare, I don't think you should be moving in with this person, it'll be knives in the toaster next!
ReplyDeleteDon't you guys have frostless freezers? Haven't had to defrost ice since quite a while ago.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was relaxing (kind of) to chip away, but so much nicer not to see ice there at all.
You can also use a hairdryer to get a baby to stop crying. (Well, don't actually point it at the baby, just run it near the baby.) My friend used this on her daughter last year and it worked like a charm - she was lulled by the white noise. Just file that one away for possible future use....
ReplyDeleteMy beautiful thing today is sweetcorn ice cream. Sounds weird but it's good! When I get an ice cream maker (one day) I'm going to try sweetcorn and strawberry together.
When I was even younger and had even less sense, my housemates and I held a Guy Fawkes party. It rained and the fireworks got wet, so we dried them out with hairdryers and in the oven.
ReplyDeleteThere probably are frostless freezers, but I don't have one. I have the cheapest fridge possible, and it's not terribly helpfully designed. I think the manufacturers didn't intend for it to last so long that it needed defrosting.
Sweetcorn icecream... intriguing. Is it sweet or savoury? I suppose milky sweetcorn soups are nice...