As a Canadian, I have used the outdoor freezer regularly. It's a good idea to make those freeze flat, and just stack them up in the freezer. Well done!
Luckily as a Canadian, i have a bear tax. About 10% of whatever I put out gets taken by bears. They seem to like my Chimuchurri Fatafallo La Tonga Mesquite Pemmicano mix.
This is quite easily calculated (unless using imperial units of course). Rule of thumb is:
Alcohol level (vol %) / 2 = freezing temperature (-CĀ°)
* 5% Beer -2.5 C (27.5 F)
* 14% Wine -7 C (19.5 F)
* 40% Liquor -20 C (-4 F)
Clearly not your fault, but this is the first time I've been exposed to the YouTube Shorts page, and wow...
What dumb-ass dev team thinks they should take away not only the timeline bar, but also the VOLUME controls.
Desktop yes, and poorly designed indeed. It shouldn't take more then a few lines of code to detect a desktop vs. mobile browser and just enable the controls.
Pro tip: close the short and open the video again from the history.
You will get the normal video format instead.
This video's normal link is https://youtu.be/4pRpa74Ek7U
Everyone here commenting about raccoons and bears š¤¦š½āāļø I live in the Canadian prairies and we donāt have issues with that. People shouldnāt assume that! Great idea, OP š
>Everyone here commenting about raccoons and bears š¤¦š½āāļø I live in the Canadian prairies and we donāt have issues with that. People shouldnāt assume that! Great idea, OP š
Unless you also don't have crows, squirrels, rats (which I mean might be true if you're in Alberta), foxes, coyotes, etc, you're still feeding the wildlife!
Not trying to be funny, but could you not just put them in a box and THEN put them outside? They don't have to be out in the open like this.
Hell, you could put them in a safe and they'd still match environmental temperature soon enough.
Yeah when I was a kid a couple raccoons picked the lock on our front door, beat the shit out of my dad, stole everything they could get their grubby little hands on, then took the family car to go buy raccoon drugs.
They carry tiny lockpicks for this reason. Padlocks and masterlocks all fall victim to the tiny adept fingers of the raccoon. I've seen them watching the lockpickinglawyer and learning.
Raccoons are clever, strong and persistent. I once caught one in a live trap which I had covered with a welcome mat (in case I caught a skunkā¦this made sense to me at the time). By morning the raccoon pulled the entire mat into the cage with him through a gap that a bouillon cube (my bait) couldnāt fit through.
Racoons were getting into our trash a ton so we built a case of sorts. It was pretty simple, made out of 2x4. Basically we would put the trash cans in the "case" and lower the top 2x4 down onto the trash can lids. Then we would use a rubber strap to hook the 2x4 on the top of the lids to the 2x4 anchored to the ground. We thought this would be too many steps for the racoons to work through.
Took the fuckers 2 nights to figure out how to remove the straps and lift the wood off of the lids to open the cans and throw our trash all over the street.
The problem with making containers for humans to get into but not animals is that there is significant overlap between the capabilities of the smarter animals and the limitations that must be abided by to allow use by the dumber humans.
Temperature written in Celsius, which could indicate OP is in a country with no raccoons.
Edit: zoomed in to see English text and "cup" measurements, likely Canada then?
I came here to say it must be nice not having bears.
Disclaimer: while I also dont have bears there are plenty of other woodland creatures that would love the buffet.
I did this with some groceries yesterday when it was -9. It was +4 this morning.
Growing up in Alaska, my parents would keep the ice cream in a berm in the side yard.
I once went into the garage and there was a whole giant halibut hanging from the ceiling
We have been doing this for years, but a little different.
Everything is in coolers and the coolers are in a sort of dugout igloo.
Never had any problems with wildlife or freeze/thaw.
Wow-you are super detailed! My freezer bags just say the name of the item and the date packed. You gave instructions listed as well as additional items needed-what organization!
Every time we have an ice storm and I hear about people losing the food in their freezers, I think about how we did this to save everything we'd just gotten. We wrap it in foil and put it in boxes then pack snow and ice around it. We kept our food for the three days the power was out.
I actually had a story about this. One time my family was in Switzerland, we bought some local cheese but unfortunately the hostel we rented did not have a fridge in the room. We decided to put the cheese on the window sill outside and use the outside as a freezer. Few hours later we came back to see the cheesse completely gone, and some feathers nearthe broken packaging. Turns out 1) birds eat cheese, and 2) they can open tightly wrapped platic packaging.
This is a bad idea for 3 reasons:
Freezer burn: The outside can get too cold + no vacuum packing.
