Fridge/Freezer, updated

This is for the interest of my American friends who (a) are curious about the fridge/freezer here and (b) have SEEN my American-style refrigerator back home.

One poor little chap, who looked about 18 and couldn't have been 130 pounds soaking wet, came alone to deliver my fridge. I was a tad mortified that he was doing it on his own, as it was not very wide, but very tall and thus a bit awkward.

No worries, after much dragging, pushing, and sweating (and that was just Boo), the fridge was in its proper place, and shortly thereafter we all jumped in the car and tore off to Hereford to visit Tesco (now that we had an actual freezer). The kids were quite keen on filling it with ice cream treats.

Its quite tall (2 meters) and narrow (about 60 cm). The fridge is on top, and the freezer is on the bottom. Here is the fridge:

The shelf space is quite narrow. A bit of rearranging would net me a taller shelf - but we rather like our wine shelf! There are no shelves tall enough for the liter of soda or an open bottle of wine - thankfully, most of the wine we've bought so far actually has had screw tops, so we can lay them back down. (Who am I kidding - left over wine? )

Now THIS is the freezer:

Yup, those are drawers.

See those little white "boxes" on the top of the bottom two drawers? THOSE are (ahem) ice cube trays. Or what they consider ice cube trays. A sad attempt at 12 or so teeny tiny ice cubes. (Phyllis, 2 ice cube trays would be brilliant). Oh, and the bigger grocery stores all sell bags of ice should we need more for a party.

The second drawer is wide enough for frozen pizzas.

Overall, its actually a smart setup. I cannot overstock the freezer, so I need to plan, and the drawers keep me organized - one for veggies, one for pizzas, one for meal products - chicken dippers, fish fingers, frozen minced turkey and beef. And, yes, the bottom drawer is the dessert drawer. The Co-op market has the best liters of ice cream and they are 2-for-£3. (I have to buy them two at a time, oh, my poor waistband.)

Same can be said for the fridge - shopping must be done more carefully, especially since, it seems to me, that the expiration dates here are much shorter on a lot of products, and so you buy what you need (after more careful planning) and there is much less waste or spoiled food.

See, I'm getting more organized already!