Cheaper Fridge running costs

Ken68

amtrakuk wrote: »

How do you keep you're milk cool?

Powder milk, used as is or reconstituted.
Or a litre screw cap carton of Long Life milk. If any left at night, 'scald' it , as was done in the old days.
Eggs and bread are not needed in the fridge. Fat free diets mean no lard butter marge oil etc.
But still run a fridge freezer, and gradually going over to dried and canned and always done fresh food.
For example there is always fresh fruit in the garden or from forage, rhubarb, gooseberries, strawberries, cherries, plums, early apples and then keeping apples will hold to March/April then start again with rhubarb.
Same with vegetables.
Mind you for a saving of £30/35 pa is marginal, but I do like the idea of nothing running in the house.

amtrakuk

I to use UHT milk. Buy it from Lidl 12 at a time and keep them in my cellar. They do last quite a long time but tend to go off pretty quick. I have scalded milk in the past, didn't think of that one until you bought it up, really revives a slightly sour milk

Ken68

Yes ,Am, found Lidl the best price 44pence with a screw top as against 49pence a litre in Tesco with cut off corner.
Defrosted my less -than- full freezer in the winter and managed without it for two months. Only the milk and cat food was at risk, these were OK outside in a box. Now steering the cat to dry foods.
Porridge, tinned fish , fresh and dried foods are the staples.

amtrakuk

lol - Lets hope your cat isnt a fussy eater