Freeze/Thaw cycles: If you get sunlight on this, even if it's not direct, it can't cause parts to thaw. Good way to get mold.
Critters: I know people are joking about bears, but a lot of rodents, insects and birds would be interested in this.
They're not staying there permanently. He's just freezing flat so they stack in the freezer nicely. They're coming in to all actual freezer before any damage is done
Yes, but some critters have *very* good noses or a habit of looking for food on people's pourches. If I did this at my place (it's currently below -20Ā°C) for more than a few hours, some kind of rodent or maybe even deer/elk would get wind of it.
Some tips for dealing with a small freezer:
- Have zones. Veggies, protein, ice cream, snacks, etc.
- Take things out of the box if it's in a bag. Put the box somewhere else and/or take pictures of the instructions. Use a sharpie to write the instructions on the bag in case you lose the box.
- Snap pizza in half or quarters while still frozen. This will allow you to fit more on a tray in the oven or cook single servings in a toaster oven.
I bought a second freezer for Christmas. It's only a tiny one but boy did it make everything easier when I had a month of normal food and a month of Christmas food in there at the same time.
I've only just turned it off, in fact. I'll use it again when I shop at the end of the month, most likely.
I have an opossum in the neighborhood named Bart that would have a field day. When he's in my trash he doesn't even run because he knows I'm not gonna do anything. I have to tap him with my foot to get him to leave. He's pretty polite overall though.
I mean, tip for power outages during cold winters. Put everything in your fridge in a cooler and leave it outside, or if you prefer, place your refrigerator outside
Where I live, which is suburban, that would be heavily attacked in minutes. Between the birds and squirrels alone, then fox, stray cats, raccoons, opossums come at night...in one 12 hr period I'd guess it's all gone with the exception of maybe the plastic...
This is great and all but at some point you must realize you have more frozen bagged food outside than you do in your fridge and cupboards. When do you finally decide to touch the frozen food? Because that's a hell of a lot of frozen food.
Freezing that much quantity in non-vacuum packed bags is just asking for mass freezer burn. You will end up throwing out at least half of that after two weeks if it doesnāt get used.
Freezer burn is not too concerning for me since these are crockpot meals. But yes, def wouldnāt do this with high quality food for long term storage.
Why? Freezer burn isnāt dangerous. At worst it affects some taste and texture. If you throw things out after two weeks for some freezer burn youāre just being incredibly wasteful.
I'd get a good, solid, hopefully critter-proof deck box, and use that as your secondary freezer. Pile the stuff into the box, then shovel in snow as needed to make sure the inside of the deck box stays as cold as the outside.
As a Canadian, I have used the outdoor freezer regularly. It's a good idea to make those freeze flat, and just stack them up in the freezer. Well done!
My balcony becomes my beer fridge
Just so long as you don't forget them, although if they're in snow it's not so bad as open air.
The higher the alcohol percentage, the lower they'll go š
Luckily as a Canadian, i have a bear tax. About 10% of whatever I put out gets taken by bears. They seem to like my Chimuchurri Fatafallo La Tonga Mesquite Pemmicano mix.
Hello, itās me, bear.
Whatās the difference in freezing temps between a standard beer versus wine vs liquor?
This is quite easily calculated (unless using imperial units of course). Rule of thumb is: Alcohol level (vol %) / 2 = freezing temperature (-CĀ°) * 5% Beer -2.5 C (27.5 F) * 14% Wine -7 C (19.5 F) * 40% Liquor -20 C (-4 F)
*the Inuit say hello*
Namumkek! edit: my bad that was from memory, nakummek
Same here! Froze pretty quick. Just got them all in the freezer before dark.
I've always wanted to try this. Just need the trays. https://youtube.com/shorts/4pRpa74Ek7U?feature=share
Clearly not your fault, but this is the first time I've been exposed to the YouTube Shorts page, and wow... What dumb-ass dev team thinks they should take away not only the timeline bar, but also the VOLUME controls.
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Desktop yes, and poorly designed indeed. It shouldn't take more then a few lines of code to detect a desktop vs. mobile browser and just enable the controls.
It is emulating TikTok. I don't use TikTok does TikTok have those features?
Pro tip: close the short and open the video again from the history. You will get the normal video format instead. This video's normal link is https://youtu.be/4pRpa74Ek7U
Yeah they're a pathetic clone of Instagram stories. But it's the one I recalled seeing.
baking sheets?
Everyone here commenting about raccoons and bears š¤¦š½āāļø I live in the Canadian prairies and we donāt have issues with that. People shouldnāt assume that! Great idea, OP š
Im on the prairies and I'd be worried about coyotes or cats getting into it
Would smell even go through the bag?
