Well that was novel

[davidgillon]

 I went to grab the bunch of spring onions out of the fridge last night and they wouldn't move. Further investigation revealed they were welded to the shelf by a block of ice the size of my fist, which was also blocking the drainage hole at the back. I had to empty half the fridge to be able to loosen everything off with some hot water and leave the chunk of scallions to defrost in a bowl.

Maybe need to check what temperature the fridge is set at!

Comments

[brithistorian]

I had a similar experience with my last fridge. In my case the drainage hole in the freezer was also frozen up, as were the coils underneath, so you may want to check those as well. (It was a side-by-side fridge/freezer; it might work differently if yours is a different configuration.)

[davidgillon]

Good thought! Doing that did occur to me last night, but slipped my mind today.

I know the top couple of inches of the drainage hole are clear of ice, but beyond that?

[brithistorian]

Once we had the drainage hole clear, we looked underneath and saw that the coils were frozen. It's been a few years now, so I don't remember exactly what we did, but once we had it thawed and then moved the stuff around to allow air movement around the drainage hole, it worked fine for a couple of years after.

GIP

[jesse_the_k]

but did you eat the scallions? (As an early vegetable, they're probably vulnerable to frost).

My sympathies.

Re: GIP

[davidgillon]

Not the bits that had been ice-covered, at least not yet. On the night I just sliced off some of the leaves outside the iceball, which were fine,.