What is the freshest place in your house?

Initially published on 30/04/2011

For me, it is the space between a thick curtain and the bedroom window, and that is where I placed the - milk jam - (the recipe comes in the next article) I had just made, to make it cold before putting it in the fridge.

Of course you don't have to put it in the bedroom. The important idea here is wait until it is cold before placing it in the fridge.

Why? Because your fridge need to maintain to a certain - cold - temperature. If you put hot things in it, it will consume more electricity to stay at a low level. On the contrary, if you add a frozen bottle for example, you fridge will be more "relaxed" and will consume less.

These two tips of the day are even easier to apply in Tromsø (well, not that much anymore giving the temperatures, but still):

- A bottle of water placed outside all night during frozen winter, and then put in the fridge will also reduce your electicity consumption (I found this info on the excellent French blog http://untrucparjour.blogspot.com/ )

- You can make your leftovers colder faster, and without using any energy, by putting it outside (if you have a windowsill, not like me). No change for the fridge and no extra consumption. Outside or not, this can be applied all year long !

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