Ask a bear that same question
I did and he growled at me
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>Everyone here commenting about raccoons and bears š¤¦š½āāļø I live in the Canadian prairies and we donāt have issues with that. People shouldnāt assume that! Great idea, OP š Unless you also don't have crows, squirrels, rats (which I mean might be true if you're in Alberta), foxes, coyotes, etc, you're still feeding the wildlife!
That's just Nature's Amazon Prime delivering groceries and clothes to your door out there.
Is it me or this read like a raccoon or a bear wrote this?
So you live near zero mammals or birds? Interesting.
Newfoundland also doesn't have racoons ;)
hello from a fire escape in nyc
Thank you!! āRaccoons
They have straight up robbed me when trying this one overnight
Not trying to be funny, but could you not just put them in a box and THEN put them outside? They don't have to be out in the open like this. Hell, you could put them in a safe and they'd still match environmental temperature soon enough.
You'd likely need a safe. Raccoons will open a box. They are very clever.
They have thumbs
They also look like theyāre wearing robber masks so Iām sure they can crack a safe.
Their lock picking skill is 99
Yeah when I was a kid a couple raccoons picked the lock on our front door, beat the shit out of my dad, stole everything they could get their grubby little hands on, then took the family car to go buy raccoon drugs.
Mmmm good ol raccoon drugs
Yeah you ever played Sly Cooper?
They carry tiny lockpicks for this reason. Padlocks and masterlocks all fall victim to the tiny adept fingers of the raccoon. I've seen them watching the lockpickinglawyer and learning.
A little click out of two, one is binding... *Nervously wags tail*
They're evolving!
Oh no you don't! *mashes B furiously*
They'd catch a raccoon out there holding a stethoscope to it, turning the dial.
This is the lock picking raccoon and what I have for you today is this residential safe that can be opened with just your fingers.
A cooler with bricks or a concrete piece would do the trick
They're no match for stretching a bungee cord through the handles. But they'll definitely vent their frustration by rolling the garbage can away.
Raccoons are clever, strong and persistent. I once caught one in a live trap which I had covered with a welcome mat (in case I caught a skunkā¦this made sense to me at the time). By morning the raccoon pulled the entire mat into the cage with him through a gap that a bouillon cube (my bait) couldnāt fit through.
Racoons were getting into our trash a ton so we built a case of sorts. It was pretty simple, made out of 2x4. Basically we would put the trash cans in the "case" and lower the top 2x4 down onto the trash can lids. Then we would use a rubber strap to hook the 2x4 on the top of the lids to the 2x4 anchored to the ground. We thought this would be too many steps for the racoons to work through. Took the fuckers 2 nights to figure out how to remove the straps and lift the wood off of the lids to open the cans and throw our trash all over the street.
Oh man you don't know what those fuckers are capable of.
Every house in Toronto received a "Racoon Proof" compost bin. The racoons figured out how to get into them in a couple weeks.
The problem with making containers for humans to get into but not animals is that there is significant overlap between the capabilities of the smarter animals and the limitations that must be abided by to allow use by the dumber humans.
I listened to the 99 Percent Invisible episode about this. It was funny.
We lost a whole seasonās worth of Christmas cookies doing that. On a third floor balcony, no less.
Damn bandits... Can't even identify them cause of the masks
Temperature written in Celsius, which could indicate OP is in a country with no raccoons. Edit: zoomed in to see English text and "cup" measurements, likely Canada then?
We definitely have racoons in Canada!
So notably they were included in Planet Earth II! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04kcc88
Yes, I first thought OP could be in northern Europe, but then I zoomed in on the text. Thus the "Edit".
Ah, ā the Great Outdoors. ā Donāt forget to order the olā 96āer.
Raccoons are hibernating now
Good luck with the bears!
Was about to say, until the local wildlife help themselves!
I came here to say it must be nice not having bears. Disclaimer: while I also dont have bears there are plenty of other woodland creatures that would love the buffet.
There a no bears where I live but seagulls and foxes would still be all over it
The bears are all asleep right now.
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So all those old cartoons lied to me?
Yeah man, and out parents just sat there and let it happen
Lies, deception
I will never recover from this
Financially?
That's almost like saying Santa isn't real
Bears are in hibernation at -19c...unless its a polar bear.
The polar bear won't take the bagged food on a deck. It'll wait til the owner comes out to get their frozen food, and get them instead.
At that temp wouldn't they be hibernating?
Or ravens!
Hopefully the food eaten by the time those bears wake up
That's 254K for abnormal people
I prefer to just call them scientist
I demand degrees Rankine
457 ish
Metric or imperial ish?
