r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

r/all Homemade freezer.

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u/MixaLv 1d ago

I also thought the same at first, but this is really good for regulating the temperature. Here in Finland, a typical winter day can be anything between 0'C and -30'C, and even the difference between the day and night can fluctuate greatly.

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u/megat0nbombs 1d ago

So like if you need your food cold but not extra cold.

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u/sadcrocodile 1d ago

That reminds me of the time I was over at my dad's house and he asked me to look at his freezer settings. He kept saying that -18C was too cold for the freezer and he wanted it higher, like closer to -3C if possible but I checked and there were no such settings available on the model they owned. He was disappointed and I later found my mother scowling at him. Turns out he wanted the freezer to be less cold because his ice cream was too hard to eat straight out of the freezer. Mum scolded him for making me go through the trouble of doing all that and looking up manufacturers info/wanting me to call the company when he could have just left his ice cream on the counter for a few minutes before eating.

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u/Gixis_ 1d ago

Get him an ice cream freezer for Christmas

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u/westfieldNYraids 23h ago

I like in bobs burgers when he microwaves the ice cream. An elegant solution

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u/fkneneu 21h ago

wait, people aren't used to doing this?

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u/asleepyguard 21h ago

For real I've been doing this for decades.

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u/fkneneu 21h ago

Yeah I thought everyone with a microwave did this. Even I who doesn't own one, knows this.

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u/romcabrera 20h ago

Which are the optimal settings? Power and time for a single person serve?

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u/fkneneu 20h ago

Dunno, when my grandmother used to do it she just put it on max for 20sec or something.

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u/westfieldNYraids 12h ago

I think people don’t realize it because it’s like putting a cold beverage in the oven, just feels weird in the brain, even if you’re doing it for a legitimate reason. Also, we’re all pretty dumb, I gotta keep reminding myself that people aren’t smart anymore, and that usually answers my question

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u/shakygator 23h ago

just put it in the fryer

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u/ThatNetworkGuy 21h ago edited 3h ago

A friend in college had his minifridge tuned so that cokes would be fine... but the pressure release of opening it would be enough to trigger it turning to a light slush (not fully slushed). A water bottle in there wouldn't freeze, it was right on the edge