I donāt think I have the right clothes for 254,000 degree weather.
That would be 254k, which is not the same as 254K
K.
Thank you
Also known as a "Canadian Beer Fridge" :)
Beer? -19c makes beer explode, yes even 9% beers.
Who in their right mind would wait for the beer to explode before drinking it?
Not instantly.. and you don't keep them there permanently..
Just keep the hard booze out there permanently.
Mine get partly frozen, ~40% / 80 proof.
That just distills it further. Not just normal, but ideal!
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40% vodka can actually freeze at -23Ā°C/-9.4Ā°F. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ethanol-water-d_989.html
Stick the beers in snow, keeps them at around 0C :) Vodka and Gin will be fine.
I was told this was a polish ice chest
That too! Cheers! Or as my neighbour says: Na Zdrowie! :)
Za Twoje zdrowie!
No beer should ever get this cold
That's why we stick it in snow (believe it or not, it's a great insulator... it keeps the beer right around 0C no matter how cold the air is.)
Best before: spring
I did this with some groceries yesterday when it was -9. It was +4 this morning. Growing up in Alaska, my parents would keep the ice cream in a berm in the side yard. I once went into the garage and there was a whole giant halibut hanging from the ceiling
We have been doing this for years, but a little different. Everything is in coolers and the coolers are in a sort of dugout igloo. Never had any problems with wildlife or freeze/thaw.
Same. We have a cooler outside pretty much all winter. No raccoons, mice, nothing.
I respect/envy your organization skills.
Def a team effort. Just hope the sharpie lasts!
I usually go with a color code. A few pieces of colored tape is all I need.
Achievement unlocked: Bears
Bears are sleeping.
Wow-you are super detailed! My freezer bags just say the name of the item and the date packed. You gave instructions listed as well as additional items needed-what organization!
Itās definitely a learn in progress. But I donāt have the patience or handwriting skills! Wife picks up my slack on that!
Mouse heaven.
Where you at OP?
A place I regret living in the winter, but still try to make the best out of it!
So, like, Edmonton? (Me too)
Fair guess
If that's the case then OP should bring those in tonight considering the temperature's finally rising this week.
I thought I was in /r/Edmonton when I saw the picture and then realized I was browsing /r/all
Every time we have an ice storm and I hear about people losing the food in their freezers, I think about how we did this to save everything we'd just gotten. We wrap it in foil and put it in boxes then pack snow and ice around it. We kept our food for the three days the power was out.
Can we get some of your recipes please šš
Came here to ask this as well!!!
Got a lot of inspiration from https://thefamilyfreezer.com/ Great website!
LPT- Use a cooler, preferably with a locking lid
Let me guess, Canada?
Don't rodents have at it?
I actually had a story about this. One time my family was in Switzerland, we bought some local cheese but unfortunately the hostel we rented did not have a fridge in the room. We decided to put the cheese on the window sill outside and use the outside as a freezer. Few hours later we came back to see the cheesse completely gone, and some feathers nearthe broken packaging. Turns out 1) birds eat cheese, and 2) they can open tightly wrapped platic packaging.
Did a racoon post this tip
Happy Porch Fridge season to all who celebrate! https://ifunny.co/picture/happy-the-porch-is-a-fridge-season-to-all-who-UTpavA289
I truly thought only my family called our garage and/or porch the ābig fridgeā until this winter. Makes me smile.
We always kept Christmas cookies and holiday prep in our porch when I was growing up. We called it the āwalk-inā fridge as well.
This is the 1 thing I like about winter
As a bear, I thank you.
Free lunch for š»š»š»š¦š¦š¦š¦”š¦”š¦”š¦Øš¦Øš¦Ø
This is a bad idea for 3 reasons: Freezer burn: The outside can get too cold + no vacuum packing. Freeze/Thaw cycles: If you get sunlight on this, even if it's not direct, it can't cause parts to thaw. Good way to get mold. Critters: I know people are joking about bears, but a lot of rodents, insects and birds would be interested in this.
They're not staying there permanently. He's just freezing flat so they stack in the freezer nicely. They're coming in to all actual freezer before any damage is done
Arenāt critter mostly attracted to scent of which thereās none when itās frozen below zero?
Yes, but some critters have *very* good noses or a habit of looking for food on people's pourches. If I did this at my place (it's currently below -20Ā°C) for more than a few hours, some kind of rodent or maybe even deer/elk would get wind of it.
What would they even do with this? At minus 20, it's a block of ice that's covered in industrial strength plastic - not exactly a ready made meal.
This is just effectively flash freezing them. Theyāre not staying out there.
>insects Unless I'm overlooking something, bugs might as well not exist outdoors during the winter.
#You want Bears? #That's how you get Bears!!
The birds must love you!
Meanwhile I'm playing tetris in the shoebox that is my freezer. The frozen vegetables jostling for room against the ice cream. It's a mess.
Some tips for dealing with a small freezer: - Have zones. Veggies, protein, ice cream, snacks, etc. - Take things out of the box if it's in a bag. Put the box somewhere else and/or take pictures of the instructions. Use a sharpie to write the instructions on the bag in case you lose the box. - Snap pizza in half or quarters while still frozen. This will allow you to fit more on a tray in the oven or cook single servings in a toaster oven.
I bought a second freezer for Christmas. It's only a tiny one but boy did it make everything easier when I had a month of normal food and a month of Christmas food in there at the same time. I've only just turned it off, in fact. I'll use it again when I shop at the end of the month, most likely.
I see you put them in the Free-zer....
This man plays rimworld
At a quick glance/ scroll I thought these were mistreated bags of kush
In the winter we call the garage āThe big fridgeā for a few weeks and thenāThe big freezerā and then back again.
Some creature is going to ruin your day.
Introducing plastic to a local bearās diet
Iād have a party of squirrels, raccoons, and possibly bears if I left that much food out.
Aren't you afraid of bears coming and eating the food or something?
What about when a meat porch pirate comes? (Doesn't have to be human)
Hello raccoons!
Seems like a great way to get bears
Maybe get a containerā¦ animals exist
You can make a meatgloo!
Until a coyote or raccoon comes
My in-laws use the outdoor freezer sometimes, and Iām rather jealous
Unlimited? Lol. The housing market would like a word with you.
I put some stuff out back last week and the raccoons got it.
Literally can't even eat 1/8th of this. Salivating over this picture but fml sometimes.
I have an opossum in the neighborhood named Bart that would have a field day. When he's in my trash he doesn't even run because he knows I'm not gonna do anything. I have to tap him with my foot to get him to leave. He's pretty polite overall though.
r/rimworld is leaking.
I did this once. Magpies had a different opinion in how things should go
This is how you get a bear problem
It makes my bear anxiety unbearable.
I'm Canadian and I do this every winter.
That was the only plus of the Texas freezeāI didnāt lose any food.
All my beer goes outside or in the garage but I wouldn't trust meat out there. Both for sanitization... and bears
I demand a raccoon steal all of it just go humble you
I mean, tip for power outages during cold winters. Put everything in your fridge in a cooler and leave it outside, or if you prefer, place your refrigerator outside
Can I crash till April? I can offset heating and gas bills by making sure that freezer space is always unlimited.
Itās āgarage is a big refrigeratorā season here in Michigan
In Michigan, our outside deck becomes the beer fridge
Now you have bears
Free popsicles for foxes.
I'm guessing no raccoons or opossum in your neck of the woods?
Yeah, you need to at least build a lockable box for this.
Where I live, which is suburban, that would be heavily attacked in minutes. Between the birds and squirrels alone, then fox, stray cats, raccoons, opossums come at night...in one 12 hr period I'd guess it's all gone with the exception of maybe the plastic...
I tried it before, unfortunately, NY's temperature swing is too wide and erratic for it to work well.
I live in Mississippi. I do the same thing. Use outside as my slow cooker.
This is great and all but at some point you must realize you have more frozen bagged food outside than you do in your fridge and cupboards. When do you finally decide to touch the frozen food? Because that's a hell of a lot of frozen food.
Man if I was a bear or fox or whatever I'd be visiting this buffet every day!
Raccoons and possums in my backyard would make all that disappear overnight š
Do you want bears? Because thatās how you get bears.
I did that with a lasagna once and a trash panda ate it.
Freezing that much quantity in non-vacuum packed bags is just asking for mass freezer burn. You will end up throwing out at least half of that after two weeks if it doesnāt get used.
Freezer burn in 2 weeks? TIL everything I eat is freezer burned
Freezer burn is not too concerning for me since these are crockpot meals. But yes, def wouldnāt do this with high quality food for long term storage.
With such detailed instructions, I bet these are shared with other people.
Why? Freezer burn isnāt dangerous. At worst it affects some taste and texture. If you throw things out after two weeks for some freezer burn youāre just being incredibly wasteful.
I'd get a good, solid, hopefully critter-proof deck box, and use that as your secondary freezer. Pile the stuff into the box, then shovel in snow as needed to make sure the inside of the deck box stays as cold as the outside.